Foam 'pre-filter' for water/mud splash up in stock airbox?
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Foam 'pre-filter' for water/mud splash up in stock airbox?
Noticed after doin some muddin/splashing around last weekend i had a little bit of water in the stock air box, filter was a little damp as well. Going back to being bored yesterday, I picked up a decent sized lawn mower air filter for $5 from Lowes...Figured what the hell.
Anyway, the idea behind the foam is the water has no straight path into the airbox, it gets lost and falls out, also air can still pass through. I hooked up my xcal to the truck, and under live data..i noticed very little change between my normal air filter + foam vs no filter & foam. (while running i unlatched/lifted the top of the airbox and watched. Now thats not to say it possibly could be slightly restrictive to the engine while at higher rpm, it probably is...a little. It is a pretty good size filter however so its to a minimum in my opinon.
Anyway i'm going to run it next time out for the hell of it and see how it does. Comments? Good, bad, smart, stupid, etc? :E
Heres what i have just in the stock air box, isn't pretty i know..i'll modify the box to be a little more accomidating if it ends up working decent.
Here is running sink water straight against the foam filter, dry as a bone on the other side...You can also see where mud/water got in before
Anyway, the idea behind the foam is the water has no straight path into the airbox, it gets lost and falls out, also air can still pass through. I hooked up my xcal to the truck, and under live data..i noticed very little change between my normal air filter + foam vs no filter & foam. (while running i unlatched/lifted the top of the airbox and watched. Now thats not to say it possibly could be slightly restrictive to the engine while at higher rpm, it probably is...a little. It is a pretty good size filter however so its to a minimum in my opinon.
Anyway i'm going to run it next time out for the hell of it and see how it does. Comments? Good, bad, smart, stupid, etc? :E
Heres what i have just in the stock air box, isn't pretty i know..i'll modify the box to be a little more accomidating if it ends up working decent.
Here is running sink water straight against the foam filter, dry as a bone on the other side...You can also see where mud/water got in before
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True, as far as having another air box, it really just pops in and out. If you go through a lot of dirt/dust in the desert, you could soak the filter in oil, wring it out and it'd catch a lot of that dust as well. They're all cleanable, help prolong your regular filter if thats what you run.
As far as the outerwears, seems like a great idea as well, however it looks to me it is only for aftermarket cone filters. I just run a stock airbox and drop in filter on my truck.
As far as the outerwears, seems like a great idea as well, however it looks to me it is only for aftermarket cone filters. I just run a stock airbox and drop in filter on my truck.
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I sue them on my quads. Nothing is better
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Its a lawn mower air filter, it breaths. Now i do understand there is a wee bit of difference between a lawn mower engine and a 3.0, but it seems to have decent enough size to not cause an issue on my truck.
As far as its getting 'soaked', not really a concern for me using this. Its more for splash and keeping water from directly going into the box, it doesnt have a huge sponge effect or anything. Its there for splash, not boggin through a river...it'll work fine for its intended purpose.
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you can custom order them from their site. i have thought about it i just haven't gotten around to it.
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