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Dec 30, 2008 19:23:10 GMT
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I'm fancy some of those mini cone filters to go on my throttle bodies once i get them bolted onto the Escort, and theres a shop seliing em cheap as chips on eBay - £6.99 for a set of four.  linky What i was wondering is, as they're so cheap, might they be really rubbish? ie, not very good at actually filtering? I don't want to wreck my engine because I'm being cheap.  Proper K&Ns or Pipercross jobbies will probably be at leat 3 times that price each. Any thoughts? Should i steer well clear, or should i go for it, as all they have to do is filter air, which cant be that complicated anyway?  Plus they do look pretty nifty, with the chrome ends n all Thanks! Rich.  |
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oooooh I'm so badass.... I've got a z in my name |
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Dec 30, 2008 19:35:03 GMT
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At the end of the day you get what you pay for.......just don't drive your car down dusty roads. |
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Cheap air filtersChasR
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Dec 30, 2008 19:40:37 GMT
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As above. I'll find some tests that I had to hand soonish, but basically, it showed that the cheaper air filters didn't do much in terms of filtration, with K&N, Apex and PiperX being fine, but with some of the pricier brands like HKS, and Blitz actually being worse than the middle drawer items.
One thing I know is a mate of mine used to love his cheap filters, that was until the metal part debonded itself :lol:. It didn't half feel cheap.
Personally, I would be tempted to get a panel filter cheap off ebay that's in good nick, and then fabricate an airbox from steel or ally. I know a mate of mine did this with fine results in his D-Type replica, but how well it would work in this case is uncertain, and that was only sucking in for two SUs.
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Last Edit: Dec 30, 2008 19:46:32 GMT by ChasR
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Dec 30, 2008 19:47:28 GMT
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I would be very careful with cheap ones as filters do disintegrate and end up in engines!
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1997 TVR Chimaera
2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Dec 30, 2008 19:51:31 GMT
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Cool beans, Cheers guys. Think ill save a few more pennies and get some proper K&Ns or summat then. |
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oooooh I'm so badass.... I've got a z in my name |
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Dec 30, 2008 19:54:20 GMT
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as my late granda would say, "why spoil the ship for a h'apeth of tar".
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Dec 30, 2008 20:42:16 GMT
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I ran a cheapo filter like that on my Mini for a while and, whilst it was better than having no filter at all, all that shiny plating very quickly turned into a scabby mess.
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Dec 30, 2008 20:53:47 GMT
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The HKS super expensive super power flow and the Blitz sus filters aren't that good at filtration tbh,neither are un oiled k&n's....the better the filtration,the worse the flow......it's not too much of a worry in our non-dusty country anyway though.
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Dec 30, 2008 21:21:26 GMT
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Handful of used tea-bags and cig filters in an empty beans can with holes in it?
I wouldn't recoment cheapie ones, for the reasons above. Plus a mate had one that the mesh split on and sent bits of said mesh into the engine.
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Dec 30, 2008 21:26:26 GMT
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Had those sort of filters on bikes before, no engines imploding etc but as keithyboy says, they can go scabby fairly quick, the chrome is about as good as licking chewing gum paper and sticking that on...
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Dec 30, 2008 23:57:27 GMT
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Got one of those on my pit bike here, absolutely curse word to say the least. You could always buy the 2layered foam ones?
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