Air filter ????
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Air filter ????
Ok, I will admit it, I am a PSD guy, but the parents have an IDI, '93 turbo.
what are you running for air filters. I really would like to make one like on both my PSD's using an open element filter. the napa 6637. here is a pic for those that don't know what it looks like.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...06574455eGtEWG
anyone else use an open element, and how did you do it???? I have some good idea's on how I am gunna do it, just would like some pics, get a few idea's on what works and what doesnt.
unless the stock box flows good enough, and seals great. but on the PSD's the stock box SUCKS. and leaks. then I will just leave it.
and it won't be stock for very long, keep that in mind.
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what are you running for air filters. I really would like to make one like on both my PSD's using an open element filter. the napa 6637. here is a pic for those that don't know what it looks like.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...06574455eGtEWG
anyone else use an open element, and how did you do it???? I have some good idea's on how I am gunna do it, just would like some pics, get a few idea's on what works and what doesnt.
unless the stock box flows good enough, and seals great. but on the PSD's the stock box SUCKS. and leaks. then I will just leave it.
and it won't be stock for very long, keep that in mind.
Diesel Rod
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I have a 94 turbo motor in my 86. The stock filter box from ATS is cast aluminum which does a good job of sealing.
I run a Purolator air filter, but I make up for the added restriction by making an air scoop behind the grill to give ram air to the filter.
Here is a picture of the front with the grill removed.
With the bugs and all that I am scooping up I change the filter every 5000 miles.
You do have to unhook the scoop when you are running in snow, rain and the rest do not bother it.
I used to run a K&N but I found it was not a good filter for the dusty conditions I am usually in. I do excavation work and see more dust in a day than lots of people see in a year.
I run a Purolator air filter, but I make up for the added restriction by making an air scoop behind the grill to give ram air to the filter.
Here is a picture of the front with the grill removed.
With the bugs and all that I am scooping up I change the filter every 5000 miles.
You do have to unhook the scoop when you are running in snow, rain and the rest do not bother it.
I used to run a K&N but I found it was not a good filter for the dusty conditions I am usually in. I do excavation work and see more dust in a day than lots of people see in a year.
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Yea. I knew you had a ram air set-up. seen some other post of it, sweet stacks too. great idea, but I think dad will spring for an open element before a ram air. and we get alot of snow in the winter, and its a farm truck, so I think it will be in some crappy conditions alot that will warrant the removal of the ram air, like you said for rain, snow etc.
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Rain and freezing rain are no problem.
Snow is the only time I unhook it.
I might not even have to do that, but since I plow snow I do kick a bunch up with the blade.
The only bad thing I see about an open element filter without ram air is the hot under hood air is what it will be sucking up.
I liked the Y pipe you have on your stacks.
It is almost exactly the same as the one I made for mine except the flat metal plate.
Was that a premade unit or did you make it?
I cut up two 90 degree ells and welded them back together so it had three three inch openings to make mine. Several people around here asked how I did it because they had used Tee's which did not balance the exhaust very well and had too much back pressure.
Snow is the only time I unhook it.
I might not even have to do that, but since I plow snow I do kick a bunch up with the blade.
The only bad thing I see about an open element filter without ram air is the hot under hood air is what it will be sucking up.
I liked the Y pipe you have on your stacks.
It is almost exactly the same as the one I made for mine except the flat metal plate.
Was that a premade unit or did you make it?
I cut up two 90 degree ells and welded them back together so it had three three inch openings to make mine. Several people around here asked how I did it because they had used Tee's which did not balance the exhaust very well and had too much back pressure.
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I had it build, my buddie works at a body shop and they did my exhaust. I mounted the stacks, and he just had to bend the pipe and weld it. so it was a fabed up thing.
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