[blab10]

How bad would it be to run one of our cars without an air filter? For, lets say, a week? Hypothetical of course. :flame:

EDIT:
I guess the lower and upper duct for the Iceman CAI were not aligned properly when I tightened the shit out of the clamp holding the lower duct and it just popped off. I had noticed that the "flutter" had gotten Really loud over the past couple of days but thought nothing of it. I popped my hood yesterday to find that the lower duct was no longer connected. It was still there (thank God) but it had fallen further into the wheel well. I hooked everything back up and she seems to be running fine but I hope I did not cause some long-term damage somewhere down the line. :crying:

 

[2004BlackSRT4]

Did someone not tighten the clamps hard enough on their CAI? What conditions was this hypothetical car driven in?

 

[SRT4DRIVER]

change your oil & filter then put a new air filter on, it probably sucked up some dirt so you might want to clean the intake out too w/ some carb cleaner of some sort. If any chunks of dirt got into your cylinders then your going to either burn it up w/ combustion or if its metallic flakes or debris then it could scratch up your cylinder walls helping to wear the rings and honing of the cylinder walls - Thus causing blow by and ring failure effectively reducing the compression of the cylinder with debris in them.

 

[blab10]

This hypothetical car was driven in very rainy conditions. Lets just say that the lower duct of the intake fell off. I just did an oil change about 2 weeks ago, I guess I should do another one just to be safe. Hypothetically speaking of course.

 

[Lucille]

good thing there is no sand in New Mexico!

 

[hemidakota]

How bad would it be to run one of our cars without an air filter? For, lets say, a week? Hypothetical of course. :flame:

Nothing unless something gets sucked up in the intake portion of the turbo compressor.

Some guys locla just use a superfine mesh cover.

 

[blab10]

We have nothing but dirt and sand everywhere! I guess it is a good thing that it has been raining a lot recently.

 

[blab10]

bump, for edit.

 

[Lucille]

We have nothing but dirt and sand everywhere! I guess it is a good thing that it has been raining a lot recently.

there was a few times we ran the red srt with the psi-fi intake disconnected because that restriction robbed us of power....

down at the Albuquerque track......

as long as nothing gets in the turbo your ok......