Foam air filter
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I am looking for a foam air filter the squidgy sort, I am not sure who makes them, but I am sure I have seen them on here.

Or if someone has one sat about they can let me play with

Thanks for any help simon.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

ITG are fairly popular Simon, give them a google.

Don't waste your money or your engine

ITG or Pipercross but to be honest you'd be better off with good old K&N

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i liked my pipercross verry noisy though

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I have a k&n but I am looking at something that's a little smaller really

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I have a small k&n from a corsa. The foam filters are supposed to be terrible at filtering.

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Is it a hard one Gary ? As I want to manipulate it you see.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

ill second that foam filters are crap

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Your not helping brett !

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

My mistake for thinking they were popular! Then again, I haven't purchased an air filter in over 2 years...

Just because something is 'popular' doesn't mean that it's any good

Also, just because something is different from the norm doesn't mean it's any good either lol

I've heard good things about Green filters and they do various size cylinder filters. I've used Pipercross in the past and they might sound lairy but clog up quickly so feck up the air/fuel mix

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What shape/size etc ?

In reality, almost all of the aftermarket filters...filter like fuck all.

Ive had huge K&N's on my supercharged V8 for a good while, also had Green ones.

In that time Ive had lots of belt shredding incidents.....and it would shock you how much dirt has found it's way into the blower...and the intercooler.

They really do not filter very well.

IMO if you are overly concerned about filtration, stick with paper.

Foam is supposed to be worse than the cotton types, but then there are many styles and makeups of foam filters as well as different thickness. So it isnt easy to say which is better.
The only one thing is for sure, get as much surface area on the filter as possible, that way it stands more chance of filtering.

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202mph standing mile
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My car has never been run without a filter. Belt shredding incidents are quite messy though

This was the inlet of my intercooler in November when I took things apart for changes



Ignore the silver bits, that's from cutting it open. But inside the tubes were also coated with the black crap
In short lots of dirt got through. The outlet side of the IC was almost clean, so most of the dirt got caught in the intercooler. It took some cleaning.

Edited by stevieturbo on 26th May, 2014.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

The k&ns need to be oiled correctly and once there's a little bit of crap on it they work very well. If the car is used infrequently and you don't mind rebuilding it a bit more than one with a good filter on then just bung a pipercross on. They're not too bad, Think endaf runs one on his kad 16v spaceframe.

K&N needs to be specifically selected for the application. Naturaly aspirated filters are different from forced induction filters. If you use a naturally aspirated filter on forced induction it will let shit through. Its all to do with the way the k&n filters work.

It's the same for their 357i induction kits, its a denser filter.

Edited by Sprocket on 27th May, 2014.

Is this the one? http://www.supracentral.com/foundation/con...ion-kit-review/

That hks one could maybe work for what I have in mind, I mean in shape

Edited by madmk1 on 27th May, 2014.

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Double post

Edited by Carlzilla on 28th May, 2014.

That is a handy article, not just on how well they performed but also on how well they filtered. Wouldn't catch me putting a HKS filter on anything any time soon!

http://www.supracentral.com/foundation/con...ion-kit-review/

Edited by Carlzilla on 28th May, 2014.

My car once stopped boosting. Pulled the bonnet to find that the foam air filter had disappeared.

Found it in the compressor :( It had passed through half a metre of elephants trunk.

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