Disappointing email from Roush

[Ruger]

Here in the south, the AIRAID prefilter sock also helps dramatically with the heavy pollen we get in the spring. That sock keeps the yellow goo off the filter like a champ!

 

[KaiserM715]

they would more than likely recommend using their CAI lid for any heavy off-roading. look, i'm not defending Roush but I'm just speaking generally that "open-filter" cold air intakes are not ideal, or recommended in off-road situations where the risk of dirt, dust, mud or water ingestion is possible. am i wrong?

Nope. Nothing will filter dirt as well as the stock paper element (well, except for something like the Donaldson PowerCore...) Take a look at the pic below and look at all of the dust in the tube. VVVV

My throttle body- Hennessy intake with K&N after 9k miles. (Swapped the filter with a new one once during that 9k miles as well)

 

[kawie95]

Nope. Nothing will filter dirt as well as the stock paper element (well, except for something like the Donaldson PowerCore...) Take a look at the pic below and look at all of the dust in the tube. VVVV

Here was Henesseys response to my intake dust,

The filters come pre-oiled. The dust that you are seeing is dust that is passing through the small openings of the filter. That dust is too fine to damage the engine. Granted if it builds up you may have issues but you must be in highly dusty conditions. When that dust gets in the combustion chamber that should burn off but if you are going through that dirty of conditions you may want to frequently clean and re-oil your filter. If you go with the AFE and use the dry filter I would check the filter after each day of running in those conditions. The K&N filters are great but there comes a point when they cannot filter any more. I hope this makes sense.

 

[WarSurfer]

In real off road racing they use two, sometimes three filters. For carbed setups with the large round filter they use a dry filter with an oil soaked 'sponge' filter over the outside. Sometimes that setup will be in a split seam filter box where the hood seals the box when closed, save for the rear facing inlet.

For fuel injected tube type intakes, not only do folks use something like a K&N with a pre filter sock, they will also build a filter box where one or more sides are also filter elements and the tube intake draws air from inside the filter box, pre filter sock and K&N type - at least that's what most folks were doing in the desert when I lived out there - years ago - and the filter box is in the cab or the bed next to the cab.

The military runs 'filter less' filters in some applications where centrifugal force is used to sling particles out of the intake stream. The intakes look like conch shells and have strategically placed scoops and seams - works pretty good in situations where constantly changing a filter element isn't an option.

We have a decent amount of room under the hood, I'd be willing to bet you could make your own filter box for less than 100 bucks, including the cost of two flat filter elements.

 

[whisler151]

I can attest to the reason they say that. My Roush filter is jacked up after the TX Raptor Run.

I think i'll keep an eye out for an AFE intake with a lid.

 

[kawie95]

I can attest to the reason they say that. My Roush filter is jacked up after the TX Raptor Run.

I think i'll keep an eye out for an AFE intake with a lid.

Dry or oiled filter?

 

[whisler151]

Dry or oiled filter?

Dry...I think. Its whatever the system comes with.

 

[KaiserM715]

Dry...I think. Its whatever the system comes with.

Are you going to look at the PowerCore upgrade to the AFE?

 

[Maxx2893]

I love the PowerCore in my Volant!

 

[whisler151]

Are you going to look at the PowerCore upgrade to the AFE?

Yes, more than likely.