Any car peeps here

[scubadawg]

This is dry filter manufacture I use

http://www.aemintakes.com/dryflow_ai...FStBQgodaUwAAw

[Slyguy00]

When i cleaned my intake on my 350z i washed it, dried for 15 minutes, oiled it and started driving. You dont have to soak the filter so that its dripping. Just an even coat. Never had any problems

[NanoReef]

I have been HUGE into cars for quite some time and have always had good success with CAI and cleaning every 15,000k. IF you don't have luck with your oil bath I would recommend switching to a dry filter. Long term they are just a less hastle option.

Kinda glad I sold my cars and switched to building trucks... No cold air intake needed on my beast

[StirCrazy]

be carful with cold air intakes, most are a waist of money and the improvement is only in specific conditions, there are free (or next to it) things you can do to make it breath better. maybe not as pretty though

thing is once you are moving so fast your air is cooler anyways, most of the effect of a cold air intake is from better designed air flow, which you can get pretty darn close just by modifying the stock intake. I go to junk yards and buy another intake system for cheep to do my mods on, then I can always put it back to stock if I go to trade it in.

Steve

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by NanoReef

Kinda glad I sold my cars and switched to building trucks... No cold air intake needed on my beast

not my cup of tea but nice looking truck, I am more into the older ones, hunting down a 53 to 55 ford right now as a multi year project.

Steve

[gregzz4]

Sheena, a K&N recharge is good for up to 50,000 miles on 'box' filters, but their conical ones can be good for up to 100K
Inspect your's annually. If you can still see the metal screen all around, then it's not dirty enough yet for a recharge, even if the cotton pleating is dirty
If you ever find any part of the screen is covered in dirt, then it's time

If you put on a lot of miles, it won't hurt to recharge it before it's due, but overdoing it is a waste as they need some dirt buildup to work more efficiently ??? That's their claim. So don't over clean it
http://www.knfilters.com/faq.htm

I put very little miles on my daily driver (>5K/yr), but I re-oil my filter every 20K or so because 'it wasn't red anymore'

My mileage may jump to 10K with the new job, but look how many years I could go between re-charges

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Sheena, a K&N recharge is good for up to 50,000 miles on 'box' filters, but their conical ones can be good for up to 100K
Inspect your's annually. If you can still see the metal screen all around, then it's not dirty enough yet for a recharge, even if the cotton pleating is dirty
If you ever find any part of the screen is covered in dirt, then it's time

If you put on a lot of miles, it won't hurt to recharge it before it's due, but overdoing it is a waste as they need some dirt buildup to work more efficiently ??? That's their claim. So don't over clean it
http://www.knfilters.com/faq.htm

I put very little miles on my daily driver (>5K/yr), but I re-oil my filter every 20K or so because 'it wasn't red anymore'

My mileage may jump to 10K with the new job, but look how many years I could go between re-charges

I've got a roto fab intake I picked up from someone else who was trading their car in. He had it on his car for a few months only (bought new) then on mine for a few months. It was full of bugs, but still red. I did the recharge so at least I know where it started from. Almost at 40,000 kms on my car already....

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by NanoReef

I have been HUGE into cars for quite some time and have always had good success with CAI and cleaning every 15,000k. IF you don't have luck with your oil bath I would recommend switching to a dry filter. Long term they are just a less hastle option.

Kinda glad I sold my cars and switched to building trucks... No cold air intake needed on my beast

That's a neat truck. Does it have hydraulics? Wouldn't want to nail a speed bump in that.

[NanoReef]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

That's a neat truck. Does it have hydraulics? Wouldn't want to nail a speed bump in that.

Thank you! "Hydraulics" are what this truck is commonly mistaken for. It's air ride suspension. Same concept as hydraulics so it can lift and lower, but it doesn't ride like a tool shed, doesn't leak fluid everywhere, and it's not as hard on parts. It can lift just as high as a factory s10 so speed bumps are no issue!



Anyway I don't want to highjack! So I will maybe start a thread for gear heads and see what everyone else is drivin!

[Coralgurl]

You can hijack if you like! We can make this thread about cars & trucks in general if the mods think its ok.

Pretty cool truck!! My brother wanted me to put a hydraulic lift on my car so I could lower it as well, but my car is my dd and although I've taken it to show and shines, Im not planning on entering it for any awards.

My (step) son is showing interest in cars now at 16 (typical boy), but to the point of actually taking steps to go into an apprenticeship program after hs to learn about them and make it a career. Someone here has offered to meet us once his car comes out for the summer to talk about modding a car. We've offered an incentive, min marks for next semester which means his marks have to come up and we'll match whatever he's saved up if he attains a final average. Gr. 12 the minimum will go up again on core subjects.

Cars are a cool but expensive hobby so he's gonna have to work for it, but he's finally found something to be excited about and we are doing everything we can to keep him motivated!