Kinsler cross ram intake screen filters safety question
 

Kinsler's cross ram intake(LS) looks amazing but I was curious about air filtration. They have screen filters that look great but I was wondering about engine safety. Are these screen filters good for regular driving and by that I mean frequent driving? Just curious if anyone has experience with this type of set up and if they notice engine wear or any other problems that may occur.

Thanks

I have some experience with this setup and the screens are actually three pieces. Two fine and one really fine sandwiched in between the two. I wondered the same thing but if your not driving down a dirt road you'll be ok.
On the dyno, those screen filters cost 30HP btw.

Are you talking about thesehttp://www.kinsler.com/NewProducts/P...mages_Web1.jpg

or these
http://www.hilborninjection.com/imag...rCleaners2.jpg

I am referring to the first image.

The pic on the top right looks real close to the one they use on the LSx crossram although not the exact one. I "m pretty sure they show the right one on their website.

I have an Imagine Injection intake on my Nomad... and I'm running a "modified" screen... I took the "foam" out from inbetween the mesh - and put fine stainless steel window screen in it's place.

I drive my car daily in the summer... and have driven it on many long trips. Not sure of the milage - cause I just don't pay any attention to that... but I know of a guy in AridZona that has 30K miles on this kind of "filtration" (that is not what this is - there's nothing filtered at all of course!)

Just don't drive down a dusty dirt road is all!!


http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...rtStack002.jpg

That intake system looks just awesome Greg!:thumbsup:

:theresa:

seems a shame to expose high$$$ engines to road grit/rubber particles etc

surely someone makes some good looking airbokes for these?

http://dpcars.net/atom/a142.jpg

http://dpcars.net/atom/a141.jpg

Denis at DPcars made these beauties for remote filter assemblies

Everything is a trade off of some kind... and these cars don't get driven that much that you're likely to wear them out from "road dirt". I just figure that either I'll change intakes - or rebuild the motor - or do something different LONG before the motor is toasted. There is very fine screen covering my stacks (think stainless steel window screen)... and anything that is going to get through that - is just going to either get burned up... or it's certainly not going to stop a piston stroke... so let it see a trip through the head and out the exhaust... and onto the front bumper of the guy that thought he could beat me... :>)


:willy: :willy: :rofl: :woot:

Now why does it have to hit his bumper? I would like to think it was caught up in his intake filter.