So I'm hoping some of you guys can help me out with something. I'm living down here in the desert of southern New Mexico and needless to say its really really really dusty here. I'm looking for a filter that can cut down the dust thats getting through my current filter. I'm running a HKS intake right now and I noticed when I changed my intercooler a really fine layer of dust in the piping and the end tanks, so my question is what are you guys using in those high dust areas? My searching didnt really result in anything so I'm looking to you guys for the heads up! Thanks in advance

 

I would suggest the perrin, amsoil or K&N filters.

 

I use the HKS filter with Injen intake I think the HKS filter is one of the best interms of heat soak and such. Perrin is virtually the same material with a thick spongey filter.

 

When I had the car in Tucson I used the K&N filter and that worked out well for me and the car had seen quite a bit of dust storms.

 

For that dust you might have to run two filters like we do on my race quad.

Large K&N in the airbox...the modded the airbox cover with UNI foam across the entire lid. We did this because following another quad for xx miles can clog a single filter in a hour.

A cheaper alternative might be try a Outerwear Prefilter....not the best idea but keeps out larger stuff like sand, and your HKS filter would prob last longer between cleanings.

http://www.outerwearsracing.com/

 

I'd opt for the Perrin oiled filter; it's similar in design to what a lot of off-road motorcycles and ATV's use. Plus it's proven to make the most horsepower!

 

One problem that no one mentioned about the K&N's is that the oil attracts the dust. i like the AEM dryflow's, possibly with an over filter like the one posted?

 

Rules of thumb.

1. High quality oil filter, you dont want to play games in this area.

2. Do yourself a favor and dont buy a perin wet oiled or K&N oiled air filter, these will clog up faster than you can take a curve, get a dry filter or leave the stock box filter.

 

I was thinking that the oiled filters would get clogged here in like 2 seconds, its a good idea in principal but with the amount of dust here i would be cleaning it daily, not to big of a problem but still not the best. I'll check into the K&N and a few other options. I guess a bigger problem is that I no longer have the stock air box I bought the car without it so I dont think a flat panel filter is really in the options.

 

Heat soak in a foam filter? FWIW, HKS is perhaps the worst possible filter choice for the OP's needs.

 

I'm going to agree with Perrin on this one.
http://perrinperformance.com/pages/show/129

An oiled foam filter is capable of suspending a much larger volume of dirt/dust compared to a dry or cotton gauze filter.

 

get an amsoil filter. cotton and foam suck. they flow good but filter like crap. look at what they use in the military for vehicles that spend all their time in the desert. it aint foam or cotton.

 

Do not put out false blanket statements like that. It all depends on the brand and construction of the filter being discussed. For example, I ran a dry filter that allowed a lot of debris through for a short time before I chucked it in the trash. The main thing to go for is a quality brand. Amsoil makes a very good filter; probably one of the best if not the best in terms of filtering, but with that also comes a media that will become clogged more quickly and not flow quite as much than something more open but thick such as a Perrin foam filter. Both serve the same purpose but go about it in different ways. They're both very high quality filters and you can't really go wrong with either one.

 

Well the best way i can think of right now is a Induction box....find one or make one.

As stated above about military vehicles....its not the quality of filter but the elaborate Induction box they have.

the faster is clogs the better it works right....

 

Do you think the HKS filter should be chocked up as a loss? or is there some kind of "adapter filter " that can be used in tandem with the HKS? I looked at the Outerwear stuff but I'm not quite convinced on their stuff I'm trying to filter out very small dust particles not leaves and rocks. I have a feeling im going to have to look for a completely different setup.....