"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
11/19/2018 at 21:21 • Filed to: None
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"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
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A popular mod to get a couple more HP out of M5's is to remove the charcoal filter that vaguely restricts a little air from the engine. I opted to skip that. However the air here in SF is so bad that I can’t see SF from the bridge above it half the time.
After this clears up I'll be replacing those filters and getting an oil change just because. However does anyone know what this poor air quality actually does to an engine -- if anything?
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:37 |
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Nothing. It is far far far more dangerous for you than your car...
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:39 |
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wothout the filter, youd be running woodgas
wafflesnfalafel
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:41 |
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Lived through St. He lens - https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanic_ash/vehicles.html
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:41 |
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anything short of soot shouldnt hurt your car
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:41 |
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anything short of soot shouldnt hurt your car
Nauraushaun
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 21:44 |
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How much power do you actually gain by removing the filter? By what percentage does the power increase? Is it really noticeable?
Seems like hubris to take such an advanced and highly strung car, and start removing filters in the name of miniscule power gains
Ash78, voting early and often
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 22:03 |
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The car has a carbon air intake filter? I’ve seen them for the cabin, but not for the engine air cleaner.
Anything short of MASSIVE particulate contamination (think: volcano) won’t do anything. It’ll just burn up in the combustion chamber.
promoted by the color red
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/19/2018 at 22:16 |
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No ill effects. My Volvo’s sucked in what LA people call “air” since 1983 and it’s still chugging along at 266k miles and my dad’s Toyota truck spent all its life in SF with no ill effects - currently on its second engine because he didn’t want to repair the old one. As long as it’s not water...
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Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
> Nauraushaun
11/19/2018 at 23:00 |
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I spent less than $100 on RPI air scoops that force a little induced air at speed and I’m 1000% certain that has more bang for the buck and also barely does much under 70 mph.
Stef Schrader
> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
11/20/2018 at 01:19 |
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Texas was on fire right after I got the Lancer. The worst I saw was the air filters going straight grey. I got asked if I wanted to swap out the cabin air filter because it was pretty gross, and I was like, can I wait until the next town over isn’t on fire anymore? I don’t have allergies or anything.
Thanks.