Serious Question...

"Garrett Davis" (GarrettDavis) 04/15/2015 at 13:58 • Filed to: None

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Is a filter that restrictive for this to be worth the risk?

Arben72 > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:01

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If he's running on a really high boost, it would just suck up the air filter. He probably expects a rebuild every day, so the hp loss from an airfilter isn't worth it.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:02

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It's a drag car, they don't need filters.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:04

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On high power drag cars yeah. Everything gets rebuilt so regularly it doesn't make much difference anyway.

Garrett Davis > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/15/2015 at 14:04

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I guess you usually just don't see them exposed like that. My cousin's drag car has his under the hood and behind a pretty sturdy steel mesh.

Anima > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:04

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If money is no object, why bother. Have it rebuilt.

Same goes for these cars:

Probably best to see it as something that is as disposable to us a plastic cup at a festival.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:09

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For a maximum effort drag car, running a filter is unnecessary. Notice that none of the top level drag cars do either (top fuel, pro-stock, etc.) You're only running 1/4 mile at a time, on a prepped course where you have significantly less worry about dust, dirt, leaves, grass clippings, etc, getting sucked up in the car. Also, if he's running a lot of boost, you'd need a huge air filter to get the pressure across the filter low enough to the point that the turbo isn't trying to eat it.

I hoon, therefore I am > Garrett Davis 04/15/2015 at 14:13

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It's fairly common on drag cars, where they don't expect to be running in any FOD-intense environment (aka at a relatively clean track). Google 'turbo drag race cars'... there are plenty.