[Tom S]

I have run a tymar intake on my truck for many years now. I like how the large paper filters and I trust how it is keeping the crap out of the motor. I have the stock filter minder installed in the pipe a few inches up stream of the filter in a metal fitting threaded into the pipe. As I have I cranked up the power level on the truck the turbo has gotten thirsty for air. Now days I can suck the filter minder to half at will which seems like a lot. I am thinking maybe it is either time for a new set up or maybe an alternate filter to throw on for race dyno mode. I would like to hear some from you all. I am also wondering if the way I have that filter minder installed might be inducing an error in how it reads.

Tom

 

[racehauler]

What did you use for tubing to connect the air filter to the intake piping?

I have seen people post about using heavy wall PVC pipe and that could make a restriction in the system before the air filter.

I like to use exhaust pipe for the connection. It has a very thin wall thickness and the filter will be the only possibility for a restriction.

I actually have a aluminum 4" 45* bend in my truck now so I don't even have the stock rubber intake. It looks pretty sweet.

 

[Tom S]

A steel 45deg piece of exhaust tube.

Tom

 

[JAKE]

the filter is only rated for up to 470cfm at 10". (well i think thats what it is) im lookin right now. ive been lookin into a donaldson powercore filter setup. id like the even better filtration then i can ditch my ******* engineered air box too. i was plannin on moving the battery back and putting the airfilter assy in front. ive had the same thing though i can suck the filter minder 3/4 of the way up with a new filter and i tried seein if it was just how i have my airbox setup but i did it with the hood off too.

i was thinkin the donaldson D100029 which is the psd10 which has a 5" outlet 653cfm @10" the psd9 has a 4" 357cfm @10" both of theese are for medium to heavy dust. the 5" seems to closer in the flow range for what we need the 9 i think would be just fine though. does anybody know how many inches of h2o that gauge is set for to go to max? they have some other filter boxes that are for light dust that flow a ton more air there the pcd line but i like the bit of overkill filtration the way my truck gets run alot.

 

[Tom S]

Do you have some links to what you are looking at?

Tom

 

[JAKE]

https://dynamic.donaldson.com/webc/WebStore/hierarchy/hierarchy.html?section=11156

the only drawback is i think the aircleaner with 1 filter is like $350 it drops right in the top so if you have if right behind the headlight (i think it might fit) you can drop in into infront of the fender spot maybe. and i think filters are like $75 but we have some of theese on our big trucks at work and on the 6oh and we only change the filters as the filter minder tells us to or annually and were in some heavy dust quite often, we were in the lime plant for 2 months strait every day and the filter minder never budged and the 7.3psd trucks filter minders were pegged after 2 weeks in hell. did i mention i hate the lime plant?

 

[RSP]

Tom Why not just spend the money and get an AFE Stage II ?

 

[Short Bus]

i agree, the afe 2 works very well.

 

[JAKE]

ive had an afe stage 2 before i just hate cleanin filters and with alot of the dirt im always in seemed like i had to clean filters monthly, and no matter how much oil i had on it some of the real fine dust would get through.

 

[Tom S]

I am kind of thinking about getting an AFE actually. I see they have some different media types including a dry one. What do you guys know about that? I do like the paper filtering but that much restriction does not seem in my best interest. Rocky, I think you had the filter minder plumbed in. Does it ever move?

Tom

 

[Deerezilla]

Tom get the pg7 I have a number for a pg7 afe that will fit your tymar intake pipe.

 

[RSP]

No Tom it never moves and there has NEVER been a hint of dust in the tube. PG7 will cause more restriction because Well its 7 layers of filtering. I would get a PG7 for normal driving and a standard for Racin. But I would run the SD filter on the OBS Stage II. You will have a bigger filter with a filter on the end.

 

[Tom S]

Is it possible to order the box and pipe separate from the filter itself so you can do that?

Tom

 

[Aljay]

OK I give I went to AFE's web site what the Deuce is a pg7?

 

[Stroked95]

pro guard 7, their fancy 7 layered filter element.

 

[Aljay]

pro guard 7, their fancy 7 layered filter element.

Thanks!

 

[RSP]

Nope but you can use the original while the other is being cleaned so you dont have to be shut down while the filter drys.

Is it possible to order the box and pipe separate from the filter itself so you can do that?

Tom

 

[Tom S]

So what would you do order a kit with the blue filter and then order an extra SD filter in PG 7? Is the SD filter a tight fit in the obs box?

Tom

 

[Big Bore]

Tom, I was having the same problem. I removed the filter and it went away.

 

[hotwheels]

I have seen people post about using heavy wall PVC pipe and that could make a restriction in the system before the air filter.

I like to use exhaust pipe for the connection. It has a very thin wall thickness and the filter will be the only possibility for a restriction.

Last I checked the thick walled PVC pipe is actually measured by ID while exhaust pipe is measured in OD. So the heavy walled PVC pipe is most likely actually slightly larger ID than the exhaust pipeing.

If I were going to buy a filter set up for my truck I would go with the AFE. IMHO it's the best compromise between filtration and flow. IMHO the PG7 would be an excellent choice for daily driving while one of their better flowing ones would be great for the strip or dyno runs.

The Donaldson filter that everyone likes to run because tymar uses it is a medium to heavy dust filter so it doesn't flow as well as it could but does filter well. That being said I have seen some intakes with a very fine dust in the intake pipes. That truck had been offroaded a fair bit though. Though not known for their filtering abilities a K&N would be a good competition filter. They flow very well. Personally I like the oiled filters better for filtration. As the air zig zags through the media the dirt particles can't make the sharp turns so they hit the oil and stick. IMHO they are better at filtering IF the media is thick enough. If it's thin enough to see through it, well then obviously it's not going to filter as well. IMHO oiled foam filters are hands down the best filtering however due to being so thick they aren't as good at flowing unless you use a very large filter.