I've heard people use panty hose as a prefilter. Could it potentially catch on fire since it so close to the turbo? Any tried this on their rig?

 

Catch on fire? its really not that close to the turbo.

 

Useless I would think.....

 

Twin air cleaners???

 

www.outerwearsracing.com

makes a washable one like other companies. they are colored and dont look as
bad as pantyhose, unless people like that look. they are good for bugs and other small things.

 

I'm just a cheap sob and don't like spending the $35 Outerwear is charging. I figured if I can use my wife's pantyhose thats been laying around, why not use it to catch bugs and other small things. Plus I'm not worried about the looks. I'm the only one that knows that's it there. It's my daily driver not a show truck.

 

Panty hose is worthless as a filter--don't waste your time with it.

Last year we had a volcano blow a bunch of ash up here in Alaska, and we ended up with a light dusting in Anchorage. Because volcanic ash is so incredibly fine and at the same time very abrasive, I took an old T-shirt, soaked it in oil, wrung it out as best I could and wrapped my BHAF with it, securing it with bungee cords. It was a total duct tape and bubble gum fix for a temporary issue, but it worked beautifully for what I'd intended it for.

Once the street sweepers came through and cleaned up most of the ash I pulled it off. The outside was light gray from ash, but the inside was totally ash free. If I was going to do it again I would probably do it with oiled paper towels, or maybe oiled shop towels. The T-shirt was extremely restrictive to air flow and I would NEVER run it on a routine basis.

I got this idea from the small engine equipment I maintained when I worked for a roofing company. Those machines worked in incredibly dusty conditions and used a cylindrical paper air filter covered by an oiled foam "sock" that slipped over the paper element. At the end of the day I'd wash the foam sock in gas, re-oil it, wring it out and put it back over the paper filter. The paper filter always looked absolutely pristine.

Like I said, mine was a very temporary situation and I'm not sure how I'd want to do it for full-time use. You might try soaking some of the thicker blue paper towels in light 30 wt. oil, wring them out and wrapping your BHAF with it and see how it works for you. If you try it, you want to wring out as much oil as possible. Watch your EGT because you may find even that too restrictive for daily use, especially if you're towing or otherwise working the engine hard.

Mike

 

I'd think the pantyhose or a dry T-shirt would work fine to keep the bigger stuff out (bugs, leaves, small children, etc) without hampering flow. You don't need filtering ability, but the outerwears DO help shed water if it splashes up.

 

I think the panty hose would work excellent for the big stuff.
My only concern would be it melting with the heat.