Yea I know it sounds retarded but I need a temp fix till I can get something custom run with a filter.

Wondering if Pantyhose is strong enough to not get sucked into the engine when it is at WOT.

Is it a strong enough material? Anyone have first hand experience with this??

Thanks

Pics of my Dual Tb intake should be posted soon Hopefully anyways. JON??? Hello?

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I'd be more concerned with the fact that it won't filter the air for crap...

But something is better than nothing, right? If it were me, I'd back it with window screen or something tougher, and stack up the layers of panty hose at least a half-dozen thick... At LEAST.

It won't flow for crap, but should keep some of the crud out of your engine.

quote Originally posted by Shaun41178: Is it a strong enough material? Anyone have first hand experience with this?? JON??? Hello?

Are you suggesting that Jonathan wears panty hose? And if so, would they be his mother's or yours? haaa...

Jon is up at his cottage with Carrie for a couple of days. I spoke with him today. The poor boy drove 18 hours straight from Michigan to my place in Burlington. Then up to Pennetang back home to Kingston.

I got his number here. PM me if you need it.

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holy crap!! don't listen to mach 10 what ever you do....i used to be a dyno operator using the dynojet motorcycle dyno....and one of our experements were to run carbs open with velocity stacks and then the same with nylons on them ....really bad....they did not flow worth a crap!!!!!! it made the bike run very rich and robbed about 30% or more power(i would have to check our notes if we still have them)...but what ever the % was ..it was really restrictive.

you maybe better off with a foam filter of some sort.

sorry mach 10...i don't mean to shut you down like that ....it is just i have first hand experience with....nylons.(on carbs silly)

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Oh, I wasn't talking about flow... I'd be more worried about the fact that the spacing 'tween the nylon strands is large enough to let in some serious dust... Stacking up the layers is for filtration purposes only!

I use pantyhose over my air filter... on my 4-wheeler.

People that ride in sand usually have 2 pair over their filter to keep the sand out of the filter. Just pull the old ones off after a day in the sand and slip on new (old) ones.

I think they might get sucked in the engine though...

by itself, it'll get sucked in. backed with wire mesh, it may just work.

Best!
Ben.

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In the desert, we used panty hose as a pre-filter to keep the big, cakey stuff out of the main filter. This way we could just snap the pantyhose and have a fairly cleen prefilter again. We always used a main filter though. The pantyhose would let far too many particles through to be an effective air filter. I would not run this as my only source of filtering. Just too many internal engine components at stake.

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works bestt if you remove the woman first

Thanks for the info guys. Seems to me that I shouldnt' do it.

I have been running around without a filter for a bout 2 weeks now. I havent' been driving it but running it in the driveway and stuff. That intake tube just kind of gets in the way sometimes and i always have to take it off to adjust something so I just leave it off untill all work is done.

Thanks again.

I actually was going to leave them on the girl when I was going to attach them. Which is why I also have my decklid off so she wouldn't be too uncomfortable.

big booty hoes!

oh wait.. panty hoes.. the wire mesh is a good idea... or a foam filter from HKS or accel just cut and strap it on..

After reading this post I had a dream that I was in line at the shop behind this guy.

Tech
ok so you want pany hose instead of an air filter?

Customer
Uhh Yeah uhh.. and be sure to put a Pine Tree air freshener in front of the panty hose would ya. The emissions inspection is up in two weeks.

Tech
Okaaay.. will that be all?

Customer
Ummmmm I need sprkplugs too uhh champions will do and could you shine my lug nuts while your at it?

I woke up crying, I hope your happy now..

...that pantyhose setup is guaranteed to "run," anyway .

Cant you find some foam that you can make up? Put some screen around that, and strap it to the intake?

Friends of mine use an old t shirt as a temp filter and put a zip tie on it. I think that two shop rags on each other soaked in trans fluid or whatever will work good enough and you could put it directly on the tb and secure it with zip ties since you are not worried about the air restriction.

I bet that "FieroKid" might just have an extra set of "FieroBaby's" laying around somewhere!

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quote Originally posted by StuGood: ...that pantyhose setup is guaranteed to "run," anyway .

Not only could can you "put your foot in it" but your entire leg as well

Now the real question...
How much HP would the LEGGS sticker give you.

Another good tip is black eye liner for paint touch-ups/ or red lipstick. And if there is an oil leak there is some napkin that will soak up anything!! hee hee
No offence girls!~!!!

Air filters are highly overrated. Unless you're running down alot of dirt roads, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

quote Originally posted by LAMBO: Air filters are highly overrated. Unless you're running down alot of dirt roads, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

thats what i said.. but he lives and works right on the beautiful sugar sand beaches of Florida... i'm sure he drives there often too. I think he's just a Nancy Boy wantin' a filter!

quote works bestt if you remove the woman first

Listen to the man, I have nearly passed out many times.

I like the idea of foam or a tshirt/rag oiled with trans fluid. Whatever you do, you might still want some type of wire mesh behind it to avoid sucking the filter media into the engine.

Just remember to shave your legs first.
I'd just go with a piece of metal screen;nothing that'll fit through that short of a desert storm will hurt much,temporarily.