Thanks again

[Greville H. Bowles]

I am quite interested in this thread because I feel that I need to do
something to improve the air intake on my '95 90Q. K&N shows nothing
available for my car and I don't really know where else to look. I'm very
much a novice at this sort of thing, but it puzzles me that I can't find a
generic intake that I can adapt to my car. Is there some engineering and
design required to match intake to car, beyond simply making the mounts fit
properly?

Anyway, I'd like to hear what others have to say about what is available
(Canadian sources preferred), what is good and what to avoid. I'm not
looking for a super high performance upgrade, simply an improvement to what
appears to be a restricted air flow situation.

TIA


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Mr. Greville H. Bowles
RR 5, Rockwood, Ontario CANADA
Phone: (519) 856-0213
E-mail: zaphod at cansafe.com
'95 90Q
'85 245 DL
'83 GS650GL
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-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Dave Hord
Sent: January 6, 2003 3:48 PM
To: jesse
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Thanks again



>     On an unrelated note, i was poking around a web page that showed what
> appeared to be an aftermarket airbox.  It replaced the lower half of the
fuel
> metering unit with a K&N type filter box.  Anyone seen this, have any
> opinions?  Are there other options?
>
> BTW it's on an '86 4KQ
>

I'm aware of only one option ever available to do this, made by Jamex.  It
was
an aluminum frame that replaced the lower filter box.  The filter element
was
yellow foam as I recall.  Can you confirm that you have a foam filter?

K&N and others use a cotton filter element that is easily identified by the
fact that it's pleated (looks like an accordian).  Foam, OTH, is simply
smooth
foam...no pleats.

While both can be oiled for maximum efficiency, a foam filter should NEVER
be
unoiled.

Regardless, foam makes a pretty terrible filter element.  It lets more dirt
in
then paper or cotton, it tears easy, and it can dry out and literally
'chunk'
out into the engine.  Seen all of 'em in the flesh.

I've tried for years to find one of the Jamex units (no longer available),
so I
could do some testing.  It shouldn't be too hard for our factory in Taiwan
to
make something similar using a cotton element.  The only problem (and why
I've
never really done it) is marketability...there isn't a huge market for this
sort of thing.

-Dave