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Jul 28, 2005 | 02:36 PM

Slowhawk

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Clean your air filter's atleast once a month.Might sound stupid but I've had a few car recently that lost boost/hp. We cleaned the filter's and gained a good amount of HP (1 was over 100hp).

So I figure I'd shoot up this post

Jul 28, 2005 | 02:40 PM

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you gained 100hp from cleaning a filter...?

was it dipped in concrete?

Jul 28, 2005 | 02:57 PM

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I dont doubt it, you should have seen my filter on my D1 setup after just a few weeks of driving!!!!

Jul 28, 2005 | 03:21 PM

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I mean to clean mine.....11000 miles on em.....but i am lazy!!!!! Now i may just have to do it

Jul 28, 2005 | 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Armageddon

you gained 100hp from cleaning a filter...?

was it dipped in concrete?

It was bad.6 month's of pollen season.It also ate the belt from too much resistance.Car went from 130mph to 122mph in the 1/4.Now he'll be at the track tomorrow and hopefully hit 130+

Jul 28, 2005 | 03:49 PM

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wow thats amazing!you wouldnt think something small like that would make such a difference....what filters do you use just out of curiosity,K&N?

Jul 28, 2005 | 04:09 PM

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I mean to clean mine.....11000 miles on em.....but i am lazy!!!!! Now i may just have to do it

Are the Incon filters reusable? Can they be cleaned?

I thought I had to buy a replacement filter..... but maybe I'm wrong?

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Jul 28, 2005 | 07:29 PM

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you are such a lier

Jul 28, 2005 | 09:26 PM

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you are such a lier

Brent thought it was the weather making his car hit 9-10lbs of boost till we cleaned his caked filter and it went back to 14-15lbs

Jul 28, 2005 | 10:35 PM

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i know im just kiddin handsome,i heard about that

Jul 28, 2005 | 10:40 PM

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wow! And i thought every 6 months would've been good. Thanks slowhawk

Jul 29, 2005 | 04:53 AM

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And the best way to clean ? and cleaning product ?

Jul 29, 2005 | 08:00 AM

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guys he lost 4-5psi from the filter being so bad thats where the 100hp comes from

It wasnt like everything was the same and little clean job netted the HP

Jul 29, 2005 | 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike 01WS6

Are the Incon filters reusable? Can they be cleaned?

I thought I had to buy a replacement filter..... but maybe I'm wrong?

The incon filters are washable. I cleaned mine after about 6 months and it was still fairly good.

Gary

Jul 31, 2005 | 01:50 AM

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The incon filters are washable. I cleaned mine after about 6 months and it was still fairly good.

Gary

Could you post or PM me the steps/instructions for cleaning the Incon filters? Is it like just cleaning a regular oil lubricated K&N style filter, or is it a separate process?

I live down a dirt road and I know my filters are BEGGING for a cleaning.

Aug 1, 2005 | 10:48 AM

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I clean mine every 2 weeks. Daily driving a 16ft vacuum cleaner clogs the filter pretty quickly. After about 2 weeks I lose 1-2 psi from just a mild clogging of the filter.

You turbo folks won't see any boost loss, but it will heat the ***** out of your inlet air considering that the turbo has to work alot harder to make the same amount of boost.