panty hose for intake????

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Apr 26, 2007 | 09:03 PM

newis350

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panty hose for intake????

I was talking with a service advisor at the local lexus dealership about aftermarket intake systems. He commented that the aftermarket intakes may cause debris to accumulate on the intake sensor. Also he said that a cheaper and easier way to improve the intake is to just take out the filter and put a piece of fine fabric (i.e. panty hose) on the intake to catch debris.

Apr 26, 2007 | 09:58 PM

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this is the same guy that wanted to rotate your tires, right?

Apr 27, 2007 | 08:07 AM

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That guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Panty hose wouldn't catch nearly as much "debris" as ANY aftermarket intake system that was properly installed and maintained.

Apr 27, 2007 | 08:08 AM

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I wouldn't trust that guy near any car...

Apr 27, 2007 | 08:38 AM

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I have seen that done many years ago. Stretched over a carb. but only for the 1/4 mile race and then put the original filter back on.

Aloha

Apr 27, 2007 | 08:46 AM

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Panty hose as an intake filter, that's an old school track mod.

Apr 27, 2007 | 08:47 AM

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I've actually seen it done only for temporary purposes...

Apr 30, 2007 | 12:19 PM

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I do a lot of 4wheeling in very dusty environments. I go through filters pretty quick and I've found that the stock dry ones work the best as far as filtering and the oiled ones like K&N tend to just deposit oil and dust down the intake tract. On my 4Runner, at least, I found that the intake plumbing is more restrictive than the actual filter. I installed a marine deck plate into the air box to open it up while on the street. It makes a noticable difference but the 4Runner is still a major slug.

The MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensor can get pretty gummed up and will eventually trip the ECU but luckily they can be cleaned pretty easily.

Apr 30, 2007 | 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Larrym9681

I have seen that done many years ago. Stretched over a carb. but only for the 1/4 mile race and then put the original filter back on.

Aloha

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Originally Posted by onihc

Panty hose as an intake filter, that's an old school track mod.

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Originally Posted by o2GS43o

I've actually seen it done only for temporary purposes...

Yeah, I actually did this to my 91 Pontiac Trans Am when I used to go out to the drag races on the weekends. To me it seemed to work really well with the mods I had on the car. What I really liked about it was the way it sucked in air, it was so loud some people actually thought I had a supercharger/blower under the hood...little did they know, that's not the reason my car was so fast - the 160hp wet-system of nitrous was