Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC BMW 740

[LtWacko (LtWacko]

I always valued your opinion Jim when you weren't distracted by a  skirt.  I 
have to get you to a bar again to get you to relinquish some of  those old 
secrets!  Your early days are really getting to be the good ole  days.  So I 
guess that filters haven't gotten better since then...
 
Rodney

Remember, no speed limiter in my software....
 
 
In a message dated 1/26/2007 2:15:13 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
lndshrk [at] xmission.com writes:

At 02:57  AM 1/26/2007 -0500, LtWacko [at] aol.com wrote:

The best  filtration  write up I had read came from Jim C
>while testing applications on  an  E36 M3 (If memory serves me).

We were testing  filters FOR an application on an E36 M3.

Essentially it  was what was found out and why we stopped
using any form of  "oiled-cotton-gauze" filter - regardless
of any 1E6 mile  warranties - that matters.

Those type of filters, while  they might flow better when
completely clean vs a STOCK PAPER  FILTER, they have much
less filter media area, and thus they  "clog" much quicker
and soon flow LESS than a STOCK PAPER  FILTER.

Meanwhile they always let thru a bunch more  dirt.

This isn't my opinion, nor a test done by another  filter maker
with an axe to grind as is oft opined.  This  is the scientific
data from a professional filtration lab  located in the N.E. US
who has one of it's markets as NUCLEAR  POWER STATIONS.

Filters to remove dangerous nuclides from  coolant loops.

So you might guess they know what they are  talking about.

They did me a BIG favor and for employment  reasons the actual
company must remain  undisclosed.

The intakes I invented, and then co-developed  w/ Eurosport
were specifically designed to deal with those  issues along
with others more specific to  BMW-land.

Executive summary: YMMV, but IMNSHO skip the  oiled-gauze filters.

Jim