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I have installed a set of "Kastner designed" (makes em more expensive) velocity stacks on my trips and find that the car runs somewhat better than with just the K&N filters. I found a vendor that supplied some water-resistant "socks" to cover the intake end of the stack and wonder if running the car without filters would be a bad thing, even for a short distance. The socks keep any debris and large-particle dust out, as well as water. I realize that dust in the intake could cause big problems, but it seems that these covers might do a fair job. Any opinions on this?
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Bill
 
Bill, regardless of fuctionality your setup is way too cool! I'm no engineer, nor am I an attorney, but I would be cautious to run in my socks for any great distance. I once read an article which described the hardness of dust particles and it got me to thinking.
 
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No idea how much of a problem a little dust would be... they certainly look like they would filter way more than the cheesy AC reusable wire mesh filters on TR3s & 4s (which I have always used in what may be the dustiest city on the planet).
 
Geo, are you saying that the air filters on the 4 carbs are only a wire mesh? No filter material beneath it? Interesting.
My intention is to run for about 2 hours up the highway to the BMCNO car show next month. I could just use the K&N filters and pull them off at the show. You guessed it, at the show!
They are cool looking and do improve my performance. Would like to figure a way to enclose them with a long, flat envelope that could be fed with a intake tube. Hmmmm.

Bill
 
They are a sort of tangled wire mass -- would certainly stop something the size of a BB but about useless for dust. You're supposed to rinse them and dose them in oil every 5000 miles which is probably intended to capture some of the dust.
 
Very cool, and nice polished carbs.
When I got my Herald, I discovered the DPO had been running it without an air filter. After nursing the engine along for a while, i finally pulled it apart to rebuild the engine (once there really was no compression) It is unreal how much damage was done to the cyl walls. Just pull off the heads, and sandpaper the cyl walls. Same effect.

Surprisingly, those oil coated wire messes filter out large amounts of dust. They were standard equipment on all those Peugeots sent off to work in Africa. My fathers VW also has one. Very nasty job to clean!
 
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Geo, my son, the environmentalist, has just taken a job with U.of A. in Tempe working toward his PhD in tree hugging
and for a South Louisiana swamp rat this is quite a change. Dust is right! An aside to this aside, one of their jobs is running the Colorado River in a University research boat (right up his alley) whence they use to shock fish for fish counts. Occasionally a big catfish or two will float up and not survive the shock. My son has shown the others how a Cajun fish fry (all legal) is done. He is now the designated cook!
I would think that rust is not a problem for cars in your area.

Bill
 
i'd be looking for some pipercross filters if k&n's don't fit. for me it's one or the other unless this is a race engine only. k&n makes many different filters that can be adapted to fit just about anything. don't bother with the "made for triumph" stuff. as always be wary of fire at your intake, hot exhaust is right below. cary fire extinguisher if you don't have a fire system. just being cautious.
rob
 
Bill, You may try contacting this company;
https://www.uniflow.com.au/
They may be able to provide a filter that is easy to remove so you cah show off your cool stacks.
This site has an interesting concept;
https://www.wimmermachine.com/10.html
They fit a conical filter inside the stack.
I would not recommend running without a filter for more than a couple of minutes. And then just to hear the music from the trumpets.
As 70Herald mentioned dust is hard. Much harder than the metal components in your engine. Even a little dust in the engine will scratch the internals.
 
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