Looking good Nige, I think we need a Harvey trip........
What made you decide on the ARB lockers?
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Looking good Nige, I think we need a Harvey trip........
What made you decide on the ARB lockers?
Why not just use the OEM paper Filter, air flow with the pre-cleaner socks wouldn't be any better than standard OEM filter, what are they like in wet weather, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtyDawg
BTW, Great Car, Regards Frank.
Tony, basically the expense of maxidrives Lockers over here is $3500 for just the rear, As I have maxidrive axles the ARB is a convient proven locker setup where spares are readily available and had them both done for $3000 even ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Frenchie
Yes a Harvey trip will be nice....next weakest link is the CV's but I bought a couple for spares:D:D:D
I have on order some rear top shock droppers and lowered turrets for the fronts...always something.
Thanks CraigE it has been fun adding on this stuff and as for a swap I would definately want the dog:D:D:D
Nice defender, I would love some of that stuff for the disco, Actually all that stuff would be good.
As far as K&N filter goes, I dont know about that brand but I have a Finer Filter in the disco which is excellent, it is 3 stages and the outside red filter I clean once between services but the others I do every second service.
The good thing about the 3 stages is that you can see how much dust is getting through the layers.
I went that way because the standard filters were splitting along the seal after about a month of being in.
At first I thought it was hitting the snorkle tube but even after I cut a notch out it still split one, OEM, Baldwin and Ryco were tried.
I havnt had any problems at all from the Finer Filter and it has already payed for it self as it has been in for 2 years which would have been 24 filters at around $30 each and it only cost me $110 from ARB.
As far as washing and reoiling, I wash it in the parts washer at work and then in warm soapy water and then reoil with 10w40 engine oil, seems to work well.
Even so - I would be running the paper filter. I worked in filter R&D for the last 3 years. K&N filters were responsible for destroying 2 F1 engines during one race in Bahrain!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtyDawg
Proper "off highway" air filters (as fitted to heavy diesel engines) have 2 elements. A standard outer element and an inner safety element. The K&N filter has worse filtration efficiency than even the outer element.
Who would you trust - big companies like Donaldson and Mann Filter who have huge R&D departments and make filters for some of the most expensive engines in the world operating in the dustiest conditions, or a tiny tinpot company with no R&D department who mostly make filters for wannabe racers who never leave the highway.
yeh great Fender, and just when I thought I was almost finished mine.:mad: :D
Very nice Dawg:D !
So true, so true, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by isuzurover
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Originally Posted by isuzurover
So are you saying that I should either spend $30 per month on the crappy landrover filter or are you saying I should just accept that there will be a huge gap where even leaves can get through or should I get rid of the whole thing and mount a donaldson with their crappy inner filter that does nothing but stop the end of the outer filter being sucked into the engine as I have seen before.
Donaldson may have huge R&D but they are not the be all and end all, engines in golfcourse machines all run donaldsons and some still end up dusted, we even run cyclone intakes on snorkles on the tractors which are the only machines which work in dusty enviroment and you still get dust in the intake past the filter which is changed every 100hrs.
Paper elements are good when they work, but it's only when they work