[Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and Materials?

[Bruce Malachuk]

I'm glad I snagged the can that Mark Nunnally had on ebay. I have a friend
with some fiberglass skills, would anyone be interested in a "knockoff"
shoshop cold air can. I was thinking about making some of them at some
point. 


Bruce Malachuk

94 Opal Frost MTX 

93 Green MTX winter beater

93 Black ATX stripped for spare parts

95 Sliver Frost SE (SLO) waiting for it's AX4S SHO tranny


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:24 PM
To: Bill Murray
Cc: SHOTimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and Materials?

Mine has a chrome plate at the end that helped with any of that type of
wear.  It did manage to deform the cone filter slightly.  The best solution
is to find a used Can if you can and do away with that bracket.
--
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Bill Murray said:
> The only reason I had to replace mine was because a hole had be worn 
> though on the filter from it rubbing against the inner fender at the 
> tip of the filter where the gauze meets the rubber end.  The bracket 
> that Pro-M supplies must not have been bent correctly, I bought mine 
> used though.
>
> Bill Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Prochilo [mailto:gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:04 PM
> To: Bill Murray
> Cc: 'Donald Mallinson'; SHOTimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and 
> Materials?
>
> K&N filters have become more commonplace these days.  If you have an 
> Autozone nearby, you'll see what I mean.  I could probably buy a 
> replacement cone filter from them if I needed it, but realistically if 
> I do the maintenance as needed, it should last for the life of the 
> car.  My guess is in line with Ron's in that Pro-M is probably getting 
> a better cost from their current supplier than they were from K&N 
> which directly translates to profit for them.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> Bill Murray said:
>> I bought a replacement filter for my Pro-M 77 about a year ago.  It 
>> is
> a
>> white colored filter, and like the Pro-M site says, I have not oiled 
>> mine.  I would have preferred a genuine K&N replacement, but this is 
>> supposedly a custom made size for Pro-M, the number listed on the 
>> original K&N did not appear in their recent catalog.  I've wondered 
>> about oiling it, but I've been knocking out the big stuff when I
> change
>> the oil, and I've put it in the dishwasher once or twice to clean it 
>> better.  FWIW...
>>
>> Bill Murray
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:28 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and 
>> Materials?
>>
>> That looks like they are just using a K&N style filter and NOT oiling 
>> it!  This is NOT a good way to filter air.  The oil does NOT coat the 
>> MAF element unless you get stupid with oiling it, and the oil is 
>> essential in getting the fine particles of dirt that can wear out a 
>> motor.
>>
>> Anyone actually bought one of these to see what the filter media is?  
>> If just Gauze, then I would use the K&N filter oil anyway.
>>
>> Don Mallinson
>>
>> Ron Porter wrote:
>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Pro-M is using this oil-less filter:
>>>
>>> http://pro-flow.com/Product%20pages/filter%204in.htm
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