ok so i want to do this for the sake using a dry element filter that will be better suited for the dusty conditions where i spend much of the year. My question is, what adapter did you guys use to attach the cone filter to the VAF sensor? I have done this conversion before on a different vehicle and did a cold air/ram air style, so i have an idea of what all goes into it, i just need to do it. I was also planning on doing the ISR mod while i was in there as well.

this is the filter that i would like to use.

http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=93

 

try ttora, not a lot of people here like cone filters.... gets dirty too easy...

 

not many people on ttora like those either..

sorry cant offer any tech advice on this subject..

 

thanks guys. the filter that i am getting is a dry type so dirt does not stick to the element. you can take them off and tap them against the bumper and often times knock off much of the dirt. I am also aware that dirt and mud coming into the engine compartment can really dirty up the filters. I plan on shielding the filter with ducting and channel it behind the head light.

this is a conversion i did for my friends crown-vic, ex-state patrol car.



with the shield, it pulls air from behind the headlight.



I am going to try and do a little bit cleaner job next time, but it will basically the same idea.

 

uh... i got a better idea... why not just use the stock airbox? does the same thing as your enclosure, or 'shield'.

 

ok, but i want to be able to use a high performance filter that is not a k&n. I used to have one in my dirt bike and i will never put one back in any of my vehicles. Are there other performance filters that will go in the stock air box that can filter the way that AEM does and still flow well? IDK.

 

I switched from the open air element one back to the stock air box set up. The stock one is basically a cold air intake. Our trucks arent high performance. Stock is just fine.

Are all those wires on that fender for the strobes? Getto wiring. lol.

 

why does that look like a ford engine?!

 

thanks for your input.

Hahaha yeah those were for temporary wiring for fog lights. He has since revised his wiring situation. And the reason it looks like a Ford engine is because it is!!! It is is in a Ex-State Patrol Crown Vic.

 

why did you switch back exactly? Did it make less power? did you do anything to shield the open filter from engine heat or was it just out in the open?

 

I had the filter shielded from the hot engine area but i just felt a little more power with the stock one (butt dyno), it made me be a girl about going over any water or puddles because it was really easy to get water on the filter.

The stock set up is golden, sucks air up right from the headlight, just do the ISR mod and you are set.

I did do a set up like the one you are talking about on my old car, 98 lumina, it worked well. haha.

Just my 0.02.