Why you should not buy a cheap ait filter

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SC300TURBO

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so last thursday i was at the 240 monthly meet and a little skittle/srt4 came through making noise as i was leaving... so i followed and went to play...rolled 2nd gear and pulled out on him nice and hit 3rd and lost power.....thought i blew an inercooler pipe or a map vacum line or something.....pulled over and had white exahust smoke.......also had 0 boost so figured i killed the stock turbos....
well i pulled em off to go single turbo and find the inside metal part of the filter came off and was in the intake pipe blocking off the front turbo.....and left a nice hole for debris to enter....im not sure if a rock came in and blew it apart...or if it revved too hig trying to maintain boost since the front turbo was blocked off?....i dunno...its a ceramic turbo so im guessing something came in the intake from the hole in the air filter and hit the spinning blades and blew it up......take a look :)
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learn from my mistake...im hoping the motor wasnt affected and bolting on the single turbo...so out of bad comes good but this could happed to anyone...so be careful
Jeff
 
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Yeah when I bought the "enjuku racing" intake for my last car and realized it was nothing more than a POS air filter like that, i threw it away. This isn't really a lesson for most people - shit parts tend to perform shittily.
 
its different hearing it to seeing it....i never thought too much about a simple air filter...and its hp racing...not even an ebay pos.....
so it is a lesson to be learned with pics to prove
 
^Yeah that's just an ebay filter with a new box. You can tell by looking at it. They also feel entirely different than something like a K&N.

Sucks that happened to you though buddy.
 
I don't understand why people with expensive cars nd expensive swap cheap out on the little things.
 
im not using cheap parts...it was a temp fix while i was getting the single kit together...the car is a 240...its not even an expensive car.....
i didnt even buy the filter it was given to me...and i havent even put 1k miles on the car since its running....
i try to be nice to help others out and you guys bash like im some newbie....
im not looking for any sympathy either..i made a mistake..im not suing HP or anything..i fucked up and just trying to show and let others know....dont make the same mistake
no need for the stoopid comments.....
Jeff
 
SC300TURBO said:
im not using cheap parts...it was a temp fix while i was getting the single kit together...the car is a 240...its not even an expensive car.....
i didnt even buy the filter it was given to me...and i havent even put 1k miles on the car since its running....
i try to be nice to help others out and you guys bash like im some newbie....
im not looking for any sympathy either..i made a mistake..im not suing HP or anything..i fucked up and just trying to show and let others know....dont make the same mistake
no need for the stoopid comments.....
Jeff
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shit happens right?...good lookin out bro:bigthumbu
 
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