VictorGR said:
did u realy did that???? care to share the diy
very easy actually, but won't recomend it for high performance driving lar, if just temporary use until i can afford a good one.
basically any container can do it, ice-cream box that is round also can. just take the lid of the container, cut a hole acording to afm air inlet whole shape, and drill 4 holes for the screw to pass over.
now, take a cardboard, prefer thick one, like from a cardboard box or something, then cut it in any shape you like, as long as it can serves as a gasket :fear:. now use the 4 nut to secure the lid of the container to the air flow meter, with the "gasket" in between.
now, you need to makes tons of "air holes" in the container itself, how you do it is up to you, i basically melts it, with nails and a stove, its pretty much up to you, you have a driller then its even better.
now, go find some filter element, i bought a cheap cap ayam filter from accessory shop, only to find out the filter sponge is pretty much the same as those normal sponge found in supermarket, so, as long as it has enough air flow and not restrictive, basically you can make your own too.
after that you need to oil it, since sponge is very bad at filtering if it is dry. i oil it with some left over 20w50 toyota engine oil
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after that, secure the sponge to the container filled with holes. then only thing to do left is to clip the container back to its lid. dun need to worry that it will fall off, since the engine keeps on sucking it tight anyway.
its been about 2 months since i did that, and so far my engine is running fine. must remember to make sure there is no loose parts like sponge or plastic that can get sucked into the engine lar. 2 months had pass, i can see the surface of the sponge get abit dirty (good thing i guess, its doing its job), but you can really feel the sponge is abit restrictive i must say, normal driving won't feel anything, but if you full throttle the thing, you can feel the difference between having that filter and not having any at all.
like i say, temporary use no problem at all. :_:
