Fine Mesh Air Filters

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Does anyone know the best place to get a fine mesh to use as an intake air filter?

How fine a mesh does it generally need to be?


It's for a single seat race car by the way, not a Corsa/Saxo. So massive longevity isn't a huge concern.


Cheers for any help

[300bhp/ton]

Online or Halfords I suspect is the easiest. Although even on a race car I'm not sure I'd run one. My understanding is a filter should filter. But I guess a race track isn't the road.

[GT Kodiak]

What's the size of the intake?..

I would have thought a fine mesh would only be usefull on a small diameter. On a large diameter you'd need the mesh to withstand the flow and the heat making it either expensive or restrictive but strong.

I guess this is primarily is a weight saving exercise rather than an increase in combustion?

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GT Kodiak said:

What's the size of the intake?..

I would have thought a fine mesh would only be usefull on a small diameter. On a large diameter you'd need the mesh to withstand the flow and the heat making it either expensive or restrictive but strong.

I guess this is primarily is a weight saving exercise rather than an increase in combustion?

Size isn't decided yet but will be somewhere from 20-40mm, so pretty small!

Mainly weight/cost saving yeah. Can't see it giving a huge power increase compared to a basic universal cone filter or similar.

[rev-erend]

I once modifed a metal tea strainer to cover an inlet .. just to stop leaves etc getting in.

It must be said that a race track does have a lot of grit (sand gravel etc) so you really should fit a proper air filter other wise the engine wont give its best for long.

[stevieturbo]

There is no excuse for not fitting a proper air filter to an engine. Even more so a race engine.

Fine mesh will not filter, and it will restrict more than even a bad air filter.

[bales]

Stick an ITG one on there, I have always used them recently and they are used by a lot of motorsport teams, plus its the oil that does the filtering not the gaps in the mesh/material.