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Adam,

Thanks for that.

It was a good informative post. Even though I'm (obviously) a proponent of well-filtered intake air, you make the point that in your operating environment just basically keeping the cats and dogs out of the throttle body is sufficient. That's a good silicon number and you change the oil frequently enough that it doesn't build up much. Noteworthy that you are spot on with the Universal Averages for your engine type--and most of those engines probably have some kind of air filter.

Curious though, do you know why the silicon dropped by almost half over the last 100 hours?

The extra 2 quarts of oil might explain it.

Bill

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Paul Miller <pjdmiller@gmail.com> wrote:

Based on what I know can get through a large screen like that, I would advocate using a larger cone of finer hardware mesh to deliver same results with better protection against fod. My silicon numbers are same as your levels(good i think). Pratts philosophy is no hardware in the engine compartment that could get through the inlet screen. That screen could suck my Buick in.

Paul

On 2014-01-18, at 14:25, "Adam Molny" <Adam@ValidationPartners.com> wrote:

I expect this will be somewhat controversial but I chose to go with no filter whatsoever – just coarse wire cloth with ½” square openings.