ok guys.so here are pics of the unit (unassembled cus it's unnecessary).
it appears to be user error OR they revised their filters?
so as you can see in the pics,on the inside of the cone,there is nothing that can come off.it's a total seal.i can't say these filters didn't used to come with a tin piece that could come flying off?
however why would they have?
now turn the unit around and there is a hard piece of black plastic it looks like on the nose.perhaps it also used to be made of tin? either way this could damage the turbo if it were to come off,however this isn't the side you place towards the turbo anyway.
so perhaps what happened was,the unit was placed backwards and this end cap came off? if so that sucks either way and what we can learn from this thread is insure to always put the assembly on the correct way as if you would install the assembly as a bare filter and there is never anything inside that can come off.
or in other words,insure the allen head screws (out around the case,that you would undue to remove the filter) are towards,not away from the turbo.
my only gripe with this,is it's size.no doubt it flows way more than an typical idi turbo kit can handle (probably far beyond) but that i'll have to clean it more often is all.however since it's so much easier to remove and install than the crappy fitted banks/KnN filter,that's a small negative to me.
pic on the right would be placed towards the turbo.nothing inside the cone to come loose.
it appears to be user error OR they revised their filters?
so as you can see in the pics,on the inside of the cone,there is nothing that can come off.it's a total seal.i can't say these filters didn't used to come with a tin piece that could come flying off?
however why would they have?now turn the unit around and there is a hard piece of black plastic it looks like on the nose.perhaps it also used to be made of tin? either way this could damage the turbo if it were to come off,however this isn't the side you place towards the turbo anyway.
so perhaps what happened was,the unit was placed backwards and this end cap came off? if so that sucks either way and what we can learn from this thread is insure to always put the assembly on the correct way as if you would install the assembly as a bare filter and there is never anything inside that can come off.
or in other words,insure the allen head screws (out around the case,that you would undue to remove the filter) are towards,not away from the turbo.
my only gripe with this,is it's size.no doubt it flows way more than an typical idi turbo kit can handle (probably far beyond) but that i'll have to clean it more often is all.however since it's so much easier to remove and install than the crappy fitted banks/KnN filter,that's a small negative to me.
pic on the right would be placed towards the turbo.nothing inside the cone to come loose.
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