Walt's filters never came apart, that was some serious trolling by a competitor that started that thread and kept "complaining" that the filter he sold came apart and was sucked into his turbo and that Walt wouldn't make good on anything. Walt's filters are made for him by a major manufacturer (and were back then, too) with an impeccable quality record. I was running one on my '94 for two years with no problems during that whole fiasco on his sponsored forum, and when I replace my two heat-cracked heads, will continue to run it on there. I trust Walt's filters as much as I do K&N's or S&B's.
Um, My SSD Air Cleaner did.:skep:
It absolutely failed, came apart, metal cap separated from the unversed cone and slammed right up against the Turbo Inlet. :nonod:
While it didn't get caught up in the blades, it choked the motor creating a stalling issue that I chased for the
worst part of a month (seemed longer).:mad2:
Plenty of axle shaft scoring on it too.
I got lucky and Walt agreed the air cleaner was more than likely his as it resembled an earlier design he marketed up to 2006 (and were proving to be prone to failure levels higher than what he felt were acceptable). Even though the air cleaner assy along with the SSD "remote" mounted PMD set up came with the truck, he sent me an improved replacement unit, no charge.:thumbsup:
For that reason, I tend to not slam him... his products are selectively fair game, but he did right by me with an air cleaner that came on the truck when I bought it in 2007.
Here's the pictures I sent him, for those not wanting to read through that month.:rolleyes5:
Yeah, that month sucked, but I learned a lot.
Back to the thread's last post...
That's one big looking Air Filter. I ran AFE for a long while after realizing the K&N wasn't doing the job and allowing my impeller blades to get sand blasted. Seemed to work very well and one could really hear that turbo...everyone could hear it, regardless of which one I ran.
