need4speed1299 41 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 On 10/31/2020 at 11:12 PM, YoungCR said: The E46 tach is the same size? That's cool. My OCD wants the gauge faces to match though... It's an e30 cluster and tach. The mismatch makes that rev range pop lol. 1 damnboy037 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HipMF 1087 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 2 hours ago, need4speed1299 said: I got more creative and used stainless steel sink strainers to keep big things from getting sucked in the engine. Motorcycle guys used to call them "bird strainers" back in the day. The engineer in me feels they'd function better on inlet side of the stack where air velocity would be lower though... https://www.mcmaster.com/mesh/stainless-steel-wire-cloth-9/ Browsing around a bit, it looks like the "open area" on a mesh like that is maybe 50-60%? All the effort of going through the swap is going to be a bit disappointing if you're limited to the equivalent of 50-60% throttle opening. 1 need4speed1299 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
need4speed1299 41 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 @HipMF You're right, those are too restrictive. It would essentially make my engine run like it has a choke on all the time. I removed the info/pics on the post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
