The Problem With Pod Filters...

[Konrad]

Just fitted a temp gauge with a sensor mounted next to the pod filter, driving at night, stopping at lights it reached a max temp of 65.5 degrees, hate to think what temps i'd get being stuck in traffic in midday

CAI is now priority one

Anyone get similar temps???

[Intensevil]

theirs an easy solution to this, make up an alluminium shroud and place it just behind ur front bar, dont block off the radiator if u can and then run some ducting from the shroud to the front of ur pod. or perhaps just case the pod off because it sounds like ur getting heat soak

[scathing]

A CAI isn't much good if your pod isn't heat shielded.

While a CAI might help drop inlet temperatures once you've picked up speed, it won't do much in stop-start traffic and you'll still get some heat soak.

I've used one of those laser spot temp things, and after a fair weather session at Wakefield there's been a 15-20 degree differential between the engine side of my heat shield, and the metal ring on my pod.

This is what my setup looks like:

(The other side of the flex pipe is in the front air dam, so its directly in the airflow)

However, around town there's not much in it. While I haven't measured it properly, touching the heat shield and the pod's ring doesn't bring up a noticable difference when I get home after going to the shops.

Edited December 30, 2005 by scathing

[chaos]

Isaac, if you still have your Airbox, Cut a hole in the side of that for the Piping from your Pod to the Turbo, and Stick some heat proof shield stuff on the inside if you can. That may help with the heat issue. But yeh as intensevil said, it sounds like heat soak.

[benm]

If you are that worried about it just swap your pod back to the factory airbox. I swapped my HKS Pod filter for a factory airbox with K&N Panel filter and couldn't notice any change at all (and neither could a dyno).

The other good thing about a factory box is that it's perfectly legal unlike an open pod filter.

[chaos]

The other good thing about a factory box is that it's perfectly legal unlike an open pod filter.

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Pod's are perfectly Legal in Qld.

[Konrad]

Yeah i treat shielding as part of CAI, so gunna do both and measure the results.

Still have the stock airbox but no snorkel, so it pretty much would still be gulping hot hot air (remember the airbox inlet is on the engine side aswell).

It doesnt help much that my turbo doesn't have a heat shield too, might get one of those turbo bags..

[RRR32_GoDzIlLa]

has anyone got a photo of a cold air induction setup for a gtr. ive been trying to think of something but there isnt much room to work with

[Spook's_Skyline]

my pod lives in my front bar, out of the engine bay

its quite happy there

[5LEEPER]

i hope you didnt move your AFM with it...

If you did, therefore changing the amount of air between the AFM and intake, then your computer is reading the wrong thing that the AFM is tellin it.

cheers

[2BNVS]

i just got made up a heat shield from aluminium from bunnings covered the engine side and the top of the filter, and with the old hole from the stock cooler i ran some flexy tube stuff fromt that hole to the meshed vent in my front bar.

ben...

[Spook's_Skyline]

afm still sits in engine bay in usual spot

Edited December 31, 2005 by Spook's_Skyline

[paulr33]

the temperature of the pod filter itself and air intake will be different to the temp of the air being sucked into it. of course being in the engine bay the air will be much hotter than ambient air but if your temp probe is attached to the pod filter or intake piping etc then it will be showing the surface temp rater than the air temp.

[Konrad]

the temperature of the pod filter itself and air intake will be different to the temp of the air being sucked into it. of course being in the engine bay the air will be much hotter than ambient air but if your temp probe is attached to the pod filter or intake piping etc then it will be showing the surface temp rater than the air temp.

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Temp sensor is mounted in the surrounding space of the pod filter, not attached to anything bar a long cable tie used to 'hold' the sensor in the airstream about 3cm back from the probe, its at least 3cm from the pod itself and probably at least 10cm from anything metal (piping, engine bay etc..) so reading is as accurate as i could make it..

[gt-t_r34]

do you get more lag with the pod down in the front bar dave?

[paulr33]

placing of the pod wont affect lag

sheild it up as much as possible and route some cold air to it via tubing

[Simon-S14]

i hope you didnt move your AFM with it...

If you did, therefore changing the amount of air between the AFM and intake, then your computer is reading the wrong thing that the AFM is tellin it.

cheers

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nah mate, the AFM its an air flow metering device, it only measures air when its flowing through it, so it doesnt matter if you have it closer or further away from the throttle body as its still measureing the same amount of air.

hope this clears this up

[Triskillion]

after putting a POD on my car, i noticed it was smooth/quicker reving at HIGH revs, but low down is really really bad and slow... i want to go back to the factory box.

and i think a factory box with a high flow panel is perfectly good untill you start making some real high hp

[justin911]

does a CAI realy make a huge differance ??

like doesnt the cold air still go past the extremly hot turbo anyways, thus heating the air back up ?

[nF]

my pod lives in my front bar, out of the engine bay

its quite happy there

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oh shit is that rain again?