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Hi Guys,

Recently upgraded to a Apexi FMIC which means i now need to remove my pod for my car to be semi legal ;p

in regards to putting an airbox back on can i use one of those carbon / fibreglass boxes which are called cold air boxes?

im trying to find out what the best possible thing i could do, ive heard that the stock airbox will be better for the car as the car would be breathing from the cooler and not the pod / airbox thus creating better airflow....please tell me if that is a false statement.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as im new to the world of modifications and loving learning as much as i can.

Thanks

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Hi Guys,

Recently upgraded to a Apexi FMIC which means i now need to remove my pod for my car to be semi legal ;p

in regards to putting an airbox back on can i use one of those carbon / fibreglass boxes which are called cold air boxes?

im trying to find out what the best possible thing i could do, ive heard that the stock airbox will be better for the car as the car would be breathing from the cooler and not the pod / airbox thus creating better airflow....please tell me if that is a false statement.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as im new to the world of modifications and loving learning as much as i can.

Thanks

ok, if you're in VIC you can only have 1 intake modification, which it seems you know anyway. However, having a cold air box around a pod is still an intake modification. Therefore either that or the fmic will have to be removed. The only way you can legally have an fmic is to have a stock airbox installed...period. I would personally put a good panel filter into your stock airbox. Trust me it will still go very well, maybe a little down in top end and "whoosh" sound..lol, but not really that bad. Think of it this way: An fmic will outweigh any negatives of putting a stock airbox on.

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damn you guys over east get taken hard! 1 intake mod??

Oh well, it seems an aftermarket panel filter works very well compared to a pod anyway so your performance loss would be very minimal, if anything id say.

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Yeah but the whole issue in VIc is not whether the pod is boxed or not, it's the EPA restricting intake modifications to one only. Whether it's boxed or not, if it's not stock and you have a fmic dont whinge when you get epa'd.

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