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Hi guys,

I'm thinking about putting a pod filter in the stock air box. what are u guys reckon? is this gonna be better than pod filter with custom air box? also, think about getting air induction from the front and feed into the stock air box for the pod.. good or bad?

Cheers

its been done before, sau member limpus has placed a pod inside the airbox, maybe if he see's this thread he will post some info :D

good luck fitting a pod in the factory box lol

In that case i must be really lucky because i have...

My apexi pod is hidden inside my stock arbox with a metal intake pipe coming from my 2535 and a Z32 afm...its all about backyard ingenuity...personally i did mine because i had a spare apexi pod in my garage and felt bored one day...and most cops are non the wiser...

So the bottom line is...YES...you can fit a pod into an airbox...but it will take some trimming of parts of the airbox to have it sit nicely...my airbox is butchered anyway with a larger section of the base and side removed...it just helps to get alittle more air in...when i'm at the track i just rip the whole cover off and expose the whole pod...

As for whether it improves or hampers performance...you make up your own mind...i have done a couple of back to back dyno runs with and without the cover a year ago and power was almost the same...however it should be noted that this situation is not the same in real world conditions when you're doing 120km/h and ramming air into the engine bay...

I don't have a pic of the box with the pod inside but here is the engine bay with the airbox...the aim is to have it looking legal...

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I understand Limpus was bored and had a filter to play with and had a butchered box already so did this.

what about you subie?

why do you want to do it?

What is your reasoning behind it?

why/how do you think it's going to be better than even a stock NISSAN paper panel filter element in the stock air box using stock ducting?

Stock air box all the way

Z32 AFM also bolts straight up to it - half the time people don't even know what they are looking at so they won't realise its a Z32 AFM

Just use the stock air box with a paper filter man, you really can't go wrong

I have had to go back to an Apexi power intake filter as my standard air box doesn't fit with my new piping setup (intake and cooler) which really sucks to be honest

I'm just waiting for the day I get pulled over and raped! :(

One weekend when I am free I might attempt to make the air box fit, it is possible but just takes time to do it

Plenty of people making high power figures on standard air box - why wouldn't you use it?

Gday guys! :( I'm a new skyline owner and have to say these forums are awesome! I've been reading it for days on end and getting no sleep :D

Anyway, on to my newb question(s):

The skyline i bought (R33 GTST) came with a HKS mushroom filter, which i find to be bloody noisy and have ordered an Apexi power intake filter (or whatever they're called) to replace it. I was planning to put a box around this for legal issues, and was also considering setting up some kind of CAI piping into the box, but after reading it sounds like everyone touts the stock box/intake as superior for close-to-stock cars (mines got only the filter and a ?cat-back? exhaust AFAIK)

So i was wondering what would be the best option:

1. Find a stock box + intake, hack it to fit the Apexi (pod) filter.

2. Find a stock box + intake, forget the pod filter, use a k&n panel filter instead (totally stock setup)

3. Foget the stock box/intake and just build a partition/box for pod & a CAI

If the stock options are best, where to find them? Seems most cars have pod filters installed lol, so surely those original parts must be lying around somewhere?

Also, what's the Z32 AFM? I assume that AFM = Air Flow Meter, is Z32 the stock meter attached to the intake pipe after the filter?

Appreciate any advice :(

use the stock box, intake and filter.

sell the pod.

Z32 is the 300zx.

their AFM meter has a higher max voltage which means more tuning resolution.

I got the same as you (sort of)

just bought an R33, has a cat back and blitz pod.

I will be replacing that with the stock intake stuff soon.

I only get to play with the car a little bit on weekends so gotta get the service and stuff out of the way first.

I agree..

the sound is f*king annoying.

use the stock box, intake and filter.

sell the pod.

Z32 is the 300zx.

their AFM meter has a higher max voltage which means more tuning resolution.

I got the same as you (sort of)

just bought an R33, has a cat back and blitz pod.

I will be replacing that with the stock intake stuff soon.

I only get to play with the car a little bit on weekends so gotta get the service and stuff out of the way first.

I agree..

the sound is f*king annoying.

Thanks for the input GTST! Where do you plan to get the stock parts from?

Putting Apexi Pod in a stock box = just to keep the heat away from the pod and hide it.

I gota friend who did that and it worked quite well.

If your not running a large abount of boost just change it to a high flow panel filter.

I understand Limpus was bored and had a filter to play with and had a butchered box already so did this.

what about you subie? I'm just thinking about it first and might try to to do it when i have time

why do you want to do it? instead of making the box, i wanna use the stock air box and make the pod fit in it

What is your reasoning behind it? cop and make it look standard

why/how do you think it's going to be better than even a stock NISSAN paper panel filter element in the stock air box using stock ducting? I don't know, that's why I make this topic to see others think..

Cheers

That noise isnt the nicest but it is all intake noise from stock compressor, Since hiflowing my stock turbo but still running pod filter its much quiter and makes a nice high pitch whistle on boost, not that rushing air sound that stock turbo makes.

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