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snoopy4eva

By snoopy4eva,
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It's my understanding that POD filters affect your intake and make your turbo sound more impressive. Are they legal in Canberra? If so where would be the best place to get one and who would be the best to get it fitted?

Well they certainly make a sucking noise apart from that they do little else compared to a highflow replacement filter until you get 350+rwkw.

From what I understand they are legal in the ACT, however in NSW you will need to enclose them in a box. This is a good idea as it prevents engine heat from being sucked in. There's other requirements about intake noise but I don't think a little extra noise would matter, if boxed you probably would not notice an increase.

If you are northside many people recomend Trojen motorsports, but fitting pod filters can be done by anyone including yourself.

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snoopy4eva, do you run an FMIC at all? It is legal to run a POD in ACT as long as it is mounted securely. I currently have an JustJap FMIC kit (type 1 - over the radiator painted black) which meant I had to change from a standard airbox to a POD. I have enclosed the POD in a UAS fibreglass box and have a homemade cold air feed going to it.

I have since bought another FMIC kit (return pipe) so I can run my stock airbox again, which means I will have a very cheap FMIC kit and POD setup available in the next week or 2.

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