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Hi, im about to do my first mod on my car and i want to do An Intake, I've got a Pod filter but i dont think its good enough.

Most people are saying "cold air intake" is the best. can someone tell me why?

also, can you name other types of intakes or suggest whats the best for me? price ranging from undeR 1000$

Thanx

Hi, im about to do my first mod on my car and i want to do An Intake, I've got a Pod filter but i dont think its good enough.

Most people are saying "cold air intake" is the best. can someone tell me why?

also, can you name other types of intakes or suggest whats the best for me? price ranging from undeR 1000$

Thanx

well there are affordable POD filters around from reputable manufactuers like BLITZ, HKS etc...

Pod filters offer more air intake compared to air boxes.. but in turn ...it can draw alot of hot air from the engine bay..

what some people do is try and enclose the area where the pod sits...to try and guide cold air from outside andblock out unwanted hot air....

from my experience....pod filters work pretty well..

Don't get the mushroom-style pod's. They're rubbish.

Stick with a Blitz, Greddy, HKS, etc brand... not a Drift brand.

Yeah +1

Am running a apexi pod filter, enclosed into a carbon fibre box with cold air intake.... seems to do the trick :wacko:

Get a HKS mushroom pod.

I got 2 of them and they suck in a lot of air.

Only thing with pods is they can suck in hot air from the engine, thats why the standard air box is still good to have.

If you go the pod, it is helpfull with a heat sheild next to it.

Or just upgrade your panel filter.

Don't get the mushroom-style pod's. They're rubbish.

Stick with a Blitz, Greddy, HKS, etc brand... not a Drift brand.

you mean.....dont buy those generic, shit.

because those so called "mushroom style pod" alot of them are just counterfiets of HKS and blitz anyways

Get a HKS mushroom pod.

I got 2 of them and they suck in a lot of air.

Only thing with pods is they can suck in hot air from the engine, thats why the standard air box is still good to have.

If you go the pod, it is helpfull with a heat sheild next to it.

Or just upgrade your panel filter.

FYI - They do let in alot more dirt.

FYI - They do let in alot more dirt.

yes they do...

but some are re-washable......

like the HKS..... you can wash them and oil them with special oil that is not included.

FYI - They do let in alot more dirt.

LOL!

Yeah as they all do and yeah I clean out my own filters.

yes they do...

but some are re-washable......

like the HKS..... you can wash them and oil them with special oil that is not included.

I just use the K&N oil spray. Ppl think you need to spray a heavy layer, it not the case, just a light spray up and down is all thats needed, one thin layer.

LOL!

Yeah as they all do and yeah I clean out my own filters.

I just use the K&N oil spray. Ppl think you need to spray a heavy layer, it not the case, just a light spray up and down is all thats needed, one thin layer.

well with the Green HKS pod...ive washed it a few times... so that was the advantage

i think its a pretty good pod...but i think "looks" factor wasnt that great....

and from what i can see...that japanese article totally raped the BLITZ and the HKS

well with the Green HKS pod...ive washed it a few times... so that was the advantage

i think its a pretty good pod...but i think "looks" factor wasnt that great....

and from what i can see...that japanese article totally raped the BLITZ and the HKS

True, I wash mine when doing a service then wash it when I have done about 3000km then again when its time for the next service in 2000km, General service every 5000km.

Yeah APexi Pods looks the best IMO, always wanted them and they got the perfomance to up hold themselves.

My HKS ones came with the car so I stuck with it.

There are so many test out there some say they are good some bad... End of the day they so the same thing.

So ppl don't like the APexi ones, most ppl love'em, it all personal preferance in the end.

Filtration wise, hence the use of oil spray on the sponge filters to catch all the smaller particals of the HKS pods...

Yeah looks like HKS got the shits with those results, but ppl still use'em... LOL!

well the blitz sus power one i had was shit, just got an apexi power intake which seems to work a lot better.

Btw do any of you have evidence that drift brand filters are actually shit? Apparently its a JDM brand?

True, I wash mine when doing a service then wash it when I have done about 3000km then again when its time for the next service in 2000km, General service every 5000km.

Yeah APexi Pods looks the best IMO, always wanted them and they got the perfomance to up hold themselves.

My HKS ones came with the car so I stuck with it.

There are so many test out there some say they are good some bad... End of the day they so the same thing.

So ppl don't like the APexi ones, most ppl love'em, it all personal preferance in the end.

Filtration wise, hence the use of oil spray on the sponge filters to catch all the smaller particals of the HKS pods...

Yeah looks like HKS got the shits with those results, but ppl still use'em... LOL!

i actually dislike the APEX one.. i fitted one on my friends S15 200SX..and to me, i think the Apexi ones look likes dogz ballz...

and i really cant seem to like the red colour...but thats just me.

well what ive found with Oils with the HKS... the fact it sticks more particles...its harder to wash out....resulting in more regular replacements cause sometimes you just couldnt be stuffed washing it throughly and then waiting for it to dry etc.

from memory the HKS was rated pretty good few years ago.... you gotta admit...whether some people think its shit or not....

its one of the most reputable Aftermarket parts manufacturer ever to come out of japan. so either way...whatever that article states..i think the your money is safe with HKS.

well the blitz sus power one i had was shit, just got an apexi power intake which seems to work a lot better.

Btw do any of you have evidence that drift brand filters are actually shit? Apparently its a JDM brand?

what kind of drift brand filters? nameS?

well the blitz sus power one i had was shit, just got an apexi power intake which seems to work a lot better.

Btw do any of you have evidence that drift brand filters are actually shit? Apparently its a JDM brand?

You mean that DR/FT brand they sell at Auto Barn?

Most ppl hate them on SAU as there was a thread about DR/FT exhaust systems a while back.

I don't think its a JDM brand either and not many ppl bother with'em.

There have been test done and 3A Racing air pods won over APexi, BLITZ, GReddy, HKS and K&N pod filters... Apparently so...

3A Racing is just another cheaper brand like Autotenica and Monza but does a good job for the price you pay... I had a 3A Racing pod and the glue melted and the filter fell off...

i actually dislike the APEX one.. i fitted one on my friends S15 200SX..and to me, i think the Apexi ones look likes dogz ballz...

and i really cant seem to like the red colour...but thats just me.

well what ive found with Oils with the HKS... the fact it sticks more particles...its harder to wash out....resulting in more regular replacements cause sometimes you just couldnt be stuffed washing it throughly and then waiting for it to dry etc.

from memory the HKS was rated pretty good few years ago.... you gotta admit...whether some people think its shit or not....

its one of the most reputable Aftermarket parts manufacturer ever to come out of japan. so either way...whatever that article states..i think the your money is safe with HKS.

what kind of drift brand filters? nameS?

Hah! I actualy like washing my filters, thats just me tho, as I'm seeing myself doing good to the car.

Yeah big tuning garages in Japan use HKS so your right.

You mean that DR/FT brand they sell at Auto Barn?

Most ppl hate them on SAU as there was a thread about DR/FT exhaust systems a while back.

I don't think its a JDM brand either and not many ppl bother with'em.

There have been test done and 3A Racing air pods won over APexi, BLITZ, GReddy, HKS and K&N pod filters... Apparently so...

3A Racing is just another cheaper brand like Autotenica and Monza but does a good job for the price you pay... I had a 3A Racing pod and the glue melted and the filter fell off...

oh that brand..

mate, i would never buy any products like that from autobarn....

they got it all on display...intercoolers, exhausts, BOVs etc...but i just have an un easy feel about autobarn, maybe its cause the fact they sell so much cheap crap like monza etc.

Yep the one sold at Autobarn (took the wankers a month to actually get my Apexi filter in - and I only ended up getting that through a fellow Skyline owner working there - the manager and other staff CBF with anything other than K & N and DR/FT).

I've seen one other thread about that brand, and yeah their seats feel cheap and shitty, nor would I ever use any kind of 'performance' part, but for things such as consumables - well no matter which way you put it, there's only going to be so much R&D into a pod filter, just that the Blitz one I had was still letting dirt through! (It is very dusty around here however). I was curious because I recall a thread about oil filters, and one of the reputable engine builders on here stipulates when he builds a motor that a magnetic DR/FT oil filter must be used as a condition of warranty? Just going off a vague recollection here.

I don't like using cheap shit in my car personally, but 150 bucks for a pod filter is still a fair amount of cash, especially when they are recommended to have the element changed at every 5000km and I live in a dry, extremely dusty environment.

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