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HI ALL RECENTLY I FITTED A K&N FILTER TO MY R33 AS I LIVE IN THE BLUE MONTAINS (NICE COLD AIR)

IT MADE A SLIGHT DIFERANCE UNTIL THE CAR WARMED UP THEN IT WAS BOUT THE SAME AS THE STOCK FILTER THEN I TOOK IT TO THE CITY AND I COULDNT BELIVE THE AMONT OF POWER IT LOST I FITTED THE FACTORY AIR BOX BACK IN AND BACK TO NORMAL THE PROBLEM WAS THE 100 DEGREE TURBO PLUMBING BEING RIGHT UNDER THE AIR FILTER I BOUGHT A CLEAR PLASTIC AIR BOX OFF EBAY BUT HAVING NO BOTTOM IT ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE SO IN THE END I MADE MY OWN AIR BOX WITCH FITS THE K&N POD INSIDE AND HAS A BOTTOM TO SEPERATE THE INTERCOOLER PIPING FROM THE AIR FILTER ITS MADE SO MUCH DIFFERANCE JUST WONDERING IF EVERY ONE ELSE FOUND THIS TO BE A PROBLEM AND IS THERE ANY COLD AIR OR AIR BOX KITS FOR THE R33 IVE ONLY SEEN THE TVR ONES WITCH ARE ALSO SUCKING STRAIGHT UNDER BONETT AIR ....

REASON I ASK IS I STILL HAVE MOULDS SO IF ANYONE WANTS ONE I CAN MAKE MORE

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(B1) MR_fanny Grand Master

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man that was hard to read. had to make myself want to read it. we're quite slack here at SAU so making things easier to read and understand will get you a response. otherwise you will usually get rubbish..lol

so you have a pod and want to know if there is any other partitions that dont suck hot engine bay air, but you have made one that works for you and was wondering if people wanna buy the setup you made?

ELMOHASA33 Enthusiast

ELMOHASA33

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yeh thanks i posted that last night at bout 11:30 iwas obviosly tired ....

i will make it simple.

1 do you guys no how much power your loosing running a pod filter with no air box.

2 do you know of any companys making air boxs or cold air kits for r33s.

3 would anyone be interested in a cold air box that fitts a pod.

ELMOHASA33 Enthusiast

ELMOHASA33

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a pod in an inclosed air box with good cold air supply performs better than the standard filter ..

as most skylines in australia are sold with a pod filter already fitted most people dont realise that even a standard airbox gives better power than a pod sucking hot air ......

at least this is what ive found on my car.

like ive said i made a custom air box that fitts a pod filter fully inclosed with cold air pickup i still have the moulds so i can make more if any ones intrested

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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you should probably show us what your airbox looks like, and tell us how much you are thinking of charging for it.

most people here, can make, or have already made their own airbox. others have bought one. but if yours looks incredible, and is selling at a good price, you might be onto something.

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there is a thread on here about this stuff, like how to push cold air into the box..

on your front bar you can connect a pipe that goes from one of the holes right up under the chassis and into the air box, (where the hole is for the piping for the fmic).. that way when the car is going, your always getting cold air.

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yeh thanx for the pics mine exactly the same but has a clear top i gave up on this thread cause i didnt whant to pull my car apart to photo the bottom half of the box.

is that one fully inclosed?

also where abouts in the blue montians are you?

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ELMOHASA33

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hey monkey boy the fact is that all the air boxs ive seen are not boxs but partitions i just thought it would be obvious that a fully inclosed box would be much better also im no air box supplier if someone was interested i would have made two or three but thats about it but seen as your so keen to knock me i will finish what i started....

the real reson i started this thread was just to see what other peoples ideas were and if anyone else had this problem

so what have you done with your 33 "partition & pod filter" like every one else !

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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hahah calm down man

fark

we asked you to show us the box, so we could see the quality and look etc.

because ive seen ppl try and sell crap on here for large amounts of money before.

and my airbox is very nice thanks. its a single piece of perspex, cut and shaped to snuggly fit the space around the pod.

its not sealed at the bottom, but then why would it be? thats another avenue for cold air to get in.

and it gets its air from a 3 inch tube running from the front bar into the box, from underneath. non of this snorkel bullshit.

btw, the snorkel does not see direct airflow coz its blocked by the bonnet, therefore the air needs to be sucked in to get into the box. so you need a 100% sealed box to use this method, like the standard filter box.

and after all that trouble, you still dont have as much cool air coming in, compared to an open 3 inch tube, not to mention that the snorkel may interfere with your aftermarket intercooler piping.

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