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I know it's a bit of a simple question but i dont know the answer so i thought I'd ask anyway. I have a no name pod and am pretty sure it's pretty crap quality, i was just wondering how much difference i would notice with a more expensive better quality one.. Like if the material on them makes the flow that much better to spend 100-200 on a good pod.

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Much of a muchness if you are running a standardish setup. You'd be hard pressed to notice a difference.

As long as its not a HKS "mushroom", those things are shithouse and foam breaks off too easy into the intake.

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i tried a monza one from autobarn many moons ago

it was ass, it killed all the throttle response

i dont know how, but i did

with the monza one fitted ,there was noticable lag from the time you open the throttle to the time the engine got positive power

took it back, changed to a k&N one and it was back to new again

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I was about to mention that magazine test - not sure where you can buy 3A Racing filters from though, but at only 30 bucks vs over 100 lol, thats pretty compelling.

You can buy them from Dr Drift

I have a 3A pod. back to back V.s K&N, I honestly couldnt really notice. The 3A is a lot cheaper tho!

Can you confirm if they are washable and re-usable?

I believe that they are a dry type cotton element, yes? Wouldn't they require oil if they were re-usable?

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You can buy them from Dr Drift

Can you confirm if they are washable and re-usable?

I believe that they are a dry type cotton element, yes? Wouldn't they require oil if they were re-usable?

well yes I have washed it before. Hot soapy water, blow it out with the compressor and let it dry out properly in the sun also. I do it maybe every 3-6 months. No I do NOT oil it

actually I have had the pod for over 2 years and its still looking good/performing well.

and something I just remembered, a mate of mine used to have a JZA80 TT supra which had a ARC induction box, for science we fitted a 3A one day and the difference was amazing. Sharper throttle response and seemed to breath better full stop. considering the ARC sells for maybe 20 times more than a 3A pod, they are definatly good value.

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thats a pretty tall call to say that it's better than an ARC induction box.

The Blitz LM filter I had previously seemed to let quite a bit of dust through :S so changed it to an Apexi Power Intake (which incidentally im not sure on how to clean out)

You got the APexi Pod?

Just soak it in K&N Air Filter cleaner, let it soak in for 10 mins then hose off and then let it sit and dry in the sun.

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thats a pretty tall call to say that it's better than an ARC induction box.

The Blitz LM filter I had previously seemed to let quite a bit of dust through :S so changed it to an Apexi Power Intake (which incidentally im not sure on how to clean out)

You got the APexi Pod?

Just soak it in K&N Air Filter cleaner, let it soak in for 10 mins then hose off and then let it sit and dry in the sun.

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I've tried many pod filters K&N, Blitz LM etc but im currently using a Apexi one. But the 3A is a bang for your buck how its been dyno proven with very good flow and very good filteration. Heres some pics of the past when i owned my skyline with the podys... Didnt really feel a diffrence but yeh.

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we sell the 3a Racing ones at Autobarn in penrith .. actually i just recieved 3 yesterday .. they also look really good for how much they are .. And in tests actually are better then the K+N and a bonus because they dont have shit oil that stuffs around with ur hotwire AFM! ..

They are like $48 from memory compared to $99 K+N ones .

And i sell pod filters everyday

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I have a hks one sitting here, was never on the car because i just found it in the boot lol. Shit pod and would never use it. Got a 3A racing one. Been using it for 2 years and its still perfect, got it from Shan (funkymonkey) when he got some for a few of us sau guys.

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