APEXI & K&N Air filters

[adam 32]

im in perth so thats cool:P

nah pod filters are illegal cos they change emissions... therefore K&N's are legal as they filter a neccessary amount of contaminants not to break the emission laws

[Doctor]

Buy the K & N you won't regret it. Mine only just fits under hte bloody bonnet. The largest you can buy.

Spend the $100 left over on other mods.

There would be bugger all difference between the 2 two. Maybe .5 of a kilowatt. Not worth the $100 me thinks.

Doc

[JiMb0]

Might wanna check that one with the RTA .... Last time I gave their Technical Enquiries line a call they stated it was due to induction noise created by not having a cold air box .... I'm up for any other idea's though

[Robo]

A mate of mine has down a fair bit of research onb this topic... (Cops kept telling him his pod filter was illegal..

He ended up going through to the EPA (RTA didn't really do much).

All it really needs to do (for a pod filter) is pass two test's.

One is the emissions test, the other is sound test.

I'm almost certain the K&N will pass the emissions test (and Apexi).

Noise - the true way to do this is the EPA set up a mic on the side of the road and make you drive past at 70k's (or something like that) and if it goes over the certain limit in decibel's you have to fix it..

This info may not be entirely true or correct (It's what I saw written on a document by the EPA) so don't hold me against it..

Cheers

Rob

PS. I will contact my mate and ask him for the document and confirm if you like.. (that would be good to show the cops when they tell you it's illegal)

[JiMb0]

That would be great ! It amuses me to no end how it seems that not even the people who make and are supposed to police these rules know exactly what they are or how tests are to be carried out.

For instance and exhaust dB test I have heard conducted in so many differing ways it's not funny. Even the POD sound test you list would not be in my view a correct way to conduct such a test, as much more than merely induction noice would be picked up.

Oh well

[Guest]

what about the Blitz SUS what do you guys think about it?

[steve_R32]

I've got an Apexi filter, it is pretty loud. All blow off valve noises, etc are freekin loud BTW. My motor is completely stock aswell......

Heres a pic anyways.....

Steve

[meggala]

in victoria the k&n and any oiled filter are illegal hence the reason I sold my k&n and bought another type.

jsut be careful you can have a pod in victoria but a non oiled type

meggala

[NIZ180]

best to use dry type filters anyway as the oiled ones will mess with your AFM over time.

[Guest EVL-R33]

just a qs, i got a shitty hks air pod with my r33 gts-t when i got it and i wanna change it to something better,

im thinking just go the k&n but is there a diff between sizes?

Bigger the better???

[_turtle_]

just wondering, how do u clean the filters such as apexi and blitz? they all say that they are re-usable, but the don't tell u how to clean them. do u just wash them with water?

i had a k&n pod and that was easy because i just used the cleaning kit i bought for it.

[JiMb0]

Being that they are paper filters I'd assume compressed air and a vacuum cleaner ¿? Not 100 % sure tho .... anyone ?