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Hi guys i am currently looking at putting a pod in my car for better airflow but i really dont want to be defected for it. Does anyone know if putting a pod in makes much of a diffrence or is it just better to put a better filter in the standard airbox? Another option i thort of is putting a pod in side the air box to hide it and cutting away a bit of the airbox for ventalation, but i dont know weather it will be worth the trouble.

Any information will help

thank you.

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use the search function on the site, there's heaps of info on this topic.

I have replaced my blitz pod with a k&n panel filter in the stock air box, and havent notices any difference in performance. I've done this as i'm upgrading my stock intercooler and want to keep everything legal.

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Hi guys i am currently looking at putting a pod in my car for better airflow but i really dont want to be defected for it. Does anyone know if putting a pod in makes much of a diffrence or is it just better to put a better filter in the standard airbox? Another option i thort of is putting a pod in side the air box to hide it and cutting away a bit of the airbox for ventalation, but i dont know weather it will be worth the trouble.

Any information will help

thank you.

high-flow panel filter in standard airbox is your friend...

:)

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Pannel filter in airbox is good but when I put my cooler on I could not put the CAI part of the airbox back on because the piping was in the way so it was sucking hot air. I put a Apexi pod on, partitioned it off, and ran a cold air feed from the front bar to the older cooler piping hole under the pod. Made a difference in my case.

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Just curious, I was at the autosaloon and they were selling ARC box filters.

Would this be legal in NSW? or would it be treated just like a pod filter?

Obviously any police seeing an ARC box would know it's not standard.

also are they any better than pods?

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Pannel filter in airbox is good but when I put my cooler on I could not put the CAI part of the airbox back on because the piping was in the way so it was sucking hot air. I put a Apexi pod on, partitioned it off, and ran a cold air feed from the front bar to the older cooler piping hole under the pod. Made a difference in my case.

this is how my car is, no snorkel due to fmic piping, so i too have bought a pod and when i fit it will box it as you did.

so it did make a noticeable difference? small or big? i will be using an apexi pod as well so im interested since its the same situation.

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this is how my car is, no snorkel due to fmic piping, so i too have bought a pod and when i fit it will box it as you did.

so it did make a noticeable difference? small or big? i will be using an apexi pod as well so im interested since its the same situation.

I have only had it on for a couple of weeks difference in performance is small but there is a lot more induction noise witch I like. I have noticed a difference in fuel ecconomy. ;)

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since i posted last i fitted an apexi pod with cold air partition, and report back that it made very little difference when compared to a stock airbox without a snorkel.

actually, if no one told me that it had changed, i doubt i would have felt a diff at all so NO difference.

main difference is in the sound, it is extremely annoying on the freeway and i want to get rid of it on long trips :P

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You can have any kind of filter you want, providing it is in a box of some sought. There was a mssive thread on here about CAI and airboxes, i think the results showed the pannel filters flow better, i may be wrong, but im pretty sure that was the case.

Good luck!

In Vic you cant have an oiled filter. But a pod doesnt have to be in a box. But you cant have a pod and an intercooler.

It would help if you say which state you are in before you ask questions about legality of mods, as all states have their own rules.

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ive just installed an arc box in mine replacing the old box and performance wise picked up some mid range. but after a while you can feel the car suckin in hot air. only way around it for me is to chop and modify the original snorkel for some cold air induction.

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