Air Intake

[chaser33sum]

hey everyone..my mate has asked me to get a pod filter and piping for his RB25DE (non turbs obviously )

ive had no luck from autobarns and places like that and the search option here gives me hundreds of pages that i dont have the time to look through

(meant to be working)

he wants to know the best brand pod filter

and also what piping he will need to replace the factory air box thingy

any help appreciated...cheers

[Dohmar]

Ministry of Bass can help you out with the piping I'm pretty sure, and then you'll just need to go to any auto shop and get a standard 60mm or 80mm Pod filter (I recommend 3A filters)

Should be relatively pain free to fit

-D

hey everyone..my mate has asked me to get a pod filter and piping for his RB25DE (non turbs obviously )

ive had no luck from autobarns and places like that and the search option here gives me hundreds of pages that i dont have the time to look through

(meant to be working)

he wants to know the best brand pod filter

and also what piping he will need to replace the factory air box thingy

any help appreciated...cheers

[chaser33sum]

Ministry of Bass can help you out with the piping I'm pretty sure, and then you'll just need to go to any auto shop and get a standard 60mm or 80mm Pod filter (I recommend 3A filters) Should be relatively pain free to fit -D

Cheers Mate Whereabouts is ministry of bass 

[Altia_R34]

i prefer K&N and HKS.

[CRoNic...]

There's a pod filter PDF document that has results of a pod filter test some place did a while back. It's somewhere on these forums. It's an interesting read.

In the end, those 3A (spelling?) pods were the best, beating K&N, Blitz, etc.

[Dohmar]

There's a pod filter PDF document that has results of a pod filter test some place did a while back. It's somewhere on these forums. It's an interesting read.

In the end, those 3A (spelling?) pods were the best, beating K&N, Blitz, etc.

Yep and they're cheap too, around $25, and theyre a dry filter, meaning they dont need oiling (which sometimes gets on the AFM sensor and stuffs it)

-D

[Krishy]

hey everyone..my mate has asked me to get a pod filter and piping for his RB25DE (non turbs obviously )

ive had no luck from autobarns and places like that and the search option here gives me hundreds of pages that i dont have the time to look through

(meant to be working)

he wants to know the best brand pod filter

and also what piping he will need to replace the factory air box thingy

any help appreciated...cheers

If i am reading this correctly then i am assuming that your mate would like a pod filter instead of that stock airboox, correct??

If that is the case then all you have to do is go to Autobarn/Supercheap/Repco/Sprint Auto Parts/etc and pick up that 3A pod filter for like $25-30 and then remove the airbox and replace the airbox by the pod filter. its quite easy and simple to do and no piping is involved.

Just make sure you get the pod filter adapter as well which is suited for a skyline. Its written on the back of the thing

[chaser33sum]

thanks everyone

yeh ive heard mixed feedback on the 3A Racing brand..

Gave my mate all the options and alternatives and hes decided on the high flow K&N filter

got the adapter sorted also.

thanks again

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[Damo_R34]

if its an NA, a K&N high flow panel filter to replace the factory item is more than enough airflow (keeping the stock airbox and snorkel)

[chaser33sum]

if its an NA, a K&N high flow panel filter to replace the factory item is more than enough airflow (keeping the stock airbox and snorkel)

ahhh ok thanks.. tho i think he just likes the look of the pods

[CRoNic...]

Don't forget that they're 'wet' pods that require oiling...

And as mentioned previously, too much oil can get onto the AFM's and stuff them up.

[SLED]

I don't understand why anyone would want to go from a CAI to a HAI.....seems to defeat the whole purpose and idea of performance.

IMHO, stick with a box and modify it, thereby keeping away heat from the engine bay from your induction and inducing air from an outside port or vent instead.

[Krishy]

I don't understand why anyone would want to go from a CAI to a HAI.....seems to defeat the whole purpose and idea of performance.

IMHO, stick with a box and modify it, thereby keeping away heat from the engine bay from your induction and inducing air from an outside port or vent instead.

or the best idea with pods are that you also get a good quality heat shield for it too

[chaser33sum]

ok..well he has bought a k&n pod filter but one that needs an oil lubricant.

should he take this back and get a non oil pod filter and heat shield?

OR is it a better choice to get a panel filter in his orignial air box?

ive searched the forums all day for answers and its basically 50/50 coz theres alot of conflicting answers..

any help would be appreciated, plz keep in mind its a non turbs

[craig R33]

ummm go back, refund that $90 pos, buy a $20 cheapo, pocket $70 and put it toword a GTS->>t<<

then worry about getting a decent intake.

[jrm]

Why are you going a pod over a panel is I guess the question - a high-flowing panel is probably going to produce better results performance-wise (and not have the dramas of a pod with heat-soak, or requiring a heat-sheild, etc).

A pod will produce more induction sound than a panel though (though at least with an R34 you can remove a bit of baffling from inside the airbox lid and make it MUCH louder too ...). Personally, I went k&n panel and removed the baffling in the airbox. It makes the car look less cop-bait under the bonnet and less induction noise means it's gonna attract less attention too. SA Police hand out enough defects - no point making yourself more a target, I reckon.

[chaser33sum]

Why are you going a pod over a panel is I guess the question - a high-flowing panel is probably going to produce better results performance-wise (and not have the dramas of a pod with heat-soak, or requiring a heat-sheild, etc).

A pod will produce more induction sound than a panel though (though at least with an R34 you can remove a bit of baffling from inside the airbox lid and make it MUCH louder too ...). Personally, I went k&n panel and removed the baffling in the airbox. It makes the car look less cop-bait under the bonnet and less induction noise means it's gonna attract less attention too. SA Police hand out enough defects - no point making yourself more a target, I reckon.

panel it is then

cheers

[chaser33sum]

ummm go back, refund that $90 pos, buy a $20 cheapo, pocket $70 and put it toword a GTS->>t<<

then worry about getting a decent intake.

hes on his p's

SA is introducing car restrictions..so that 70he saved for a gtst ends up being a waste on a gtst haha

[chaser33sum]

HAS ANYONE CUSTOMISED THE STOCK AIRBOX OR ADDED A LARGER SNORKEL AND NOTICED ANY RESULTS. KEEP IN MIND I WOULD HAVE A K&N PANEL FILTER ALSO? IM WRITIN IN CAPITALS COZ MY PHONE IS f**kED NOT COZ IM EXCITED HEHE  

[Damo_R34]

if i was to put a stock airbox in mine, i would have the snorkel fitted with an extra feed into the airbox from where the standard SMIC to throttle pipe comes through. Atm, i have a HKS pod with plastic heat shield that i have been meaning to modify with some heat resistant foam, with a cold air feed to the pod from the front bumper.