R33: Pod Filter Installation

[MarkR33]

Fitting a pod filter to your car

The first thing I did to my R33 GTS-T was to fit a pod filter, It is just one of the many upgrades that you can do, this is easy to do

Things you will need before starting

:Good pod filter

:A good adjustable spanner

:A socket wrench will be necessary or a screwdriver with bolt attachment to

get down to the screws that hold on the stock air box

Their are many arguments about which type of pod is better , e.g paper , wet , dry , what catches more dirt , what lets in more air. When the turbo spools it sucks a lot of air in and regardless of what type of pod you buy it will still make some type of noise (for all you ricers) . The essential thing to remember is that a pod filters purpose is to catch dirt that is entering the engine bay and to free up some restriction so more air can be sucked in . The most popular filters are the pod foam type such as the HKS green one , or the APEXI paper pod , I chose the Apexi Pod on my R33 due to the fact that it was a dry filter that didnt require any direct maintenance other than giving it an occasional clean.

1. Locate your skylines airbox

2. Remove the 4 nuts that hold the Airbox in place

3. Remove the Box and Unbolt the Airflow meter from the bottom of the airbox

4. Attach your pod filter to the air flow meter , make sure that their is something between the podfilter and the airflow meter, some type of insulation, the apexi pod filter kit for an R33 came with the insulating paper that bolted right in, this creates a good seal and prevents dirt from entering from any small holes ( a small piece of foam or filter paper cut around the hole will do.)

[AFM] [iNSULATION] [POD] <--- air sucked in

5. Affix the pod filter to the chassis of the car (via a support) so it doesnt move, generally most kits come with a metal support with a pre drilled hole , if your kit doesnt come with one simply get a piece of metal , drill a hole so it can be bolted to the pod and attached to the car so it wont move. If this is done it means that the pod can suck air from all directions and wont cause stress or even damage to the pod filter or the air flow meter / And if its not attached properly it can mean a defect notice, which a friend of mine found out

6. Make sure the pod filter is bolted in and that the air flow meter plug is connected , I forgot to check this when I was installing mine and when I started my car it stalled hahahaha ,

7. A lot of people leave the snorkel still attached as a semi cold air intake kit such as this , this way its directing some cold air onto the pod

Thats it , take it for a fang

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If your looking at making the most out of the pod mod , look at installing a cold air intake seperate to the snorkel , E.G A piece of pipe running from the front of the car or under the car directly onto the pod , the more colder air you get onto it means more power for you.

A lot of people have also benefited from a cold air partition

which is where the pod is enclosed in a box so the hot air is kept out , like a fridge , it can be made from any type of heat resistant material have a look through super cheap or a bunnings , anything that reflects and dissipates heat really quickly , some type of carbon fibre , fibreglass or some type of plastic may do the trick , their is a post on here about how to make a DIY cold air partition

Anyway thats it , any questions give me a PM

Mark

Note : Pics taken are not all from my engine bay, they are taken from pics i had on my hardrive as my digital camera is shit

Images gone AWOL, please repost if possible

[JAM*353]

Are there any kits that would specifically be better?

[Dhiv-Zilla]

Thanks - Great help

[d3f3ct]

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6. Make sure the pod filter is bolted in and that the air flow meter plug is connected , I forgot to check this when I was installing mine and when I started my car it stalled hahahaha???

HELP!!!

ok. i removed the stock one and put a new one i got off ebay. now where do i plug the cable i disconnected cause this new pod filter doesnt have the connection anywhere. im confused??? please help urgently

thankyou kindly community

--> this is what i got if this helps... LINK I PURCHASED IT FROM

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-AIR-INTAKE-FILTER...34.c0.m14.l1262

Edited July 31, 2009 by d3f3ct

[gotRICE?]

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HELP!!!

ok. i removed the stock one and put a new one i got off ebay. now where do i plug the cable i disconnected cause this new pod filter doesnt have the connection anywhere. im confused??? please help urgently

thankyou kindly community

--> this is what i got if this helps... LINK I PURCHASED IT FROM

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-AIR-INTAKE-FILTER...34.c0.m14.l1262

Did you remove the AFM? If you did, you shouldnt have and the car wont run.

Its the black thing that the plug goes into:

Will look like the ones on the right. Put it back in and get an AFM adaptor if you want to use a pod like that

Or get a vehicle specific kit like Apexi. Bolt straight up to the AFM

Edited July 31, 2009 by gotRICE?