pod or air box?

[Greg Barwick]

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.

[R324DR]

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.

[Greg Barwick]

thanks dude i may try this to ( :

[WazR32GTSt]

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...

[r34_skyline]

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

would that still fall under the 'defect' catergory ? mmm, coz i think the k&n ones are oiled ?

[3R1K]

air filter is legal at least in WA it's is

[sproosy]

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!

[Munna]

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.

[yaf28f]

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?

[siksII]

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.

[Abo Bob]

From what I've heard the stock airbox with a good panel filter like Nismo or Pipercross is fine for 250rwkw. I have 228rwkw with no problems. Next dyno I think I will take the top off the box and test to see if the box makes any difference.

[Munna]

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.

[TTT]

R32's don't have the snorkel. so for an R32, the panel filter is best.

try the piper cross ones.

cheap too.

and many people are very happy with them

[mr_rbman]

i've gone from a pod to the air box recently and personally it made stuff all differnece. the only thing i noticed was a little less response with the air box now in place!

[monkeykplunk]

have any of you actually boxed the pod and provided an inlet for cold air coming into the box from somewhere like the front bar?

Or are you just not getting difference because you haven't done either?

[satanic]

Someone mentioned that the stock box would not fit after the FMIC was installed... I hope this isn't an issue for the R34 as this is happening TODAY!

[siksII]

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

[xRHETTx]

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!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

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.

[dezz]

so can you have a panel filter and a front mount in vic?