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hey guys im getting my skyline (96 gts-t) this wednesday...now i wanna get a good note outta it so im getting a 3" exhaust and muffler on friday and i wanna put on a pod filter. are exposed pods legal? if not can i get a partition or panel for it to make it legal..coz i want that sound :D

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I doesnt state there but is finable if pod is not fixed to car properly ie bracket

i was always under the impression that an exposed pod was defectable...but according to that, it doesnt need to be boxed off on an EFI engine...

RB25DET is EFi yeah?

still better to be boxed off for cold air though...

then you got the other stuff about 1 change to the intake etc...

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i was told that you can have one induction modification... aftermarket Intercoler or a aftermarket air filter.. but i think the pod must be bolted down so it dun move around in the engin bay. i have a HKS ram pod airfilter, it sounds great, but i was reading a jap artical and it says that it has the lowest filtering element compared to the other top brands. any body know anythng about this??

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i just called the EPA regarding this and in Victoria this is how its stands:

A pod filter is legal if it is of a dry element, not oil based.

-If its a dry element, it can be exposed.

-If the car has a factory intercooler, you can have a pod filter, but you cannot have changes to the cooler. eg change location, size. or aftermaket.

-If the cooler is changed, you cannot have a pod filter in any case.

Ill be getting this in hard copy during the week, so i shouldnt have any dramas

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i just called the EPA regarding this and in Victoria this is how its stands:

A pod filter is legal if it is of a dry element, not oil based.

-If its a dry element, it can be exposed.

-If the car has a factory intercooler, you can have a pod filter, but you cannot have changes to the cooler. eg change location, size. or aftermaket.

-If the cooler is changed, you cannot have a pod filter in any case.

Ill be getting this in hard copy during the week, so i shouldnt have any dramas

what exactly is oil based pod? what does that mean exactly?

and if you have an aftermarket intercooler, can you have a high flow panel filter in the stock box? or does that count as a 2nd change

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isn't 'oil based' the pods that look like a mushroom?

they are kind of foam-like and need to be oiled or else

they dry up and crack and crumble..and usually come in bright colours like yellow or fluro-green.

too much maintenance for me though ;)

yeah its just that ive never seen a pod filter thats any other way than those...all the K&N 1's etc, they're all the same...

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its not from the vic roads website, they have nothing to with it. i even called them and they told me to contact the epa, thats who deal wiht pods, coolers bov etc

the epa told me the above on the phone, bt im getting a letter wiht the above so hopefully the police wont hassel me.

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isn't 'oil based' the pods that look like a mushroom?

they are kind of foam-like and need to be oiled or else

they dry up and crack and crumble..and usually come in bright colours like yellow or fluro-green.

too much maintenance for me though :D

yep i have one of them, whats the oil stuff your meant to put on them though??? coz thats sumthing i dont know :S lol, any help with that would be good.

as far as i know there not illegal.... coz mines exposed ( i.e it isnt boxed ), and ive had a "random" check done on my car before and never got defected for it? unless the cop jst didnt know :D

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yep i have one of them, whats the oil stuff your meant to put on them though??? coz thats sumthing i dont know :S lol, any help with that would be good.

as far as i know there not illegal.... coz mines exposed ( i.e it isnt boxed ), and ive had a "random" check done on my car before and never got defected for it? unless the cop jst didnt know  :D

i dunno about the mushroom style 1's u guys are talking about, but the 1's you buy at autobarn etc (k&n pod etc) need to be cleaned and re oiled every 10,000k's or something like that.

you can buy the cleaning kit from autobarn, and it tells u how to do it etc...then u oil it (oil comes in the kit, dont use your mums cooking oil) and u slap it back in the car...

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mines a hks one.... you know the bright greeny colored mushroom shaped ones....

k thanks for that mate, will do. :blink:

im sure its similar for your 1..but i was talking about the K&N 1's you buy...which aren't what i'd call mushroom style...

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