Which Pod Air Filter?

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

Hey all,

Just got the GTR back from its 100,000km service. All went well except a few things need doing. I had so called K&N pod filters already on the car but the guys who serviced the car said they were not, but infact a K&N copy that cannot be cleaned or something. Anyways, what kind of pod filter should I fit to the GTR? Is it worth spending the extra money on a Japanese brand like HKS or apexi?

I went for a ride in a mates car and he has a HKS pod, and when changing gears it flutters. I WANT THIS SOUND. hehe

thanks

[Silver-Arrowz]

HKS filter very bad. I use to find a fair abount of dirt in the intake afterwards. Apexi I've heard are the go. I've got blitz ones and they filter pretty bad.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Boosted_RB26,

Most of the filters that come with the foam type arrangement are shit, the particles end up working there way through the foam and hitting the turbo, this leaves the turbine with pits in it, which can lead to failure.

I have a Blitz SUS filter, they are excellent for airflow but they allow small dust particles in, so in dusty environments are not very good.

The best and cheapest option is to get a redine filter for $25, they give good filtration with no noticable power loss.

See'ya:burnout:

[Kichigai]

If you are into "name brands" then I read the Apexi power intake has a good filtration and good air flow combination compared to the other brands e.g. HKS, Blitz, K&N. Also, it is a dry type, meaning you don't need to re-oil it after cleaning (Autospeed).

Otherwise, just go for a cheap Hurricane air filter from Works. Does the job and for ard the same price as the redline filter you won't lose any sleep over it.

[Guest Works Auto]

mmm we only got 3 hurricane filters left outta about 100 haha....

:bahaha: :bahaha:

[400HP]

have a look at this:

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/1/

I got the Blitz SUS ones cos they look cool and I'm a rice boy

[GTS-t VSPEC]

400HP, Damn that makes me a rice boy too. Always new that they filtered for shit, but though that they would make better HP, waste of $400, but it looks cool.

If your not after looks then go for the K&N or Hurricane filters, they are cheap provide good power and filter well.

See'ya:burnout:

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

ok thanks for your input people.

dumb question but are some filters louder than others? the reason i ask is that I went for a ride in an R31 with an RB20det the other day and I think it had a HKS filter. Anyway...it was much much louder than the ones I have now.

Im pretty sure its "works autos" old 31.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

BoostedRB26,

In general the filters that don't filter as well will sound louder, so that is not a good thing to go for, mine is hell loud but will only filter things the size of a small child. Go for the hurricane's from Works, they do the job well, plus you'll save heaps of money for something else.

See'ya:burnout:

[Clint32]

Boosted rb26 i dont think it is the filters that are lounder rather the setup on the car. When i had a pod filter on my car with the stock turbo setup the pod was very loud with all the woosh noises when you back off etc, now with the new big turbo and a different setup there is no noticable annoying noise coming from the filters, i think it is an rb20 thing with loud filters.

[T0nyGTSt]

My HKS filter and HKS bov makes the car sound completely spastic.

Whole buncha wheezing and fluttering. Sounds like Darth Vader.

I'm thinking about either servicing the bov and changing to a Apex or Redline in a UAS box.

T.

[Cubes]

I think it has something to do with the RB20DET TUrbo.

When I had the VG30 BB turbo on I could hardly hear the BOV and could hardly hear any turbo suction noise.

RB20DET Turbo is damn loud.

[400HP]

Actually I do think the noise is to do with the filter and maybe the engine. A friend with an RB20DET + HKS pod is VERY loud. Then again Franks' car with RB25DET NEO + Apexi is very loud too.

In general all aftermarket filters are loud. When looking at the link I sent before the best for performance and filtration were the K&N and the Apexi.

[Ronin 09]

I have a Trust Airnx filter, and it is one of the foam type filters. It does a good job of keeping out pebbles and small stones, but i'm convinced that it lets anything smaller than that through. It is damn loud, wooshing and fuffling like a mad dog.

I had a K&N on my old car, and it was a much more pleasant sound - deep and tough sounding intake and probably filtered alot better... thinking of changing back to a K&N,

[Silver-Arrowz]

I read somewhere on the UK GTR forum that that test doesn't prove much as there are other variables that weren't taken into consideration. I'll try to find it.

Here it is

Link

It is a long thread, but the Scott guy seems to know.

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

thanks

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Silver-Arrowz,

I agree that most tests don't prove much in terms of power, but I do agree that most of the expensive Japanese brands tend to be pretty poor at small particle filtration. I like the look of my Blitz SUS, but if your after value for money then some of the cheap brands will filter much better and not affect power for about $25.

So if your a rice-boy like me, then go the Jap brand, if your not and only concerned about power then go for the cheap pod.

See'ya:burnout:

[2fardown]

Just get a K&N panel filter for your factory air box. You won't be sucking in hot engine bay air and they filter a lot better. Plus you can't get defected for it.

[gtrken]

Originally posted by 2fardown

Just get a K&N panel filter for your factory air box.  You won't be sucking in hot engine bay air and they filter a lot better.  Plus you can't get defected for it.

Absolutely.

For the 32R , the gains in a pod filter over a good K+N panel filter are zero unless you pushing big HP and there is some sort of cold air box .

Only thing pod filter gives is the blowoffs are heard which may or may not be a good thing.

Sounded good on mine for about... ohh... 5 minutes then started getting annoying.

Cheers

Ken

[Ronin 09]

I'm with Ken, its cool for about 5mins, but if you actually drive it around for more than about a day it gets pretty annoying.