Induction Kit / Aftermarket Air filter

[Retro_Boy_G]

Has anyone got one in their FC? It seems like a simple mod to change it from the standard.. I\'m sure mine has a K&N filter in it but it\'s the filter pads and not the actual cone shaped intake.. I think the cone looks pretty damn cool and want one in my car.. haha

any advise on one to get, where to get it.. and how to install it? :Hammer

[Brett]

I ran my old EGi with a K&N panel - then changed to the K&N induction kit - TBH unless you are running bigger ports etc, theres no need - the big cones drag in heat and its hard to duct any good airflow to it.  Stick with the panel type unless you need a bigger filter volume

[Retro_Boy_G]

You don\'t happen to have any pictures of it do you? The volume is one of the thing that interests me most.. they sound amazing when sucking away! haha.. Just gives the engine bay a bit of a better look also.. The EGi bay is quite bare I feel.

[Skifledanabit]

maybe run a direct cold air feed to the panel box, then a direct feed from the the panel box to the intake manifold? not sure if the panel box is seperate to the rest of the intake system though.

[Brett]

Don\'t think there are any pics around for it? It was about 7 years ago now...

[dthebuk]

Look for my post called "my fc" in the second gen section. It show my old set up. If mitch doesn\'t want my old filter I can send it to you for the postage costs

[m1tch]

Im running a cone filter with the stock air feed box on the top, need to have something behind it though, else you will get bad heat soak:

[Retro_Boy_G]

Thanks for those pics Mitch! They help quite a bit! I was hoping to get rid of the old one all together though.. is yours still on to get as much air up the cone as possible?

Would you mind if i got this filter from James?

[m1tch]

I have made sure that there is space around the cone, yeah, you might as well take james filter I havn\'t had any time off to go collect it *sigh*

[Retro_Boy_G]

You are some man.. That is greatly appreciated!

[pdtaylor18]

Best thing you can do is get rid of the airpipe itself and run a piece of alloy tubing. Run the two small hoses to a oil catch tank and you will see a difference,even if its to stop dirty fumey oil crap from getting in the intake. If you are getting rid of the airbox then make sure you pick a filter big enough to handle the BHP and a heat shield is highly recommended as in the pics above. The stock box is extremely good a blocking heat and just a K&N filter will be pretty good but dont expect to see massive gains because you wont.

[dthebuk]

filter should be big enough. Once you\'ve got the air filter Gianni i suggest you get a hard pipe and a few bits of silcone hose.

Do the two hoses not need to be in the intake then pete? i have no idea what they are.

I think the kit im giving you has a custom flange to fit the filter onto the end of the AFM, then you can use silicone to connect the AFM to the hard pipe. Then another bit of silicone to fit the hard pipe to the top plastic at the top of the block. The previous owner of my car made two holes in one of the silicone connectors for the two hoses i think pete was talking about

[L18M]

jap ppl use and say blitz air cone is gd.. uk ppl say apexi is better.. each to their own lol
i might have a blitz LM up for grabs soon.. 2 weeks or so (maybe)
but agree with mitch.. heatsoak is a \'female dog\'
i was getting super hot air going into my fmic.. =(

[m1tch]

jap ppl use and say blitz air cone is gd.. uk ppl say apexi is better.. each to their own lol
i might have a blitz LM up for grabs soon.. 2 weeks or so (maybe)
but agree with mitch.. heatsoak is a \'female dog\'
i was getting super hot air going into my fmic.. =(

Check out the tests for all the filters then:

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/

[Retro_Boy_G]

I wonder how the one I just bought would do on those tests.. :Giggle

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