Air Filter & Intake Discussion

[Cygnus X-1]

Doesn't rain for 7 months of the year here so gets very dusty. Rains almost daily for the other 5, I found mould and fungus in the filter of my previous car last year when servicing it...

Might make sense to have two filters and swap them out at your intended interval, cleaning the used filter after swapping and storing it away from the bios in the wet months.

 

[GazmaN]

Might make sense to have two filters and swap them out at your intended interval, cleaning the spare after swapping and storing it away from the bios in the wet months.

Like your thinking

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Don’t forget the desiccant packs when placing the spare in storage.



Just don’t forget to not eat them. They aren’t Tide pods, after all.

 

[Markvp1978]

This is 18000 km

 

[GazmaN]

Don’t forget the desiccant packs when placing the spare in storage.

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Just don’t forget to not eat them. They aren’t Tide pods, after all.

Mmmmmmm, Tide pods - my one weakness...after beer...my other one weakness

 

[simmo777]

Mmmmmmm, Tide pods - my one weakness...after beer...my other one weakness

Ewwww beer.... I prefer to have whiskey neat with a tide pod or two floating in it

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Boilermaker compromise? You can still garnish it with a pod...

 

[stig_3754]

Ewwww beer.... I prefer to have whiskey neat with a tide pod or two floating in it

Beer? Whisky?

 

[Cygnus X-1]

^Boilermaker accomplishes that in one go of it!

 

[Corsa59]

Thanks guys! I wasn’t sure about the schedule for air filter replacement.

Markvp’s filter photos make me think my looks A OK.

But I will be replacing it with a K and N if they ever become available.

Thanks again....

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Thanks guys! I wasn’t sure about the schedule for air filter replacement.

Markvp’s filter photos make me think my looks A OK.

But I will be replacing it with a K and N if they ever become available.

Thanks again....

Ask and you shall receive:
https://n-cars.net/forums/threads/pipercross-air-filter.1259/post-40265

 

[Brendan]

4200 miles.

 

[epialthes]

963km old filter

 

[GazmaN]

I'm wondering if these factory 'pod'-like jobs in an enclosed airbox really filter that great? Mine looks mint after 3k + kms and panel filters in every other two and four wheeled vehicle I've owned are full of sh#t after that period. Or am I missing some valid technical point here?

 

[I30NKERS]

All fine with me too. Best wait for the induction kit though. Should be this month hopefully.

Can you feel any performance improvement after installing the filter though?

 

[heast]

yeah, sure lol

 

[I30NKERS]

yeah, sure lol

:d let the man speak

 

[RawZ05]

No lol. Rather have it than stock though.

 

[I30NKERS]

No lol. Rather have it than stock though.

Thanks...I am aware that replacing an air filter is miles away of calling it a performance mod, but if you check their site, the promise of improvements is hilarious, but hey, what better way to check those claims than buying the damn thing or asking a client

 

[Crocoman]

@I30NKERS It's a fair point you make - some of the claims of increases in power of 5-10% even, are pretty crazy. Even 5%, so a 13bhp increase in horsepower for example!! From a simple panel/cone filter replacement?