Air Filters

[team_v]

Will it burn less fuel ?

No, it won't.

[gavs]

Haha lets not start a war (like what has happened in many other threads) but chaging to a high flow air fillter will give more volume and thus power BUT the power gains are pretty much not existent. At best it's 1kw/5nm, throttle response will be slightly better as well. The fact is the less restricting the filter is the less vacuum you have on the intake - and less vacuum is less turbo lag amongst other things

Don't think that just changing the filter will show big gains because it won't, that's what a CAI is for - sort of

At the crank you might see that if you are lucky, running at sea level on a cold, humid day the biggest gains you get from most aftermarket filters are induction noise and more crap getting sucked through due to the more open construction method.

Just some info for you all, when I was part of the Soarer scene, one of the guys did a full-on test of a whole lot of different filters from panels, pods and cones, paper, foam and oiled etc and long story short, the supposed "best" aftermarket filters not only let through the most dust, but actually flowed WORSE than the factory paper filters.

For induction noise and or convenience of long life, go the filter. For performance, intake and tune.

[Zakarados]

For induction noise and or convenience of long life, go the filter. For performance, intake and tune.

Any aftermarket CAI use factory filter? best of both worlds!

[pologti18t]

At the crank you might see that if you are lucky, running at sea level on a cold, humid day the biggest gains you get from most aftermarket filters are induction noise and more crap getting sucked through due to the more open construction method.

^^^^ correct. K&N filters etc are a waste of money.

[gavs]

Any aftermarket CAI use factory filter? best of both worlds!

Nope, but that's one of the trade offs you take with the extra breathing capacity of the cai's.

[supamade]

I bought myself a k&n.. But the one that fits into the stock airbox.. Im going for a tune later on down the track. Wonder if ill see any gain from that.