Replacement for stock airbox filter, which one?
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Originally Posted by iam7head,Jul 12 2007, 02:22 PM
watch out for foam filters, they are great for flow and best for turbo/sc application. but using it as CAI filter or with spoon snorkel it's a bad idea.
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From: Pasadena, SOCAL
Originally Posted by SSM*03*S2K,Jul 12 2007, 02:25 PM
why is it a bad idea? what experiences do you have proving this?
i have one when i was turbo'ed and i have one was i am using it as cai.it's bad because most of the foam filter is very poor in filtering( but with increase of air flow), go search on google for filtering result. cotton/paper will ALMOST always better at filtering than foam filter.
second, my hks filter was not serviceable. you have to replace it everytime it 's dirty, most people don't realize that.
third, most of the CAI filter is very dirty(given the same time vs. sri, or stock) due to the location of the filter. Paring it up with a poorer filtering element doesn't make much sense to me.
that's why most of the foam filter originally was to be used on turbocharged application, back then people neither don't run a filter at all or they run a mesh over it. foam filter provide a better compromise for street application for turbo'ed car i guess, since the turbo needed the high volume of air to be compressed and the location of the filter usually inside the hood(vs. sticking out at the bumper like CAI)
again, i wouldn't use it on mine for everyday, maybe for track or autocrossing.
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Originally Posted by iam7head,Jul 12 2007, 02:22 PM
you took the wordz out of my mouth, the only good thing about k&N is it's reuseable, but do notice the gained flow is achieve by reduced filtering.
is there other k&N owner out there notice the mileage drop? i replaced my K&N with oem(new btw) when i was cleaning the filter, i leave the oem on the car for couple of day and it turns out 26+ mpg(not bad for many vtec shift, a/c on all the time)
watch out for foam filters, they are great for flow and best for turbo/sc application. but using it as CAI filter or with spoon snorkel it's a bad idea.
is there other k&N owner out there notice the mileage drop? i replaced my K&N with oem(new btw) when i was cleaning the filter, i leave the oem on the car for couple of day and it turns out 26+ mpg(not bad for many vtec shift, a/c on all the time)
watch out for foam filters, they are great for flow and best for turbo/sc application. but using it as CAI filter or with spoon snorkel it's a bad idea.
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i'd say k&n if you didnt want to keep changing the filter and spend the 50 and get it out of the way for awhile but if changing the filter and spending that 25 bucks all the time to have the oem part get a honda filter. cant go wrong with oem
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Originally Posted by stena,Jul 16 2007, 05:51 PM
Get this one...
BMC CDA SP-04
You will get this gain
It looks Far far better in real life than on the picture.
and it weights 2 kg total.
buy it at bmc site online in the USA.
BMC CDA SP-04
You will get this gain
It looks Far far better in real life than on the picture.
and it weights 2 kg total.
buy it at bmc site online in the USA.
it's a typo or it's the worst piece of advertisement, ever
edit: is it in netwon/meter?
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From: Skopje
HI.
Look at the CV on the left thats Horse power and 164.9 is power in KW.
The bmc made 170.2kw see the hp its 200whp on the bmc.
And yes the right is NM thats how torque is in metric european terms.
Yellow is Flywheel hp,Red is WHP,Green is Lost power from Flywheel to Wheels and Blue is Torque.
Look at the CV on the left thats Horse power and 164.9 is power in KW.
The bmc made 170.2kw see the hp its 200whp on the bmc.
And yes the right is NM thats how torque is in metric european terms.
Yellow is Flywheel hp,Red is WHP,Green is Lost power from Flywheel to Wheels and Blue is Torque.
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