pod air filters good/bad

[YuSuF]

Why would you want to put a pod in the airbox?

Just get a panel filter.

[lowey22]

by making (or buying) a box that fits the pod, u can get straighter and shorter piping.

also a pod has greater surface area.

not sure how much difference it would make, but it should have some benefit over a panel with that setup. of course there is extra effort and cost involved.

[mr_astra_retired]

I got a pod on my astra T , and works very well , no heat soak on hot days doesnt get wet on rainy days !!

Yes they are noisy :!: :!:

Pic shows the intake pipe going into the front guard

De-restricting the airbox is a great free mod that works well

[Nem]

K&N 57i inside the airbox. (It's a panel filter) Plus remove the extra pipework inside the box. If you're going to go to all the trouble of enclosing a pod inside your original airbox then I would just suggest you buy one of the enclosed performance filters I mentioned.

BMC CDA

[web:43de599ef7]http://www.bmcairfilters.com/VisDetail.asp?ID=203[/web:43de599ef7]

or HP RAID Maxflo

[web:43de599ef7]http://www.raid-rdi.com/english/luftfilter/maxflow.html[/web:43de599ef7]

[lowey22]

neva would have thought a dam air filter would be such a complicated matter...

am going to try to make one myself, if that fails then i will buy one of those. which one is beta for an astra? i read it on a thread here somewhere, but i can rememeber where. also the cost?

[Nem]

BMC CDA is about $400 imported. And the HP Raid stuff you can order out of Singapore and Europe IIRC.
They're much of a sameness performance wise.

[Bernard Siong]

I got a pod on my astra T , and works very well , no heat soak on hot days doesnt get wet on rainy days !!

Yes they are noisy :!: :!:

Pic shows the intake pipe going into the front guard

De-restricting the airbox is a great free mod that works well

AWESOME! looks heaps neat dude

[Akira]

:bang: well personaly i think my car sounds like it has an exorst on it (by the by i am dislecsic and cant spell very well so excuse the spelling) i havent got it enclosed par-say but i do have the origanl piping running into the the bottom of the pod where it is inclosed. on fule ithink it runs about the same with more power but i have noticed it will run shit on hotter days.. but hearing all this i think im going to go shopping this weekend and buy some heat shelding for the top and maybe some piping...... than after i **** my car up ill just by a panell filter........ :bang:

[Akira]

hmmmmm you cant swear............ good to know

[shaohaok]

pods work well, but it really depends on where u put them.

i reckon mr_astra's setup would work very well.