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jdm213 · 10-06-2009, 11:52 PM

Well im cleaning up my engine bay, but i want to take out that ugly airbox. So I just wanted to know if i can put a new air filter but keep the stock intake?

let5l1de · 10-07-2009, 12:15 AM

I assume it is possible but ca smog requirements may restrict you from modifying the intake. Besides the smog issue, an maf adapter for air filter, and inlet air temp sensor adapter is what you would need. Most people just let the inlet air temp sensor hang loose since there are not many adapters available for this.

~m

JEDIs13 · 10-07-2009, 01:03 AM

its possible but like mario said its against ca smog requirements
plus it burns ups MAFs which leads to idling issues.

just save up for a used carb legal intake. you can get one on here for around 75 bucks. just be patient for a good deal, its always better to buy legit parts the first time instead of wasting money on crap.

jdm213 · 10-07-2009, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JEDIs13

its possible but like mario said its against ca smog requirements
plus it burns ups MAFs which leads to idling issues.

just save up for a used carb legal intake. you can get one on here for around 75 bucks. just be patient for a good deal, its always better to buy legit parts the first time instead of wasting money on crap.

well yeah cuz i was thinking of buying a mushroom head filter and just put it on my stock intake.

JEDIs13 · 10-07-2009, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

well yeah cuz i was thinking of buying a mushroom head filter and just put it on my stock intake.

like i said before.. you can do it.. but you will regret it later.
it WILL burn up your MAF.
you will have to keep giving your car gas to make it idle. if you dont it will just stall. my friend did that on his intake and burnt up like 4 mafs before he got the picture

metal_butcher · 11-06-2009, 01:01 AM

K&N makes a nice intake setup that is not too expensive, but most importantly it is CARB approved and comes with the sticker with the CARB number on it to keep the smogman happy. Then you can lose the airbox...

jdm213 · 11-07-2009, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metal_butcher

K&N makes a nice intake setup that is not too expensive, but most importantly it is CARB approved and comes with the sticker with the CARB number on it to keep the smogman happy. Then you can lose the airbox...

i dont like k&n i like jap shit and moderator please lock this thread

*fliprayzin240sx* · 11-07-2009, 06:52 PM

Why would changing your intake filter lead to your MAF fucking up?!?! Who's feeding you that BS???

JEDIs13 · 11-07-2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Why would changing your intake filter lead to your MAF fucking up?!?! Who's feeding you that BS???

have you ever put a cone filter on a stock intake tube like the OP was talking about doing???

go put one on and drive around for a day then tell me how well your car idles

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

well yeah cuz i was thinking of buying a mushroom head filter and just put it on my stock intake.

***S14DB*** · 11-07-2009, 07:40 PM

K&N makes a great application that bolts in place of the stock air box like you want and has a CARB EO.

57-6000 - K&N 57 Series FIPK, Performance Intake Kit

let5l1de · 11-08-2009, 11:55 PM

The only problem with a wet type filter is, you can over saturate the element. With the light weight K&N oil, guess where the additional oil is sucked into and what sensor it may contaminate?

Regardless, IMO K&N is a great filter manufacture.

~m

SexPanda · 11-09-2009, 12:06 AM

As an at heart musclehead, I'd say just replace the stock air filter with a better one. I've seen alot of 500+hp v8's with the stock airbox... Which is good for you because of CA's emissions laws.

Then again, 4cyls are a tad different. You can try modifying your stock intake box a little to help breath better. remove the baffles and what not, get a better filter. Its cold enough over on that side it won't make a huge difference if you take off them there fresh air tubes.

And K&N manufactures the air filter for the M1 Abrams tank... just a little FYI

***S14DB*** · 11-09-2009, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by let5l1de

The only problem with a wet type filter is, you can over saturate the element. With the light weight K&N oil, guess where the additional oil is sucked into and what sensor it may contaminate?

Regardless, IMO K&N is a great filter manufacture.

~m

To bad it has never contaminated a MAF sensor to failure even with over oiling. The oil will not blow off.

K&N Response to Mass Air Flow Sensor Concerns
http://www.knfilters.com/common_misdiagnosis.htm

**ThatGuy** · 11-09-2009, 07:48 AM

I have put K&N drop in filters in every vehicle I have owned. Never had a complaint.

K&N

let5l1de · 11-09-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

To bad it has never contaminated a MAF sensor to failure even with over oiling. The oil will not blow off.

K&N Response to Mass Air Flow Sensor Concerns
Common Misdiagnosis in Vehicle Warranty Repair

lol @ failure. Someone else must have posted failure.... And since when have we taken one test from any manufacture as the answer for every application or situation?

--

Ok here is my experience. I was employed with SuperShops for 6 years and also worked with CarCustom for over 4 years, not to mention my personal experience of 18 years. As you may already know, SuperShops was one of the top 10 retailers of K&N filters. With the volume of sales, we saw everything come in to us regarding feed back on many parts sold throughout the chain of over 170 stores nation wide.

Anyway, I was serious v8 gear head. My love at that time was small block Chevy 1st gen and SB2 engines. I also used the E-3750 (14"x4" round) element in a drop-base bottom with the chrome K&N logo top. This is where I encountered my first oil collection found on the inner lower lip of the filter assembly. I contributed the collection due to ambient under the hood temps and possible over-saturation.

AirCooled Volkswagen (yes i know...) was another fun time for me in the performance industry (may the "vw and performance is an oxymoron" comments begin). Long story short, over-saturated K&N filters sitting on flat based, almost non recessed bottoms on top of Weber or Dellorto downdraft carbs (especially with outerwears) showed the signs seepage onto the venturis. This wasn't a big deal since VW's are notoriously known for carb rebuilds and oil leaks among others...

Who is to say this could not happen with a saturated tapered or oval style filter?

IMO, K&N filters were and still are one of the best filter mfg's (as stated earlier) in the performance industry. I personally have sold many hundreds, maybe over a thousand of the K&N filters, installed hundreds K&N products and customers serviced probably over a thousand times. The large majority of my installations as well as customer installs have worked in near flawless performance.

As with any manufacture, we do come across situations we would have never guessed could have happened. Once the product has reached a customers hand, anything is possible...

ANYTHING!

~mario

soreballz · 11-09-2009, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JEDIs13

like i said before.. you can do it.. but you will regret it later.
it WILL burn up your MAF.
you will have to keep giving your car gas to make it idle. if you dont it will just stall. my friend did that on his intake and burnt up like 4 mafs before he got the picture

People who talk out of their asses should be required to wear buttplugs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i dont like k&n i like jap shit and moderator please lock this thread

Why? K&N makes the best air filters on the planet. Open your mind.

BustedS13 · 11-09-2009, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

Well im cleaning up my engine bay, but i want to take out that ugly airbox. So I just wanted to know if i can put a new air filter but keep the stock intake?

unfortunately, no. but i do have two other options you might be interested in:

-sell your 240sx
-eat a gun

jdm213 · 11-09-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BustedS13

unfortunately, no. but i do have two other options you might be interested in:

-sell your 240sx
-eat a gun

first of all i just wanty to clean up my shit, i take care of my car, seconds you should sell your car, and your you stick that gun up your ass

jdm213 · 11-09-2009, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

K&N makes a great application that bolts in place of the stock air box like you want and has a CARB EO.

57-6000 - K&N 57 Series FIPK, Performance Intake Kit

i dont need it to be carb legal its just a brand name filter i just dont like the brand. i prefer to get an ebay filter and it will work the same as that and for less money. cmon some of you have sr, or rb its already not legal !

JEDIs13 · 11-09-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i dont need it to be carb legal its just a brand name filter i just dont like the brand. i prefer to get an ebay filter and it will work the same as that and for less money. cmon some of you have sr, or rb its already not legal !

of all people why would you call out a mod??
he gave you a legitimate answer for your question.
if you wanna go with a egay setup then go for it.. but
what was the whole purpose for this thread??

soreballz · 11-09-2009, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i prefer to get an ebay filter and it will work the same as that and for less money.

Kids these days...

***S14DB*** · 11-09-2009, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by let5l1de

lol @ failure. Someone else must have posted failure.... And since when have we taken one test from any manufacture as the answer for every application or situation?

--

Ok here is my experience. I was employed with SuperShops for 6 years and also worked with CarCustom for over 4 years, not to mention my personal experience of 18 years. As you may already know, SuperShops was one of the top 10 retailers of K&N filters. With the volume of sales, we saw everything come in to us regarding feed back on many parts sold throughout the chain of over 170 stores nation wide.

Anyway, I was serious v8 gear head. My love at that time was small block Chevy 1st gen and SB2 engines. I also used the E-3750 (14"x4" round) element in a drop-base bottom with the chrome K&N logo top. This is where I encountered my first oil collection found on the inner lower lip of the filter assembly. I contributed the collection due to ambient under the hood temps and possible over-saturation.

AirCooled Volkswagen (yes i know...) was another fun time for me in the performance industry (may the "vw and performance is an oxymoron" comments begin). Long story short, over-saturated K&N filters sitting on flat based, almost non recessed bottoms on top of Weber or Dellorto downdraft carbs (especially with outerwears) showed the signs seepage onto the venturis. This wasn't a big deal since VW's are notoriously known for carb rebuilds and oil leaks among others...

Who is to say this could not happen with a saturated tapered or oval style filter?

IMO, K&N filters were and still are one of the best filter mfg's (as stated earlier) in the performance industry. I personally have sold many hundreds, maybe over a thousand of the K&N filters, installed hundreds K&N products and customers serviced probably over a thousand times. The large majority of my installations as well as customer installs have worked in near flawless performance.

As with any manufacture, we do come across situations we would have never guessed could have happened. Once the product has reached a customers hand, anything is possible...

ANYTHING!

~mario

If you ever have a maf failure you can mail it to them and they will test it for you and show you how it failed.

I don't see how your anecdotal evidence proves anything.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i dont need it to be carb legal its just a brand name filter i just dont like the brand. i prefer to get an ebay filter and it will work the same as that and for less money. cmon some of you have sr, or rb its already not legal !

Do me a favor. When you get your hood poped and a ticket for a non-carb intake. Don't come here whining about it.

Ebay filters are usually cheap paper shit that looks like a K&N. It won't work the same and will clog up after 15k. K&N will be good till 50k.
Foam filters break down over time and shit goes into you intake. I have had people with green foam in their maf.

You have a KA which is legal so why not keep it legal?

let5l1de · 11-09-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

If you ever have a maf failure you can mail it to them and they will test it for you and show you how it failed.

I don't see how your anecdotal evidence proves anything.

lol! I never said failure. Not my fight.

I may be a victim of my own cognitive bias at times. However, we are all entitled to our subjective validation. Hence, my personal experience as stated above.

We should request K&N to release or conduct more real time R&D studies of each individual filter types for increased consumer/public knowledge.

~m

BustedS13 · 11-09-2009, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i dont need it to be carb legal its just a brand name filter i just dont like the brand. i prefer to get an ebay filter and it will work the same as that and for less money. cmon some of you have sr, or rb its already not legal !

you don't like K&N but you like "ebay brand paper cone"? you're a fucking dipshit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

i just wanty to clean up my shit

what does this mean, clean up your shit? is the stock airbox in some way dirty?
based on the nonsense you post, i'm sure the engine bay is caked in grime, has exposed wires, etc, and you probably have a smashed in quarter or something severe that needs attention more than replacing a functional filter with some noname shit off ebay.
you're a moron, kid.

jdm213 · 11-11-2009, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

If you ever have a maf failure you can mail it to them and they will test it for you and show you how it failed.

I don't see how your anecdotal evidence proves anything.

Do me a favor. When you get your hood poped and a ticket for a non-carb intake. Don't come here whining about it.

Ebay filters are usually cheap paper shit that looks like a K&N. It won't work the same and will clog up after 15k. K&N will be good till 50k.
Foam filters break down over time and shit goes into you intake. I have had people with green foam in their maf.

You have a KA which is legal so why not keep it legal?

well why would i i dgaf it was just a simple question and the rest of the poeple make a big deal

jdm213 · 11-11-2009, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BustedS13

you don't like K&N but you like "ebay brand paper cone"? you're a fucking dipshit.

what does this mean, clean up your shit? is the stock airbox in some way dirty?
based on the nonsense you post, i'm sure the engine bay is caked in grime, has exposed wires, etc, and you probably have a smashed in quarter or something severe that needs attention more than replacing a functional filter with some noname shit off ebay.
you're a moron, kid.

first of all you dont even know my shit you dumass, actually i just want to organize stuff and keep it clean, i jhust wanted a simple filter thats all so shut the fuck up!

jdm213 · 11-11-2009, 02:12 PM

[quote=soreballz;3125377]Kids these days...

[/quote
what do you mean kids theese days, people here are the one making me look like a noob i just asked a simple question about filters there, dont post if you got nothing good to say,

jdm213 · 11-11-2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JEDIs13

of all people why would you call out a mod??
he gave you a legitimate answer for your question.
if you wanna go with a egay setup then go for it.. but
what was the whole purpose for this thread??

well its like if you have an sr and then you want to put a legal intake and shit , so thats retarded its already illegal, thats my point... idgaf thats why my shit it not legal, my car is all motor with engine rebuild, i have megan racing testpipe and headers, .. i know it aint fast but it sound nice, but i could still get pulled over, so whats a legal intake gonna do, make it legal? .. not a damn thing, so i want something not legal i dont want k&n

soreballz · 11-13-2009, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

what do you mean kids theese days, people here are the one making me look like a noob i just asked a simple question about filters there, dont post if you got nothing good to say,

I'm sorry, I should have been more clear, being that your reading comprehension is at a second grade level. What I meant to say was: You're an idiot, and since people like you are the future of this country, we're all doomed.

Clear now? Good.

Bigsyke · 11-14-2009, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm213

first of all you dont even know my shit you dumass, actually i just want to organize stuff and keep it clean, i jhust wanted a simple filter thats all so shut the fuck up!

Dont tell people to stfu. You will get a zilvian bukake if you fuck around. Your making a stupid mistake here. If your keeping the origional intake pipe, your just losing throttle response and power.

Keep the airbox, or donate it to me. I can not stress that enough.

10-06-2009, 11:52 PM	#1
jdm213 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: los angeles Age: 31 Posts: 957 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Air filters Well im cleaning up my engine bay, but i want to take out that ugly airbox. So I just wanted to know if i can put a new air filter but keep the stock intake?

10-07-2009, 12:15 AM	#2
let5l1de Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 626DRIFT, ca Posts: 1,420 Trader Rating: (30) Rides Gallery: let5l1de Feedback Score: 30 reviews	I assume it is possible but ca smog requirements may restrict you from modifying the intake. Besides the smog issue, an maf adapter for air filter, and inlet air temp sensor adapter is what you would need. Most people just let the inlet air temp sensor hang loose since there are not many adapters available for this. ~m __________________ GR Performance facebook Pics & More! Comments! http://www.facebook.com/pages/GR-Performance/120477531339202 Read My Sales Review 626 Friday Nights San Gabriel Last edited by let5l1de; 11-08-2009 at 11:56 PM.. Reason: spelliing

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fliprayzin240sx Man w/ CTSV & a Car Seat Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 17,998 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: fliprayzin240sx Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Why would changing your intake filter lead to your MAF fucking up?!?! Who's feeding you that BS??? __________________ If you think Zilvia has too many assholes... CLICK HERE!!!

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*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	K&N makes a great application that bolts in place of the stock air box like you want and has a CARB EO. 57-6000 - K&N 57 Series FIPK, Performance Intake Kit __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

11-08-2009, 11:55 PM	#11
let5l1de Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 626DRIFT, ca Posts: 1,420 Trader Rating: (30) Rides Gallery: let5l1de Feedback Score: 30 reviews	The only problem with a wet type filter is, you can over saturate the element. With the light weight K&N oil, guess where the additional oil is sucked into and what sensor it may contaminate? Regardless, IMO K&N is a great filter manufacture. ~m __________________ GR Performance facebook Pics & More! Comments! http://www.facebook.com/pages/GR-Performance/120477531339202 Read My Sales Review 626 Friday Nights San Gabriel

11-06-2009, 01:01 AM	#6
metal_butcher Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	K&N makes a nice intake setup that is not too expensive, but most importantly it is CARB approved and comes with the sticker with the CARB number on it to keep the smogman happy. Then you can lose the airbox...

11-09-2009, 12:06 AM	#12
SexPanda Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Where ever there is free beer Posts: 3,239 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	As an at heart musclehead, I'd say just replace the stock air filter with a better one. I've seen alot of 500+hp v8's with the stock airbox... Which is good for you because of CA's emissions laws. Then again, 4cyls are a tad different. You can try modifying your stock intake box a little to help breath better. remove the baffles and what not, get a better filter. Its cold enough over on that side it won't make a huge difference if you take off them there fresh air tubes. And K&N manufactures the air filter for the M1 Abrams tank... just a little FYI __________________ BRAND NEW GReddy PRofec E-01 EBC for sale, Cheap!

11-09-2009, 07:48 AM	#14
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have put K&N drop in filters in every vehicle I have owned. Never had a complaint. K&N __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

11-11-2009, 02:12 PM	#27
jdm213 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: los angeles Age: 31 Posts: 957 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	[quote=soreballz;3125377]Kids these days... [/quote what do you mean kids theese days, people here are the one making me look like a noob i just asked a simple question about filters there, dont post if you got nothing good to say,

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