Intake air filter
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a kid i use to work with said they were for high dust and heavy rain... for if yer doing like rally driving or something.. to filter the air before it hits the filter...
dunno if were talkin about the same thing.. or if he was making it up... but... yeah.... idk
dunno if were talkin about the same thing.. or if he was making it up... but... yeah.... idk
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Those are just like universal filters you could use with an intake or something. Worth a damn? Most definitely NOT. If ur looking for looks, I think they are ugly, and performance, hell No!
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Actually...there was a thread on here a while ago where a company actually tested all of those filters and found that foam filters are better then paper filters when it comes to filtering.
Paper filters had more airflow which obviously resulted in worse filtration then a foam filter.
BTW... if you want a foam filter, GReddy makes a nice one.
Paper filters had more airflow which obviously resulted in worse filtration then a foam filter.
BTW... if you want a foam filter, GReddy makes a nice one.
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Rep Power: 300 The reason they don't have better airflow is because there is way less surface area. If you don't agree with me, think about spreading the foam filter out on the ground, then doing the same thing with the accordian style paper filter. Which one has more material?
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Rep Power: 396 ^^I believe the mushroom top was orginally started by HKS... alot of the high end cars like Supras and stuff used them, but then people started mto otice they tend to harden up pretty fast and then they break apart... so alot of people stopped using them.
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Rep Power: 811 If hks didn't have their name, they would've been out of business a long time ago. Here is how well foam filters.
http://mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/
http://mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/
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Rep Power: 396 Gearbox, why do you say that, they are still one of the leading aftermarket companies out there because of their tried and true R&D. Many of the top tuners use parts from them lol. You'd be hard pressed to find a supercar that dosent have some HKS part on it lol
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Rep Power: 811 i'm just saying for their filters. They are pure crap and their name is the only thing backing up junk. Hopefully their other stuff is better.
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Rep Power: 396 Oh, man isnt that the truth LOL, I dunno what happened there but their filters ARE crap lol. Spexi makes good ones as evidence of tat link you provided.. but I think the blitz filter looks the best LOL... its funny how you can never find stuff that looks super sweet and functions just as well LOL
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