pod filter

[paulyp]

hey everybody i was over at a mates on the wknd and we fitted a pod filter to my 96 v6 vit and low and behold it sounds awsome, you can hear the engine much clearer and has a nice throaty sucking effect, i know this is no good for 4wding but can it cause any problems on road?

[jeremyisme]

Nah, it shouldn't create problems.

I have been running a pod on my 16v vit for quite a while (took a lot of plumbing out for my supercharging project, as it was getting in the way) The pod is only temporary.

The only thing that I found it bad, is that mine is not supported very well, and the pod itself is rubbing on the suspension mount, which has almost worn a hole through the filter. (it's only a cheap one, so not much of an issue) but over time I think it is going to make a hole, and let in un-filtered air. One day I am going to make a mount to hold the pod away from any metal.

But yeah, I agree, it sounds good!

[alien]

a mixture of cable ties and gaffa tape should solve it =) some would consider that a permanent fix!

[Gwagensteve]

I think it is going to make a hole, and let in un-filtered air.

Don't worry, pods only keep out pedestrians and bumble bees anyway.

IMHO pods are fine in a motorsport application where engine life is measured in number of runs rather than 1000's of kilometres, but from what I have seen, they pass way too much crap into the engine to consider for a long term application.

Notice how all pods are marketed on flow rather than on filtering performance? The most you ever see is "better filtration" but they go on and on and on about cfms and dyno charts and HP.

Bear in mind too that a pod set up in the engine bay will also be drawing warm air which is bad for HP.

This gets covered every month or so in general tech. You will be far better with a proper airbox from a larger engine if you want improved performance and adequate filtration. ISUZUROVER, who is a filtration engineer has some excellent real world information about the effectiveness of pods and K&N in particular.

sorry for the rant, and yes, I do know exactly how good cars sound with pods on them - Greg's old 660 car sounded like it had about 1000hp through its K&N pod - all whoops and pops whistles and warbles.

After all the dust we found in the inlet though, he went to a stock 1.3 airbox. Beautifully quiet and never pulled dust again.

Steve.

[MightyMouse]

As Steve said- only fit to strain out small children and lawnmowers...

But seriously, air filters are a compromise much of the time, with
high flow very often being at the expense of filtering efficiency.
Be very carefull if you are going to operate in dusty environments.

They don't work too badly as a precleaner - except the damm thing on
mine decided to rust the first time it got damp.