Hey everyone
im back on here..its been a bit. but thanks to thomsoncharm i now have the apexi power air intake filter on. im going to give my $.02 for all those considering. first of all i do recommend it. its is cheap((well nothing for a car is cheap..but say, rather inexpensive in comparison)). and i can tell a difference. i really try to feel my car when i drive, and its probably not a big dif. but i notice it. my na auto had a pattern over the rpm range as follows. good torque til 2k rpm...then some fade...then it started to build back up again around 3500rpms ..got strong by 4k and then started to drop again after 5500 rpms or so. with the filter i notice it now starts pulling harder at around 2800rpms and peaks alittle bit sooner, but more importantly pulls hard all the way til(at least) 6krpm. ((its hard to redline it in an auto so i havnt done that yet...dont like to either)) getting the stock filter off was easy...unscrew a few bolts...it was rather hard to get the box out after tho. in the bottom on the box is an air duct that was hard to get around without shoving the maf up and off to the side a bit. other than that...YOU DO NEED TO BUY YOUR OWN BOLTS...apexi does not include them. and dont bother to read the directions unless your fluent in japanese writing.((not that they would help anyway cuz theyre for the MKIII. the exhaust not is deeper and becomes the typical groan that you get at 3200 rpms, it gets this way earlier...about 2500 rpms or so. when i started the car the intake sounded different. it sounds like a slight grinding((like a fan blade turning w/out the electricity on...i dont think im explaining that wall))...but in reality its just the air flowing freely through the new filter. i have not tested out how much it makes a difference from a 60mph roll yet...i plan to tho. what i did notice was this: on the stock intake the engine got kinda raspy at 5600-6800 rpms...gave alittle shudder and was really loud. i was uncomfortable taking the engine there for this reason. with the filter on it *feels*((may just be me)) like it is less strained at the high rpms..and it has lost its raspyness to a degree. im more comfortable with high rpms with this. my stock filter was pretty dirty and i think it may have been suffocating my engine. all in all for 128 bucks at nopi.com i feel it was worth it. and if anyoen out there is looking to get alil extra juice id say do this and an exhaust.
thanks to brett thomson
hope this helped someone.
Bob
im back on here..its been a bit. but thanks to thomsoncharm i now have the apexi power air intake filter on. im going to give my $.02 for all those considering. first of all i do recommend it. its is cheap((well nothing for a car is cheap..but say, rather inexpensive in comparison)). and i can tell a difference. i really try to feel my car when i drive, and its probably not a big dif. but i notice it. my na auto had a pattern over the rpm range as follows. good torque til 2k rpm...then some fade...then it started to build back up again around 3500rpms ..got strong by 4k and then started to drop again after 5500 rpms or so. with the filter i notice it now starts pulling harder at around 2800rpms and peaks alittle bit sooner, but more importantly pulls hard all the way til(at least) 6krpm. ((its hard to redline it in an auto so i havnt done that yet...dont like to either)) getting the stock filter off was easy...unscrew a few bolts...it was rather hard to get the box out after tho. in the bottom on the box is an air duct that was hard to get around without shoving the maf up and off to the side a bit. other than that...YOU DO NEED TO BUY YOUR OWN BOLTS...apexi does not include them. and dont bother to read the directions unless your fluent in japanese writing.((not that they would help anyway cuz theyre for the MKIII. the exhaust not is deeper and becomes the typical groan that you get at 3200 rpms, it gets this way earlier...about 2500 rpms or so. when i started the car the intake sounded different. it sounds like a slight grinding((like a fan blade turning w/out the electricity on...i dont think im explaining that wall))...but in reality its just the air flowing freely through the new filter. i have not tested out how much it makes a difference from a 60mph roll yet...i plan to tho. what i did notice was this: on the stock intake the engine got kinda raspy at 5600-6800 rpms...gave alittle shudder and was really loud. i was uncomfortable taking the engine there for this reason. with the filter on it *feels*((may just be me)) like it is less strained at the high rpms..and it has lost its raspyness to a degree. im more comfortable with high rpms with this. my stock filter was pretty dirty and i think it may have been suffocating my engine. all in all for 128 bucks at nopi.com i feel it was worth it. and if anyoen out there is looking to get alil extra juice id say do this and an exhaust.
thanks to brett thomson
hope this helped someone.
Bob