WHICH CONE AIR INTAKE FILTER SHOULD I GET FOR MY 240SX??

[AZhitman]

Hey everyone i bought a ebay intake for my s13 240sx, and im not liking the stupid ebay cone filter! It doesnt suck air as much as it should, and i didnt notice much acceleration gains or anything from it! Maybe a little bit of power was noticed, but not as much as it should! Its a RED intake so i would like the filter to be red. Im thinking when i get a name brand good cone filter for it, i will notice more power gains, and it will suck more! haha! Here is the youtube link below to my car and the intake! What size cone filter would i need? I know i can go take mine off and measure it, but im sick, and dont feel like going outside, haha! If someone knew that would be great!

Stop. Now. Please.

When was the last time you MAINTAINED your car?

Quit throwing s**tty parts at it and get it back to as-new condition. It's a tiredass SOHC. Change the plugs, replace the plug wires, clean the TB, take all the crap out of the interior, remove the spare tire, change all the fluids, get rid of the crappy, restrictive stock exhaust...

ALL those things will add up to TEN TIMES the hp you'll get from a stupid air filter change.

BT, that cheap filter you bought flows just fine. Your car isn't "starving" for air.

[troskinatior]

Sowry
I got mad

[AZhitman]

U MAD

[troskinatior]

Donts ban me again
haha jk ill stop

[Chaluska]

yeah, an intake pretty much just gives an added note at wot.

as AZhitman said, get some new plugs, spark plug wires, a good oil change (lucas additive) run seafoam through the vaccum system, and make sure your timing is still set to stock after all the years of it being abused.

if you feel ballsy, toss a MSD 6 & a MSD blaster SS coil,and you will feel a good torque increase, and possibly fuel economy depending on how you drive.

[bersh240]

apexi is red

[scotty-2-forty]

What the s*** is a butt-o-meter???

Just a funny way of stating a feeling in power gains through the seat of your pants, as opposed to using actual measuring equipment and comparing the before and after result.

Pull 220 pounds up 100 feet in 1 minute.

No mention of bananas. Can't be true.

... im not liking the stupid ebay cone filter! It doesnt suck air as much as it should ...

I didn't watch the videos soley based on Greg's commentary. But really, how would you possibly know this?

[biggie]

ButtDyno is a more common term.

I had been running a $25 autozone cone filter for a year or more. But did just pick up a K&N as a small upgrade, sounds like it may be breathing a little easier, but this is on my tubro car.

[240sxAli4Life]

Hey everyone i bought a ebay intake for my s13 240sx, and im not liking the stupid ebay cone filter! It doesnt suck air as much as it should, and i didnt notice much acceleration gains or anything from it! Maybe a little bit of power was noticed, but not as much as it should! Its a RED intake so i would like the filter to be red. Im thinking when i get a name brand good cone filter for it, i will notice more power gains, and it will suck more! haha! Here is the youtube link below to my car and the intake! What size cone filter would i need? I know i can go take mine off and measure it, but im sick, and dont feel like going outside, haha! If someone knew that would be great!

Stop. Now. Please.

When was the last time you MAINTAINED your car?

Quit throwing s**tty parts at it and get it back to as-new condition. It's a tiredass SOHC. Change the plugs, replace the plug wires, clean the TB, take all the crap out of the interior, remove the spare tire, change all the fluids, get rid of the crappy, restrictive stock exhaust...

ALL those things will add up to TEN TIMES the hp you'll get from a stupid air filter change.

BT, that cheap filter you bought flows just fine. Your car isn't "starving" for air.

Lol... couple of things here. My car is a DOHC. I recently changed the plugs,plug wires, distributer cap, rotor button, oil, fuel filter, and valve cover gasket! Then i put a 3" Catback Exhaust, test pipe, and ebay intake! I know my car isnt starving for air, but i dont like the ebay filter. Air cant get through it as fast as a nice aftermarket air filter would! Thats why it doesnt have as loud of a sucking noise as most intakes do! My youtube videos wen i was revving it from throttle body, i was doing it really fast for everyone to hear the sucking! I removed my spare tire also haha! I replaced it with 2 12" Rockford Fosgate subs!

[240sxAli4Life]

Donts ban me again
haha jk ill stop

[240sxAli4Life]

yeah, an intake pretty much just gives an added note at wot.

as AZhitman said, get some new plugs, spark plug wires, a good oil change (lucas additive) run seafoam through the vaccum system, and make sure your timing is still set to stock after all the years of it being abused.

if you feel ballsy, toss a MSD 6 & a MSD blaster SS coil,and you will feel a good torque increase, and possibly fuel economy depending on how you drive.

Ya i ran sea foam in it before i did my tune up! But it hasnt been ever abused! But yeah, im thinking of doing the MSD SS blaster coil. What is the MSD 6?? Then i was thinking to get racing wires, and plugs! Could you send me a link to that??? I dont know where to find one for a 240sx!!

[240sxAli4Life]

What the s*** is a butt-o-meter???

Just a funny way of stating a feeling in power gains through the seat of your pants, as opposed to using actual measuring equipment and comparing the before and after result.

Pull 220 pounds up 100 feet in 1 minute.

No mention of bananas. Can't be true.

... im not liking the stupid ebay cone filter! It doesnt suck air as much as it should ...

I didn't watch the videos soley based on Greg's commentary. But really, how would you possibly know this?

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I know this cause i got friends with small enigne hondas, with a longer intake than mine and they have name brand filters and theirs sucks a ton more than mine, when they rev from throttle body! He told me that ebay intakes dont suck in air as fast as a name brand filter would! IDK why but several other people i talked to say the same thing!!

[240sxAli4Life]

Ok its either between apexi, or AEM (if i can find an aem one to come in red) Which one do you all think is better????? I like them both.

[Speckid4]

Spectre or Ebay filters work fine for your application. But your hurting yourself even more with a 40-50lb box of subs. If performance is your goal stick to it. If show or sound is your goal stick to it. You will be ten times happier with your end result whichever road you choose.

[240sxAli4Life]

Well when i take my car racing ill take the subs out of course. But its my daily driver! But Specture filters are way better than ebay no name brand! But i want to get a good one, not a autozone cheap one!

[Speckid4]

K then I would go with a simple K&N. Works good on my dakota and I like the fact I don't have to buy a new filter every couple thousand miles. Worth the money to me.

[240sxAli4Life]

K then I would go with a simple K&N. Works good on my dakota and I like the fact I don't have to buy a new filter every couple thousand miles. Worth the money to me.

http://www.apexi-usa.com/products/?id=5362

I want a apexi now. Read this page.

[asoomal]

Apexi.

Sorta creates a velocity stack effect.......SORTA.

[240sxAli4Life]

K then I would go with a simple K&N. Works good on my dakota and I like the fact I don't have to buy a new filter every couple thousand miles. Worth the money to me.

http://www.apexi-usa.com/products/?id=5362

I want a apexi now. Read this page.

Check out this diagram!

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... =56&ty=100

[s13sickboi]

I can't believe this became a TWO PAGE THREAD!

First off, clean car OP. I watched your vids... you sound like your from South Carolina, are you?

Intakes look nice and few gains, But I dont expect massive HP gains by putting a shiny pipe on my intake. Thats why I can't justify buying an AEM or INJEN intake... So seeing you have no fitment issues and are happy with your ebay one, im kinda sold now.

I will vouch for autozone Spectre air filters, I rock one and it does the job well and doesnt look too bad at all! It will probably give you the best bang for your buck.

[Fenris]

One should not argue with AZ hitman... he is sorta god around here.

And he should send me a dual tip exhaust to replace the fart-can HKS that my car came with....

[240sxAli4Life]

I can't believe this became a TWO PAGE THREAD!

First off, clean car OP. I watched your vids... you sound like your from South Carolina, are you?

Intakes look nice and few gains, But I dont expect massive HP gains by putting a shiny pipe on my intake. Thats why I can't justify buying an AEM or INJEN intake... So seeing you have no fitment issues and are happy with your ebay one, im kinda sold now.

I will vouch for autozone Spectre air filters, I rock one and it does the job well and doesnt look too bad at all! It will probably give you the best bang for your buck.

haha no lol! Im from Northern Ky! But ya that ebay intake is nice, just buy an aftermarket filter and your good! Its not bad! It fits great! You want the link for it??

[s13sickboi]

^ you already posted the link... ive seen them for waaay cheaper btw. and i already have my aftermarket filter! haha im trying to sell you on it

[scotty-2-forty]

... i was doing it really fast for everyone to hear the sucking!

I'm not sayin' NUTHIN'!

I know this cause i got friends with small enigne hondas, with a longer intake than mine and they have name brand filters and theirs sucks a ton more than mine, when they rev from throttle body! He told me that ebay intakes dont suck in air as fast as a name brand filter would! IDK why but several other people i talked to say the same thing!!

No-name brand filters such as those on "ebay" do not have the extensive R&D like K&N and the like puts into their product to ensure maximum flow, so agreed with that based purely on assumption. But also consider, sound alone does not neccessarily determine flow rate.

[AZhitman]

There's definitely some sucking going on.

[scotty-2-forty]

There's definitely some sucking going on.

Hehe, I LOL'd.

[Lobo240sx]

Spectre filter From AutoZone $25-30 > *

All that other stuff is hype and works the same..

[sweeper240]

Do people find MSD blaster SS coil and msd 6 to be a good purchase/upgrade? Are you kidding about hp gains?

I've looked at a lot of different pages, what is the final verdict on cold air intakes (AEM, Injen, etc) vs stock?

[Ace2cool]

http://www.apexi-usa.com/products/?id=5362

I want a apexi now. Read this page.

They're definitely not selling to me based on grammar alone.

take advantage of a characteristic where air travels along the side of the side of surfaces

Along the side of the side of..... the hell? Did I just get mind f***ed again?

Yo dawg, we heard you like cones in your filter, so we put a cone in your cone in your filter so the air can move along the side of the side of the cones!

Yep, still not understanding.

[Chaluska]

Do people find MSD blaster SS coil and msd 6 to be a good purchase/upgrade? Are you kidding about hp gains?

I've looked at a lot of different pages, what is the final verdict on cold air intakes (AEM, Injen, etc) vs stock?

MSD BlasterSS and the MSD 6 were a pretty good purchase in my opinion, it definately made a noticible pickup in the low end.. the msd 6 only multifires below about 3000rpms, but it did help scavange an extra MPG or two. also made starting almost instant.