Air-filters

What airfilter is the best for the sx?? I have a K&N at the moment works well i suppose, only ever had this so cant compare it to anything else.

Do you think there is a vast difference in the filters or are they all much of a muchness??

I'm going back to paper filters those other stuff let dirt through... read this

http://www.max-boost.co.uk/max-boost/intake/intake.htm

I've known this for a long time, my Polo got damaged by either my old BMC or the Simota... And I did wash and oil them regularly...

For me the little bit you gain is not worth stuffing up ones engine in the long run.

What paper filter you changing too?? The K&N are paper arent they?? Are you changing back to the std airbox??

stock thing you buy at your local Midas... Fram or an Oem from Nissan, I must just find out what make Nissan re brand there's as

i couldn't use the standard airbox or air filter even if i wanted to 🙁

Well that is the problem I have at the moment and why I'm still stuck with the cone... but I plan to change it soon

I use a replacement BMC filter, no paper but cotton or wool or something, didn't have eny probs, because all staid the same just swapped the filter.

Ok I need to replace my K&N filter for another cone filter... is K&N still the best??

well last year sumtime, I read in the speednsound magazine, they did a test of the filters. It was tested on a tiburone & results where taken from a dyno.
Strangley enough, the simota performed the best.

I currently have a simota air filter & she goes nice. The problem with any cone filter is they let in more dirt.
I actually change my oil & oil filter alot regulary compared to before. As soon as I see the oil getting darker, I then change it.

Used to change oil every 7000km, now I change it every 5000km, I have done a change once at 3500km as I took the car to dbn & back again & noticed that the oil getting darker, so didn't want to risk anything.

Ja Simota performed the best because of the least restriction.

what about the BMC CDA? I'm pretty sure that's the best thing you can get re: airfilter

That's a pointless test - i'm sure running no filter might have given even better results! 😂

have you guys ever wondered why the little kids playing and living at rubbish dumps are so tough while our kids that we baby around and use dettol and medicine are so sick all the time?
you bunch are going to spoil your cars and then you'll all sit with sissycars.

make 'em tough and put a handful of sand in the airbox and you can also use sand and broken glass and a couple of beer cans and lost spanners and fishing hooks and old torch batteries and tooth brushes and pantyhose and used condoms to baffle your sump. That oil-gunk aint goin' nowhere around turns

remember chuckpiss?

Hahaha window, you crack me up!! 😂 😂 😂

well, since i dont have anything useful to say i thought i might as well crack a smile on all your ugly faces while you are sitting there either 1)naked in front of your computers or 2) acting as if youre working

i see bandwith in the same light as liquor and sigarettes - we must use it all up so that by the time our kids are big there will be nothing left and they'd be safe from all those evils

even though oil is changed before its too drty... the dirt that's getting in I would say is gouging the pots

So what's it going to be then. I am confused...does the dirt going into the cylinders with the air via the compressor blades, then out the exhaust as hot dirty/gritty gas, hitting the turbine blades and going out the exhaust pipe actually affect the colour of the oil? Please explain, anyone. I would still like to know which would be the safest cone filter to install. I am thinking of changing my stock filter out for one that I can service and re-use.

I know its a bit longwinded. but did u read that link that one of the guys posted. it tells u everything. conclusion: the hp u gain by a low restriction filter is minimal, but the effects it has on ur motor is quite harmful

anyone please stop me if I'm wrong

I have owned to SX's thus far in life.
The first one had a pad filter which sat in the original air box, but the bottom of the air box was cut out.

The second, which is the one I own now has a cone filter.

The only difference I feel, is that the oil gets dirty more quickly with the cone.
On my first SX I could change oil every 7000km as this is when I noticed the oil getting darker.

On current SX I change oil every 5000km as this is when I notice the oil getting dirtier.

the other problem with the cone, is that when it's standing till she is sucking more hotter air as well.
i want to build an enclosure for this to stop happening.

So the verdict. I prefer the cone, but it is higher maintenance (more oil changes) Performance is also better.
O'yes the AFM also gets more dirtier, so you gotta clean that everytime as well.
Another down side, when cleaning engine bay, don't hose the filter, water just gets into the turbo & AFM.

Just 🙂 My thoughts

Ja but you only using a simota 😕 ??