Where can I get a cheap hi-flow panel filter?

AWD Chaser · 13-11-2006, 04:25 PM

As the title suggests - Where can I get a cheap hi-flow panel filter? How much? Brand doesn't matter...

Orbit · 13-11-2006, 04:27 PM

K&N 85-100 dollars is the only one i would spend money on.

xr8man83 · 13-11-2006, 05:06 PM

k&n for a au is more about $125 bucks now days i just priced them im in QLD though i got a splitfire performance filter for $99.95 at tintmasters the otherday and its the same as k&n as far as i can tell

HLC · 13-11-2006, 05:10 PM

egay.

xr8ute · 13-11-2006, 05:13 PM

Motorcraft paper airfilters flow plenty of air...cost about $8 :P

JeffAU1 · 13-11-2006, 05:17 PM

Wait till the next supercheap auto sale, im sure there will be one coming up for xmas.

AWD Chaser · 13-11-2006, 06:23 PM

I wanted one by Saturday for the CanberraCruises.com dyno day... just a high-flow for a few runs... I thought there was a cheap one... Redline? was it?

GTWHOA · 13-11-2006, 07:16 PM

I think Redline are about $100 aswell. Just use no filter if your game

mattp · 13-11-2006, 07:55 PM

I can get Redline one's here in Brisbane for $70 last time I checked at Lee's performance parts. He's always the cheapest, but I wouldn't pay more than $80 for a 'cheap' one. They all do the same thing as the K&N anyway, I'm thinking of getting one after exams.

Orbit · 13-11-2006, 08:50 PM

are there any dyno days comin gup in melb or geelong?
it would be good to get some comparative figures back to back with a stock egas filter and a highflow filter for my factory lpg engine.

JC · 14-11-2006, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

I wanted one by Saturday for the CanberraCruises.com dyno day... just a high-flow for a few runs... I thought there was a cheap one... Redline? was it?

Firstly, those guys (CanberraCruises) are a bunch of idiots. I had one overtake me on the Monaro the other night - I was doing a tad over 100, and there was another car overtaking me in the right lane, and he passed us both using the shoulder, doing around 160, and there was traffic in front of us and a roundabout looming. He made it, but what a tool (BMW M5). He was in a group of around 10 other cars, so was showing off, but if he had've killed me, I would've found a way to kill him back (from the grave)!! These tossers lose around one car per cruise because they are idiots.

Anyway, enough O/T stuff, I have run a pod, no box at all and a K&N panel on a dyno on the same day, and each run was within 1 kw of the others. The filter is not a restriction in the AU box, unless it's caked in mud. The only reason most get the K&N is that it is washable, so you never, ever need another filter again. It does flow more and produce a bit more intake noise, but honestly, the engine doesn't know what to do with the extra flow, so doesn't really make any more power. The only way to maximise the additional flow is with an edit.

I'd be happy to lend you a BA XR8 Pod setup with 3" intake pipe to try back to back with standard airbox if you want - would only take around 20 seconds to swap them over for the dyno runs.

AWD Chaser · 14-11-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JC

Firstly, those guys (CanberraCruises) are a bunch of idiots. I had one overtake me on the Monaro the other night - I was doing a tad over 100, and there was another car overtaking me in the right lane, and he passed us both using the shoulder, doing around 160, and there was traffic in front of us and a roundabout looming. He made it, but what a tool (BMW M5). He was in a group of around 10 other cars, so was showing off, but if he had've killed me, I would've found a way to kill him back (from the grave)!! These tossers lose around one car per cruise because they are idiots.

Anyway, enough O/T stuff, I have run a pod, no box at all and a K&N panel on a dyno on the same day, and each run was within 1 kw of the others. The filter is not a restriction in the AU box, unless it's caked in mud. The only reason most get the K&N is that it is washable, so you never, ever need another filter again. It does flow more and produce a bit more intake noise, but honestly, the engine doesn't know what to do with the extra flow, so doesn't really make any more power. The only way to maximise the additional flow is with an edit.

I'd be happy to lend you a BA XR8 Pod setup with 3" intake pipe to try back to back with standard airbox if you want - would only take around 20 seconds to swap them over for the dyno runs.

Ok - cheers for that info... I might just get a new repco filter then - mine needs replacing anyway - and btw... one idiot on the roads does not reflect a whole group and or club...

HLC · 14-11-2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

... one idiot on the roads does not reflect a whole group and or club...

if they lose around one car per cruise, i think that is a reflection on the whole club.

pecker73 · 14-11-2006, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

As the title suggests - Where can I get a cheap hi-flow panel filter? How much? Brand doesn't matter...

Seen the K & N's for the AU on Ebay.. Starting as low as $80 !

JC · 14-11-2006, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

and btw... one idiot on the roads does not reflect a whole group and or club...

That's true, excdept that the whole group were driving like that, just not as extreme as undertaking on the shoulder! But intentionally blocking 2 lanes of traffic etc is stupidity and downright rudeness and lack of consideration for other road users.