Hobbies :: Pod Air Cleaners Bayswater

Something that we've done plenty of testing on this is pod air cleaners, also referred to as pod furnace filters.

People put pod air cleaners on the car and there is a real misconception that instantly "i've got more power". What we generally find is they hear a great deal of induction noise, so all of an sudden they think they've got more power because they can hear the noise.

One prevalent problem we do encounter when pod air cleaners are fitted, could be that the original air box was designed to pick up cold air, often from before the radiator or from behind the headlight area. The original manufacturer has designed the intake to ensure that only cold air is brought into the start in the intake system.

If a pod air cleaner is fitted after the radiator, we intend to have 80 degree air temperatures going into the engine. Even if the engine runs an intercooler, why heat the environment up before it goes in the engine's intake system. Why not try whilst it as cold as is possible.

Our recommendations is always to try to keep an EOM factory style air filter and air box. You can put your K&N or rechargeable air filters into them, but try to keep the main air box to try to keep the cold air intake system happening.

If you take hot air from behind the radiator, all of the engine, the turbo, fédération sports urbains the intercooler, all must work harder. And the intercooler has to work harder to try and get mid-air temperatures down.

Cold air temps, are what you need for power, and economy. The more we have cold air, better the engine will probably run.

So, creating a pod air cleaner may sound as if you are making power. It may perform much better than your original one, when you hadn't replaced the element, or perhaps your element was restrictive, however it in effect, poor quality when that bonnets, you have 80 degree celsius engine bay temperatures, and it's no good for your tune.