For anyone thats interested, I have just fitted an Apexi pod, hoping that I would get a noticable power difference, and maybe a bit of underbonnet growl.Well I got neither, not any noticable difference anyway using my seatofthepantsometer. Hoping to get it dynoed in the next few weeks and will hook the airbox back up as a comparison. I understand that a better filter will make more of a difference when the engine's hp is higher than standard, which mine is a little bit, I have a twin 2.5" catback, and 11psi boost.Out of interest, I can now hear the stock recirculation valves doing their thing. Sounds a bit like a farm animal, or maybe an owl. Never could hear it before.Ben
While on the topic of APEXi pods >>> Does anybody know the correct way to clean this type of pod filter? Being a dry element type, you can't wash it and re-oil it. I have never seen a replacement element for it either. Anyone with an APEXi Pod cleaning tip?
Dry element filters can usually be tapped on the ground to get the bulk dirt out and then gentle reversed flow cleaned with compressed air then washed in warm soapy (clothes detergent) water and then rinsed in clean water and put out in the sun to dry. Hows that? regards John
Replacement filters available APEXi just offer the entire filter as a replacement. In the case of the Zed thought it is a simple replacement of the entire unit which is why often people by the "replacement filter" instead of the kit for the zed.J.
Yes, you are supposed to buy a replacement filter, which is the whole pod, although the pod by itself is a bit cheaper than the full kit for a Z32, which includes mounting brackets, nuts and bolts, and gasket. Kit was pretty cheap, about $160. Nice filter. Didn't get any stickers though.I think I remember reading about using compressed air to blow out, thats what I will be doing anyway when I next pull it off.Do foam filters tend to give more of an induction roar that cotton type? As I have put finer filter pods on a few cars and always got an induction roar, which I liked.All I get with the Apexi on the Zed is a slight sucking sound.Ben
You want sucking sound?! I got a K&N Pod Filter and... hell yeah... it sounds like it's SUCKING like crazy I luv my pod=)!Cheers Grant:-Z
I bought an apexi.. purely because a demo I saw where they tested a few different pod filters for how much they actually *filter* - Some of th ebeter brands wer surprisingly crap at actually stopping dirt etc going through, and the apexi dynoed at a whopping 0.5hp less gain than the HKS pod which was twice the price.I'll see if I can find the site again and post it.
