Performance drop-in air filter

• wt_know

  24 Sep 05, 11:54

  Hi all,
  
  What would you recommend for a performance drop-in air filter for Mazda 6?
  
  K&N
  Simota
  JR
  
  Installing a drop-in air filter will worsen fuel consumption ?
  
  Performance air-filter will increase throttle right ... so low end is increase ..... what about high end ? Since more air is intake ... so I presume low and high end is increase right ?
  
  Do you remove the drop in filter before sending the car for servicing to avoid voiding warranty ?
  
  Thanks
  
  
• zerocool85

  24 Sep 05, 14:08

  try hurricane drop-in air filter for mazda6..
  
  its a different concept of filter which uses steel mesh to filter out instead of oil and cotton or whatever..
  
  air filter and cold air intake (CAI) is similar in certain ways..
  
  I took this off my previous post in one of the threads..
  
  [CAI allows more cold air to be combusted thus allowing the fuel to be combusted fully as compared to original. Thus more petrol can be combusted it means fuel efficiency thus providing more power than the initiated footing or ur right feet. Because of this, we tend to step softer on the pedal, hence better FC.]
  
  in this case.. aftermarket air filters allow more air(and dirt) to enter ur engine.. imagine going snorkeling with a straw compared to a (dunno what u call that device).. u can breathe much better.. same for ur car..
  
  about the engine getting dirtier.. some say do high revs or travel high speed to clear carbon (not easy)..
• VampireEB

  24 Sep 05, 18:26

  I got ADM carbon filter ..superb i must say
• wt_know

  25 Sep 05, 13:37

  so, performance drop in filter is good or bad for the engine ?
  
  good = more air flow through resulting better combustion
  
  bad = dirt can flow through and dirty the engine (this one is a sure thing right ... more air = less restriction .... no matter what the performance air filter specs claim that it has the best of technology or method to let more air flow through and yet able to trap dirt / particle
  
  

  Originally posted by zerocool85:

  try hurricane drop-in air filter for mazda6..
  
  its a different concept of filter which uses steel mesh to filter out instead of oil and cotton or whatever..
  
  air filter and cold air intake (CAI) is similar in certain ways..
  
  I took this off my previous post in one of the threads..
  
  [CAI allows more cold air to be combusted thus allowing the fuel to be combusted fully as compared to original. Thus more petrol can be combusted it means fuel efficiency thus providing more power than the initiated footing or ur right feet. Because of this, we tend to step softer on the pedal, hence better FC.]
  
  in this case.. aftermarket air filters allow more air(and dirt) to enter ur engine.. imagine going snorkeling with a straw compared to a (dunno what u call that device).. u can breathe much better.. same for ur car..
  
  about the engine getting dirtier.. some say do high revs or travel high speed to clear carbon (not easy)..

• zerocool85

  25 Sep 05, 18:23

  anything u do, definitely has pros and cons..
  
  for an example, if u want power.. u sacrifice fuel.
  
  to me, engine dirty.. can clear carbon by driving at high speeds.. 140km/h+ should be sufficient.. (im not encouraging pple to speed though).. service the car.. can also flush ur engine (i think it will clean ur engine.. but also quite expensive)
  
  but also with proper maintenance and stuff.. i think it shld be ok..
  
  take those 10-20yr old sports cars on the road right now.. take a souped up rx-7.. im sure engine will be very dirty with heavy mods for air intake and stuff.. but its running perfectly fine..
  
  i own a maz6 too.. wanna add an openpod soon and a SRI with cf heat shield somewhere near december i guess..
  
  well.. its just my 2cents though..