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  • #1

    Best cone filter?

    I know this has kinda been beaten to death on the vortex but I want the opinions of real people not the magazine racers and flamers there....

    Right now I am running my Canadian Tire blue light special ractive cone filter, which give or take is equal to a K&N...sadly for my car, there aren't any true CAI, and I am not shelling out 300.00 for a piece of abs plastic (EVO intake) so right now its bolted right up to my lovely 2.75" stock AEB MAF.

    I was wondering if anyone has any experience with other cone filters? Foam? (I've heard HKS sucks, but the ITG ones claim to stop more dirt and filter more than any other media). Does the velocity stack in the filter *really* matter? (As in an Akimoto filter)
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  • #2
    Re: Best cone filter?

    with your audi you can't really run a cai i beleive but rock a K&N panel filter in the stock airbox and swiss cheese it maybe

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    • #3
      Re: Best cone filter?

      I'm looking at getting an ITG foam - haven't seen a store that carrys them yet.

      Khyron
      Geoff
      Fear is the element that unites all losers.

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      • #4
        Re: Best cone filter?

        Originally posted by Ryan
        with your audi you can't really run a cai i beleive but rock a K&N panel filter in the stock airbox and swiss cheese it maybe
        Yeah, problem is I still want it to be reversible (as in no permanent damage)...plus even with the box cut up, the turbo whistle and dv don't quite sound as loud, and throttle response is better even with my ghetto cone (I've done the swap a couple of times and still my opinion is the same)...

        I suppose a real CAI could be fabbed but the amount of twists and bends would kill any benefits, besides the 'snorkel' the stock airbox uses is still there directing fresh air right to the cone...ideally I'd get one of those carbon fiber airboxes (more looks than anything, I mean its even smaller than the stock airbox!)...

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        • #5
          Re: Best cone filter?

          Originally posted by BadKenny
          Yeah, problem is I still want it to be reversible (as in no permanent damage)...plus even with the box cut up, the turbo whistle and dv don't quite sound as loud, and throttle response is better even with my ghetto cone (I've done the swap a couple of times and still my opinion is the same)...

          I suppose a real CAI could be fabbed but the amount of twists and bends would kill any benefits, besides the 'snorkel' the stock airbox uses is still there directing fresh air right to the cone...ideally I'd get one of those carbon fiber airboxes (more looks than anything, I mean its even smaller than the stock airbox!)...
          Did you see the thread for my airbox mod? There's a 20 page thread on vortex, but after reading everything I decided it was best for me. Doesn't change the sound too much though.

          http://www.newveedub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3247

          Khyron
          Geoff
          Fear is the element that unites all losers.

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          • #6
            Re: Best cone filter?

            I agree with Geoff, modded airbox. If you want no damage, buy another airbox, they are almost free from people who do cone filters and other mods.

            A cone filter would probably be okay too though.
            KR
            Porsche 991 Carrera S

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            • #7
              Re: Best cone filter?

              I have an ITG foam cone, and it works great...a little quieter than the cotton cloth style filters like you're running....but I compared the inside metal surfaces of mine to a cotton one, and mine were perfectly clean, while the cotton one had allsorts of crap and dirt in it.....
              2006 Colorado Xtreme | AEM CAI | Walker exhaust | smoked glass | -1" dropped rear | Avic D3 | 8000K HID's
              2002 GTI 1.8t | C1 SS | Upsolute 94 oct | Brullen 2.5" DP | Supersprint catback | Poly mounts | 19" Privat's | FK 55 kit | Projector lights | EVOMS CAI
              2000 GSXR750 | Hindle Race exhaust | Telefonica replica | K&N intake | Custom ECU

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              • #8
                Re: Best cone filter?

                interesting alex.. my filter on my CAI is 1 year old now and when i cleaned it last week the inside was still brand new looking the outside was gross however.

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                • #9
                  Re: Best cone filter?

                  It may have been a lower quality cotton cone I looked at...it was terrible....I can't remember the brand
                  2006 Colorado Xtreme | AEM CAI | Walker exhaust | smoked glass | -1" dropped rear | Avic D3 | 8000K HID's
                  2002 GTI 1.8t | C1 SS | Upsolute 94 oct | Brullen 2.5" DP | Supersprint catback | Poly mounts | 19" Privat's | FK 55 kit | Projector lights | EVOMS CAI
                  2000 GSXR750 | Hindle Race exhaust | Telefonica replica | K&N intake | Custom ECU

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                  • #10
                    Re: Best cone filter?

                    Originally posted by TurboMedic
                    I have an ITG foam cone, and it works great...a little quieter than the cotton cloth style filters like you're running....but I compared the inside metal surfaces of mine to a cotton one, and mine were perfectly clean, while the cotton one had allsorts of crap and dirt in it.....

                    Where did you get your ITG cone from? How is it holding up to the heat? (One of the big complaints about the HKS one is it crumbles into nothingness from the underhood heat)...and more importantly, the base of the ITG cone, is it solid metal? (The reason I ask is because I have an ungodly 2.75" MAF and the only way my 3" cone fits on is because I go hercules on it and clamp it like mad)...or does ITG have it in a 2.75" diameter (yeah right, but worth a try)...?

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                    • #11
                      Re: Best cone filter?

                      I had mine mounted underhood with a eurosport cool-flo intake (which is by the way where the filter came from), and had no problems....Yes it is metal based, but I have a silicone coupler to mount it, you'd never fit or tighten a metal base up to the MAF......Its now on the end of an Evo CAI, and still great....
                      2006 Colorado Xtreme | AEM CAI | Walker exhaust | smoked glass | -1" dropped rear | Avic D3 | 8000K HID's
                      2002 GTI 1.8t | C1 SS | Upsolute 94 oct | Brullen 2.5" DP | Supersprint catback | Poly mounts | 19" Privat's | FK 55 kit | Projector lights | EVOMS CAI
                      2000 GSXR750 | Hindle Race exhaust | Telefonica replica | K&N intake | Custom ECU

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                      • #12
                        Re: Best cone filter?

                        Originally posted by BadKenny

                        Right now I am running my Canadian Tire blue light special ractive cone filter, which give or take is equal to a K&N.
                        IMHO...not even close in terms of quality.
                        TDi performance. Have your performance cake and eat it too
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                        • #13
                          Re: Best cone filter?

                          Originally posted by Z32Nut
                          IMHO...not even close in terms of quality.
                          True that. Piece of crap. So I replaced it with an equally crappy APC one...still waiting for Carbonio to make a carbon fiber airbox for the B5 A4 already...!!!

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