STi panel filters, any good?
30 April 2004, 09:01 AM
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Thanks Tony 
Now, is the STI panel filter your using the "STI Panel Filter" for £47 or the "Spec C Twin Scroll JDM Panel Filter with Nitrided Frame" that Greasemonkey was talking about ?
Also, where did you buy it from ?
Now, is the STI panel filter your using the "STI Panel Filter" for £47 or the "Spec C Twin Scroll JDM Panel Filter with Nitrided Frame" that Greasemonkey was talking about ?
Also, where did you buy it from ?
30 April 2004, 09:01 AM
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All those people that wanted to know why i didnt answer, well ive been working away this week so there 
I should state that my car will gain the highest from one of these filters due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there, some people may not get these sort of gains but you will get gains overall
(if replacing the original filter) plus this i think is a cotton filter so is dry rather than one soaked in nasty gunky oil which will drip into your air box 
but the car does sound louder now its fitted (taking into consideration my car doesnt have any soundproofing here!)
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I should state that my car will gain the highest from one of these filters due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there, some people may not get these sort of gains but you will get gains overall
(if replacing the original filter) plus this i think is a cotton filter so is dry rather than one soaked in nasty gunky oil which will drip into your air box but the car does sound louder now its fitted (taking into consideration my car doesnt have any soundproofing here!)Tony
30 April 2004, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TonyBurns
All those people that wanted to know why i didnt answer, well ive been working away this week so there
I should state that my car will gain the highest from one of these filters due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there, some people may not get these sort of gains but you will get gains overall (if replacing the original filter) plus this i think is a cotton filter so is dry rather than one soaked in nasty gunky oil which will drip into your air box but the car does sound louder now its fitted (taking into consideration my car doesnt have any soundproofing here!)
Tony
I should state that my car will gain the highest from one of these filters due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there, some people may not get these sort of gains but you will get gains overall
(if replacing the original filter) plus this i think is a cotton filter so is dry rather than one soaked in nasty gunky oil which will drip into your air box but the car does sound louder now its fitted (taking into consideration my car doesnt have any soundproofing here!)Tony
Thanks for all the advice. Sounds good. When you say:
due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there
what did you have in there before that was different to the original??
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30 April 2004, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by greasemonkey
It should be pointed out that the filter Tony used is the new, Spec C twin scroll JDM panel filter with nitrided frame. The "normal" STi panel filter available in the UK doesn't have any of these fancy buzzwords and thus may not produce the power and torque gains Tony found.
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30 April 2004, 10:29 AM
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So Tony.
Is the Crap piece of paper filter Subaru UK fit, the same as the crap standard filter Subaru Japan fit ?
or is the JDM filter crapper than the UK one ?
Just trying to assertain if fitting this STI filter in my car will give similar results.
Is the Crap piece of paper filter Subaru UK fit, the same as the crap standard filter Subaru Japan fit ?
or is the JDM filter crapper than the UK one ?
Just trying to assertain if fitting this STI filter in my car will give similar results.
30 April 2004, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Judge
Tony,
Do you ever wish you hadn't started this thread...?!
Do you ever wish you hadn't started this thread...?!
LOL..... Just waiting for Jeremy Paxmann to join this thread!! MMMMMMMmmmmmmyyyyyyeeeeessssssss....
30 April 2004, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by marklemac
So Tony.
Is the Crap piece of paper filter Subaru UK fit, the same as the crap standard filter Subaru Japan fit ?
or is the JDM filter crapper than the UK one ?
Just trying to assertain if fitting this STI filter in my car will give similar results.
Is the Crap piece of paper filter Subaru UK fit, the same as the crap standard filter Subaru Japan fit ?
or is the JDM filter crapper than the UK one ?
Just trying to assertain if fitting this STI filter in my car will give similar results.
Tony
30 April 2004, 09:58 PM
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i've just fitted the s/mania STi filter today. The old orange coloured one certainly looked pretty knackered. As far as i'm concerned there is a small difference in terms of noise when the turbo spools up and a slight increase in pull at high revs. Having said that, i only fitted it today and may be trying to justify the £50 just spent! It should prove more useful when i go for TEK3 some time this year....
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Originally Posted by JIM THEO
Sorry but from the pictures it's obvious they are different filters, even the logo is different colour, I don't know thought if the rest is the same!
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06 May 2004, 05:31 PM
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Tony,
Received my STI Panel filter today and fitted it this afternoon.
got in car and went straight onto the motorway sliproad.
WOW
Car pulls much harder now and I really do mean it pulls harder.
and a nice increase in noise...
Received my STI Panel filter today and fitted it this afternoon.
got in car and went straight onto the motorway sliproad.
WOW
Car pulls much harder now and I really do mean it pulls harder.
and a nice increase in noise...
