any ways to increase performance?

[gpx000]

hey guys i was just wondering if i could do anything to increase the performance of my car?
mods that arent too pricey?

also i have a foam pod filter, and im planning to change it since its dirty. i bought an air filter cleaner and cleaned it but i think it needs to be replaced. am i able to just purchase a normal air filter and put it on?
are there any suggestions for a brand or something?

also i just saw types of air filters. do 'power intake filters' do anything? will it make a difference?

thanks guys, much appreciated.

[Chiinkstarrh]

lol jst go without a podfilter cheap and fast

[gpx000]

doesnt it give a little boost though? and cleans the air going into the engine?

also if i put a power intake filter will that increase fuel consumption? :S

[silverGPX]

dont take your filter out, theres not much else u can do after intake and exhaust. The next thing would be maybe a bored out throttlebody, then a piggy back, port and polish.

[gpx000]

thanks silverGPX! buuuut you need to dumb it down for me hahaha!
i dont really know much about cars. this is my first car so yeah.
so i should just leave my air filter in it and just clean it every let say 30,000km or so?
coz i bought an air filter cleaner and gave it a wash. its clean now but just thought i'd replace it.

are the jobs you suggested expensive and big?

[Kustom]

Depends what expensive and big is to you, an exhaust isn't such a big job but depending where you go could set you back a few hundred to a grand, and then if you go for headers you'll be up for even more... with saying that you'll get more gain.

Cold air intake with a larger intake pipe and boxed POD filter.

After that theres not to much you can really do, haltech, tune the car to your new mods and thats about it... if you wanted to continue the $ to kw would be ridciously high.

Save your coin for a year and just swap engines

[gpx000]

yeah i was planning to replace the pod filter with a boxed pod filter. however, will it make a difference in performance?
and how much am i looking at for the boxed pod air filter? just roughly? for a decent one.

[silverGPX]

youll hardly notice a difference. itll probably sound differnt.

[gpx000]

but wouldnt it be better for the engine since its sucking in cold and clean air right?
i really think mine needs to be replaced haha. the cleaner ddnt really do anything to it.
so much oil. i really want a boxed one though. but is it pricey?

[silverGPX]

most people just make it them selves out of sheet alluminum, im pretty sure theres a DIY in the DIY section, check it out dude, all these questions have been asked before.

[gpx000]

yeah ive read them but im only 17 hahaha and have a limited amount of knowledge about cars.
i just needed someone to dumb it down for me.

[BorepYano]

here's the dumbed down version:
it's a pod filter ... in a box.



box is heat shielded (i.e. insulated, in the same principles as your house or fridge is).

air is fed to the box (and there for to the pod filter) via a pipe from outside.

join the dots and you are done.

[BorepYano]

wait!!!!

what do you mean "so much oil"??

where?

[gpx000]

ohhh alright so it just sucks in cold air into the pod and then into the engine? :S

yeah when i opened the cover since its just aluminum with bolts, i touched the pod since its foam and it was greasy/oily and i wasnt sure if thats how it was meant to be. hence why im deciding to change it
im guessing its not normal .

[Bennoz]

Your car's already got most of the off the shelf go fast bits, including the UAS intake & UAS collector exhaust section. Your next upgrade should be in Haltech country.

[gpx000]

so you believe theres no point in changing for a boxed air filter?
is there a topic where i can learn about the haltech please?

[Chiinkstarrh]

dude ..change your injecters..another thing =)

[bass_twitch]

so you believe theres no point in changing for a boxed air filter?
is there a topic where i can learn about the haltech please?

search function

[aza013]

so you believe theres no point in changing for a boxed air filter?
is there a topic where i can learn about the haltech please?

You could have a look around this :- http://forums.haltech.com/

Or

http://www.haltech.com.au/

this should help you out a bit.

[Bennoz]

dude ..change your injecters..another thing =)

Why?