31 replies to this topic

[Ben_20EJT]

you need lots of degreasr and to hide some of the wires and the bay would be ok. also, i think there is a sti high flow filter that fits that airbox

[Xon]

The white wire runs to my foglights dodgy or what??

Wire a fuse into it.
Also if that's the wire that's powering the foglights, I doubt it's a high enough gauge.

[Shire Boy]

It does have a fuse I bought the foglight wiring kit all together and came with fuse an everything

[alexGT]

sti panel filter won't do jack all except make some whooshing noises for $100+. i'm still running ryco A360 paper filters in my rex and it does not make any difference. stock airbox/filter combo is good for 250kw atw.

[Adam]

Yep, same

[Jimbo]

Agree with the general consensus. On your NA the intake is as good as its going to get in stock form.

Best way to get the most power and enjoyment out of it is to look after it. Give it a good upper engine clean, fresh oil and other fluids. Clean it up, make sure your battery is good and the terminals are clean ect.
Always make sure you use quality fuels and check your spark plugs or replace as necessary, some better quality leads would help out a bit too. You could also get an injector service done, and you can clean your Air Flow Meter sensor with a DIY can you can buy from Supercheap.

If you wanted to go for slightly cleaner intake air, you could rig up a ninja catch can but thats pretty much excessive.

[Adam]

I could only imagine how hard it would be to catch ninjas in a can!

[Jimbo]

Lawl.


Maybe if it was a can of Whoop Ass

[CodeBurn3r]

It does have a fuse I bought the foglight wiring kit all together and came with fuse an everything

OK, lets just put it this way..
there are potentially dangerous issues with the engine bay..

any section of wire before a fuse will be live even if the fuse goes. (remember the whole chassis is Ground/Negative), so if any part of that silly thin wire rubs through and touches any part of metal.. the wire will get very hot very quick and anything touching it could catch fire.. fire under bonnet = BAD

Secondly.. the wire seems much to thin to be running Foglights.. i would replace it for something thicker.. 14-12ga wire would maybe..

as far as the AFM goes.. if you kill it with a oiled filter.. you are looking at $400+ for a new one.. second hand around $100
the only thing worth doing is a (resonectomy) because it removes about 1KG of plastic and the placebo affect has merit haha
but seriously you will notice a bit better throttle response..

i run a Lukey washable filter but it isn't worth the RRP, i only paid $20 so it WAS worth it cause i just wash it in warm water, let it dry and its like new again.. NO OILING! i have a old Ryco filter that i throw in for a few days while i let the Lukey dry.. and the difference is so minimal.. but again... placebo affect

p.s. airbox is better than pod cause im guessing the way you had the pod it was sucking in engine bay air.. engine bay air = hot.. hot = bad

This is all..

[Shire Boy]

Ok so ill be replacing the wires to run the foglights then haha anyone know a good place to run them?

Cheers, Joel

[SAV84C]

Ok so ill be replacing the wires to run the foglights then haha anyone know a good place to run them?

Cheers, Joel

Keep them out of the engine bay where possible and put the wires in black corrugated conduit from jaycar... Most ppl run cables under the guards which would require u to remove ur front wheels... While ur at remove the big as resonator that restricting air flow

[B4TT]

Most ppl run cables under the guards which would require u to remove ur front wheels

.............. Under the gaurds?? who would do that!

Do you mean inside the gaurd itself?

There would be no issue with running the wires NEATLY inside conduit through the engine bay if the fusing was close to the start of the source.