Does it matter what kind of cone filter I strap on my car. Before I did the TII swap I just had a K&N cone filter strapped on to the AFM that I had got from a freind. The filter originally was for a Tauras SHO. Worked fine on my N/A engine. Will it be ok on my TII engine.

 

should be fine as long as you have clearence for it to fit

 

filter is a filter is a filter....

Most cone filters on th after market now-a-days are pretty much cut from the same cloth. (figure of speech of course)

As long as its tight on there and has no holes its going to do its job...filtering.

 

Cool, yeah it seems to be runnin fine

 

i thought on 86 to 88 models a cone filter that was oiled or takes oil would cause the AFM
to not read correct because of the sensor in front of the flapper. it would get gummed up.
Could be wrong though.

 

yes, but his isn't an oiled filter. And you're right that would probably gum up the AFM.

even though the rotary is a "two stroke" we don't need to have filters off of a Suzki RM250 dirt bike - hehe

 

If you are using an oiled filter, and oil is pulling off and going into the intake you are using way too much oil. you don't have to soak the damn filter, just moisten it. For best results use the K&N recharge kits that come with spray bottles. You get better control of how much oil you put on.

 

Those cone filters are just drawing hot air from the engine bay.. FYI...

 

IMHO, a cone is still better than stock. i did some experiments on the intake temps using a thermocouple. the stock intake is actually as hot or hotter than just a cone filter by my measurements.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ht=cone+filter

of course, the best is a fenderwell intake and i'm skeptical of how good cold air boxes are, especially if they draw from the stock snorkel.

 

I want to run a pipe into the front air dam so that the filter catches fresh cold air, what do you think. I seen another guy do it and he said it drops the temps dramatically.