I am looking into buying this intake for my FD. Does anyone have this intake? How do you like it? Any pics? Also, has anyone heard or experienced any problems with this intake? Thanks guys!

 

Is this the one that uses the foam filters? Don't get an intake that uses this trash. The foam filters don't filter worth a damn and don't give you any more power than a decent filter. Stick with a cold-air intake, like M2 or rx7fashion, or do the poor man's cold air mod to the stock box. If you want an open intake, the filters on the Apex'i are considered the best.

 

I have this intake. It works fine.

According to one test on the net, the filter doesn't work as well others, but there has never been anything else to support that. Blitz also received low ratings in filtering as well, but HKS and Blitz are the top selling systems overseas.

Here's the one test that everyone uses to judge:

http://www.gtrowner.com/induction.html

And everyone seems to miss this part:

"It is questionable how accurate the original source of data is, as HKS are proven to sell more induction kits than any one of the others featured in the test, and yet there induction kit rates as the worst kit in the test. This suggests that either HKS rely upon their brand name to sell their 'poorly' manufactured air filters, or that the original Japanese test was nothing more than a PR stunt to promote the lesser known equipment. HKS and Blitz continue to be the best selling induction kits in the UK, and are used by Middlehursts, Hiteq and Abbey Motorsport as their first choice when the induction kit modification is carried out."

So, apparently, the people that are reporting the information on that website, aren't the ones actually doing the tests...

You'll also notice the perforance gain, while not on a FD, it's pretty much the same across the board. You'll never notice a 1hp difference.

Anyway, the HKS does intake requires a little more maintainance than the others. You need to change out the filters about every 3000 miles, but to me, that's a good thing. I just change mine when I change my oil. I did some research on it before I bought it and it seems the HKS system doesn't hamper performance when the filters need to be changed like other intakes.

Personally, if I had the choice, I would get the Blitz intake. It looks sweet inside the engine bay. Unfortunately, it was on backorder when I wanted to get it. There are cold air induction kits as well, however, they are quite pricey. But, in general, the colder the better.

 

Foam filters are junk..serious I do not recommend this intake unless you want to clean and oil the filter every damn month. Really is does flow ok (but not any better)...but I guarantee you will see dirt in you intake tract !

I had this intake for about 18 months..way way back

 

I got the apexi unit and it works great....beautiful look too, when I get done polishing it

 

Hey,


I have the HKS mega flow on my car. Dont get this
piece of junk. I have just ordered a Apexi power
Intake to make the switch. The HKS filtration is
very, very poor believe me. You can see the dust
in your intake pipe just after a day with this crap
on your car.

Serge

 

Cetchup, Check your PM.

 

I don't know how many single turbo cars I have seen this filter on (both FDs and Supras).. I have always wanted to see the look on one of their faces when a chunk of that foam got sucked into their turbine. Seriously, all you have to do is look closely at the filter element on those things.. look how visibly pourous it is! Sure that promotes air flow, but how much else is getting through.

Matt
93 SSM - Apex'i intake

 

Well, we've established that foam filter such as HKS's Megaflow and GReddy's Airinx are crap. I addressed the archieves for my question, but I read so many different answers i don't know what to think. I've narrowed it down to the M2 and Apexi intakes. Keep in mind that price doesn't matter to me. I realize that the M2 is a little more costly. I'd like to stay on the stock twins for a couple years, or until I can upgrade to single. Drag/Racing will be the cars forte. So i guess its hot air open v. closed box cool air. Thanks for the help.

 

...Does anyone know if that magazine is sponsored by Apexi?

The HKS (and new Trust) is fine if you replace the foam filter instead of cleaning it (on NA cars) But for our cars i'd be worried that the foam couldn't handle the heat and break down and suck in fragments.

I have the Blitz. I love the looks and the performance was instantly noticable. It also came with a heat shield (Apexi doesn't). None of the single turbo racers use cold air boxes.

 

Isn't the HKS one called Super Mushroom of Death? I here the foam gets sucked into the turbo.

 

HKS is replacing the foam system with mesh type filters. I don't think you want it.

 

I had it for 18 months....never heard of it being sucked in....but as a filter this thing blow hard

 

Thanks for the replys guys! I think im gonna go ahead and go with the APEXi intake now. I'm glad I asked before i bought anything..phew! Thanks again.

- Danny