# NickAlero's '98 CL **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522 "2010-06-06T23:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/101 "2010-09-03T17:01:13Z")
> [@Entourage](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/entourage/31124/75): > > Im crying at that picture… you and pjb were made for each other Thats kinda what I was goin for :lol I’ll post the other pics I took with my floor mates later, we took a ton of random pics haha ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/102 "2010-09-03T17:30:16Z")
yo you 21? ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/103 "2010-09-03T17:36:23Z")
Noooooo But I can pretend to be haha ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/104 "2010-11-14T21:48:30Z")
Did an oil change, spark plugs, and air filter this weekend. Air filter was pretty dirty though, so I decided to look into the K&N filter for my airbox, which was $60. Saw that a piece of aluminum and a cone filter cost $55. Dremeled some holes in the aluminum and threw this together: ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs484.ash2/75696_1603847827401_1572271736_31359404_6580452_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs484.ash2/75696_1603847827401_1572271736_31359404_6580452_n.jpg) Sounds mean right before VTEC kicks in…at which point it becomes extremely loud :lol ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/105 "2010-11-14T22:13:58Z")
STUNTER Your fuel trims are now going to be TWEAKED ---
**Author:** ![BlueS14240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blues14240sx/32/6410_2.png) [@BlueS14240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueS14240sx)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/106 "2010-11-15T08:41:01Z")
+1 for ricer sounding intake and +1 for shitty gas mileage ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/107 "2010-11-15T09:33:45Z")
Gas mileage has gone up 4 MPGs city and 8 highway. Maybe my old air filter was just THAT dirty, but its an improvement so far. And I’ll have to do a video of it, it doesn’t sound ricey at ALL. Makes a very deep pitched sound. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/108 "2010-11-15T09:36:44Z")
Nick, there is a problem if you legitimately gained that much from replacing the air filter. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/109 "2010-11-15T09:42:46Z")
wtf? windshield/turn signals? :rofl :rofl :rofl Oh hay guys, on my way home tonight I hit a pothole. Naturally I decided to paint my calipers. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/110 "2010-11-15T09:43:05Z")
> [@WTB: Satellite Radio](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-satellite-radio/37161/7): > > Gas mileage has gone up 4 MPGs city and 8 highway. Maybe my old air filter was just THAT dirty, but its an improvement so far. > And I’ll have to do a video of it, it doesn’t sound ricey at ALL. Makes a very deep pitched sound. NOPE. Its proven that EFI cars of today do not benefit from air filter changes. Dirty to clean, and VERY little from low flowing to high flowing. Mass airflow sensor meters incoming air, ecu adjusts everything under the sun to get a handle on its efficiency. You could quite literally stretch 2 gym socks over your MAF and call that an air filter and it would yield the exact same results your K&N did, performance wise. Your figures say you gained %25 more efficiency! I don’t believe that for one second! Because if that was the case, every car from the factory would be sold with a “K&N” like filter because the proffit from the marketing effects would be through the roof! “don’t buy a camery with 30mpg, they have paper junk air filters… our CL’s get 6MPG’s better because we run “K&N” like filters” :rofl ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/111 "2010-11-15T09:47:56Z")
:lol Would spark plugs do it? Air filter wasn’t the only thing I changed this weekend. My car is also rated at 19 city 27 highway. I’d be lucky to see 17 city and 25 highway before. ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/112 "2010-11-15T09:51:09Z")
> [@Cuban Crisis, making an effort](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cuban-crisis-making-an-effort/37156/57): > > wtf? windshield/turn signals? :rofl :rofl :rofl > > Oh hay guys, on my way home tonight I hit a pothole. Naturally I decided to paint my calipers. Do you read things before you shit on them or just take your pants off and let it loose? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/113 "2010-11-15T10:02:41Z")
You probably are seeing an increase in MPG’s because the car is running lean. The poor MAF is probably maxed out :rofl ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/114 "2010-11-15T10:03:02Z")
> [@new chick](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chick/37188/38): > > :lol > > Would spark plugs do it? Air filter wasn’t the only thing I changed this weekend. > > My car is also rated at 19 city 27 highway. I’d be lucky to see 17 city and 25 highway before. a combonation of both, MAYBE. but going from 17 to +2/4 MPG over stock is a stretch for just an air filter change. Also the ratings are usually with a stiff tail wind and over inflated hard ass compound narrow tires to squeek everything they can out of them for numbers sake! it takes alot to make a big difference in mileage. rolling resistance, rotational mass, wind resistance, dt loss, weight, etc all play a bigger part when a motor is running good to start… performanc mods dont really do much unless they are drastic changes. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/115 "2010-11-15T10:04:59Z")
> [@RANTING FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ranting-for-everyone/37136/80): > > You probably are seeing an increase in MPG’s because the car is running lean. The poor MAF is probably maxed out :rofl good point better take it to Synapse and get it tooned for that K&N mod! ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/116 "2010-11-15T10:07:50Z")
Get myself a CARTOON!! Pretty sure they can’t tune the J series motors though. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/117 "2010-11-15T10:12:12Z")
STUNTOON ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/118 "2010-11-15T10:13:29Z")
AWWW SHIT ROLLIN LIKE A CHOLO ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/119 "2010-11-15T15:02:08Z")
Yeah a lot of Hondas are running around using MAF sensors. Good job internet tuners. ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522/120 "2010-11-15T15:03:04Z")
> [@Who has a Coil-on-pack for a Mustang I can use?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-has-a-coil-on-pack-for-a-mustang-i-can-use/37174/4): > > Get myself a CARTOON!! > > Pretty sure they can’t tune the J series motors though. AEM. Wouldn’t work on an auto though [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nickaleros-98-cl/252522.md?page=7)