# Which Airfilter for the SR?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [December 31, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413 "2003-12-31T11:17:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/1 "2003-12-31T11:17:49Z")

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![http://store6.yimg.com/I/phase2motorsports_1769_6700845](http://store6.yimg.com/I/phase2motorsports_1769_6700845)  
HKS Super Mega Flow air intake system

Or

![http://store6.yimg.com/I/phase2motorsports_1769_6360699](http://store6.yimg.com/I/phase2motorsports_1769_6360699)

APEX’i Power Intake kit

So basiciall Foam vs Paper. They are both unoiled and are within 10 dollars of each other.

PS i dont want a cheap shit filter 😃

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**Author:** ![Pavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pavel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pavel)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/2 "2003-12-31T12:56:42Z")

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i was trying to get an apex’i filter for my sr, but they didn’t have them in stock, so i settled for Blitz LM…

so i say Apex’i

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**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/3 "2003-12-31T14:12:44Z")

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Apex’i…

I herd good things about it.

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**Author:** ![Dtown240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dtown240/32/5482_2.png) [@Dtown240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dtown240)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/4 "2003-12-31T14:43:11Z")

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I think I would go with Apex’i

this should be a poll

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**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/5 "2004-01-01T16:50:44Z")

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Ya whats wrong with K&N not JDM enough for you?

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**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/6 "2004-01-02T08:29:01Z")

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K&N’s are Oiled, I heard that the Oil will build up on the MAF after a while and screw the reading up. These filters are Un Oiled.

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**Author:** ![MRWmotorsports](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@MRWmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MRWmotorsports)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/7 "2004-01-02T08:56:54Z")

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I like the quality of the Apex’i adapter, but I like K&N fliters… I hadn’t heard that about the oil effecting the MAF… mine seems to be OK after 20,000 + km’s, and my race car is OK after 3 full seasons. I wouldn’t worry about oiled filters fi I were you…

-Martin.

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**Author:** ![NissanGTR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@NissanGTR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NissanGTR)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/8 "2004-01-04T11:49:26Z")

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APEX’i Power Intake is the best filtter you can get  
the k&n is very good too for the price

the hks one man that think sucks

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**Author:** ![dnash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@dnash](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dnash)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/9 "2004-01-04T11:53:47Z")

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What’s the difference between all these filters? In fact, why even use a filter?

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**Author:** ![sidewayssilvias14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sidewayssilvias14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayssilvias14)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/10 "2004-01-04T17:51:49Z")

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Your engine won’t last long without one.

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**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/11 "2004-01-04T17:55:08Z")

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> [@dnash](#):
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> What’s the difference between all these filters? In fact, why even use a filter?

Why not take the head off your motor and through a little sand into the pistons to get it started?

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**Author:** ![dnash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@dnash](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dnash)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-airfilter-for-the-sr/80413/12 "2004-01-04T19:09:09Z")

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Sorry, I got alittle philosophical

I really don’t see the difference. They’re all more or less the same.
