Aftermarket Air Filters - worth it?

[Denom]

all of this has a domino effect,
if you increase performance, you must beef up the chassis components too & so on, so as you upgrade, its a never ending process.
As for upping the ante for new gen common rail diesel engines, there are lot of guys now fiddling with the ecu's & allied components related to fuel delivery.

 

[raj_5004]

Yes you are true.
I thought the discussion is for general

the discussion can be in general too buddy, will help a lot of members in here.

For scorpio cold air intake systems must help, a performance clutch will add to its performace.
Other costlier jobs are porting and polishing heads. but these mod jobs will do increase power but adverse in fuel efficiency and engine life.

Well, i wont mess around with the engine as i dont want to hamper its reliabilty.

 

[Neil.Bhujbal]

Yes you are true.
I thought the discussion is for general


For scorpio cold air intake systems must help, a performance clutch will add to its performace.
Other costlier jobs are porting and polishing heads. but these mod jobs will do increase power but adverse in fuel efficiency and engine life.

CAI, porting,polishing,performance clutch! He ain't gonna race his scorpio in a competition.A stock replacement filter or a conical universal should do the job.(check his needs bro,he doesn't want to fiddle with the warranty,reliability)

 

[raj_5004]

and even if i want to race, the chassis & suspension wont support all that power! then i would need to add new springs, dampers, lower the height, etc! i would better buy a saloon!

its not ilango's fault neil, his ID clearly states "sped thirst"!

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Haha
raj do u know a thing. .
i drive car some what fast , no slow down even in traffic,

but in bikes i drive them so slowly in traffic and open them in highways.
thats because i learnt driving at 13 and riding at 18.
at 13 i would move my car front and rear in a garage for hours.
and it was 16 when i first took put my car . it was omni.


and its my business too hehe what you say!.

 

[Renegade]

Free Flow Exhaust don't work for diesel! The Topic creator has a Scorpio.

Freeflow Exhausts are available for Diesels also

A free-flowing exhaust leads to the smooth discharge of exhaust gases and results in improved performance. Also, turbo back-pressure is reduced by good exhaust flow.

Mangnaflow sells Diesel Exhausts.
A link for it: http://www.autoanything.com/exhausts-mufflers/20A50100A1.aspx

 

[raj_5004]

i think free flow exhausts for diesels will only help improve the power but wont sound as good as FFE in petrols.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Free flow exhaust doesn't boost performance that much as in a petrol.
No wrong in using , but not 100% usefull.

 

[karthik.a]

1)After market filters are less restrictive, but they achieve this performance by differing filtering strategies (using oil on their filter media). Oil use on your filter element over time could damage your MAF sensing elements and result in service engine soon lights or driveability issues
2)Changes to the air cleaner itself could affect both snow and water ingestion performance, which could damage your engine.

Increase in performance-IMO Installing after market air filter with not boost up your engine horsepower in a noticeable way,but by installing other after market products like exhausts,turbo e.t.c with after market filter will give u an increase in performance.

KArthik