T.J

Ive been using my Knn filter for a while now. No problems.

I don't notice much power difference however when I floor it it goes right up to 6K much more easier that it did with the stock filter.

$100 for the stock Toyota panel filter? Pffft! What a rip!

tell me bout it its either 100 bucks for the genuine or 110 for the k&n plus a cleaner kit seriously the only way youd know which performance filter lives up to its promise is dyno testing

Hi all,

After searching the forum fairly extensively, I've noticed:

1) Most airflow topics are on CAIs

2) There is some confused debate about panel filters

I appreciate that if one is going to spend over $150-odd on a panel filter that they are better off getting a CAI, BUT what if one does not want to?

So, I open this thread to the panel filter debate.

First off we have our stock-standard Toyota paper filter. Does the job, over $100 to replace.

Secondly we have the TRD filter. Difficult to see when it is dirty, and still appears to be a red-coloured paper filter.

Third welcomes the 2252 K+N oil panel filter. According to a doody-jim mechanic at toyota, oil filters are not the greatest as the suction from the engine is capable of sucking some of the oil into the engine. He highly recommended a dry filter.

Fourth, which I found on eBay, is the Trust Airinx II filter. Very cheap, but does anyone know what its filtration is like?

Fifth... well, you'll have to tell me. I only know about the first four!

Six: As some would say - Panel filters are a waster of time. Do everything else, from CAI to porting headers, and talking to mazda boys about dump pipes... :P

I await your expertise!

i put a k&n filter in my stivo mainly cause i thought the replacement paper element for $100 was a bit rich cant really say if it makes any power difference it makes a bit more induction noise id be surprised if it did have any effect on its own without redirecting the air feed into the airbox itself as for the toyota mechanic saying itll suck oil into the engine thats true it might..... but the amount of oil it may suck out really wouldnt be noticed and if you clean the throttle body a few hundered klms after reoiling or first fitting any traces in the intake are quickly dispensed i clean mine every 10,000 but thats just me.

once its bent its never the same.

I'd beg to differ on that point, but ok.

Always cheaper to fix the body than replace the engine...

he probly means like chassis damage i think also that once the chassis is bent it will never be the same but meeeh thats just me lol

ps. rear skirt rocks XD~

Dude you saw my car. You would never guess it was destroyed at the front. I've compared it to undamaged models and there is no difference at all, in fact i'd think that our careful work is almost better than standard.

it all depends on the panel beater yes sometimes they come up better than ever and then theres some that come back hell rough

this is interesting i thought the slots were to help decrease the gas buildup between the pad and rotor but its marginal on your normal road car whilst sitting in traffic then all theyre for are looks plus they can be noisey when you pull up at the lights they make a whooshing noise but theyre better than slotted and cross drilled they just crack under too much heat.

i agree with the others though its not just the pads and rotors good lines good fluid and possibly a master cylinder brace would make a marked improvement

I had thought about buying that engine but the work had already started, pitty it wasn't posted earlier

im up to $4500 for repairs so far the engine was put back in today and apparently there's a horrible noise coming from it or the gear box so they have to investigate that now. Im glad the overtime has started back up at work.

hard luck dude i feel for ya would have been a golden opertunity to do a bit of performance work if you had the spare dosh but now i spose youll have to go easy till its run in again.

should have claimed it under warranty lol! if it were still in warranty

isn't someone try to sell a 2zze at the moment?

It might be worth your while to investigate wreckers etc...

heh- try find one of those stolen rollas and use 'em for parts!

(yes, i am quite evil, but do send my condolences to those who are rolla-less)

funny you should say that this time last year my ae92 sx was knocked off

i spoke to the mechanic today the bill is up to $3000 so far and he's not through with pulling apart the engine to inspect everything but thinks that maybe it.

owch!! man thats gotta hurt still id rather blow the engine than bend the body once its bent its never the same.

as for the skirt i wouldnt mind one and having twin exhausts near the middle poking right through the guts of the skirt i saw a corolla at the last auto salon done that way looked real nice

Aprils fine with me :D

ive been a member for about 2-3 months since i got my stivo

never been on any cruises or any meets but id be keen to try come to the villawood meet

lol... maybe the market isnt big enug to justify for projectors for rollas (aus spec)..... they are heaps of astras around the world :)

yeah way too many lol! im sure whoever is wasting their time with astras will come to their senses and make more stuff for decent cars

they are different mate!!

very diff lol

very very different lol

point taken lol! why would people waste time making progector headlights for a crud bucket like the holden astra but not for the rolla

just wondering if anyone out there knows if the headlights for the us spec toyota matrix would fit the early zze corollas they made progector headlamps for the matrix i was interesed to see if they were close enough a match probably not but it would kick **** if they did ;)