SIMOTA

[Misterray]

any one tried the simota open pod before???

[Ahdi]

closed pod or open pod?

 

i'm using the closed one, looks like a tube lidat with CAI...its good...

[Misterray]

wat do u mean by open or close pod??

[Seanboi]

Closed pod is a pod with a Heat shield.

Open pod is just like mushroom like that. Breathe in all e hot air from e engine bay.

[Seanboi]

U did the SCC from VOGS?

[Misterray]

so open pod does not come wif the heat shield izit??

[Wiredchaos]

I read fr other forums tat a Apexi Open pod set up tat comes wif heat shield, cai etc..etc..

How important is the heat shield any way, so tat it doesnt breathe in the hot air ?

[DarkLord]

I have the same setup.

[Mzrmazda3]

Yes

 

The heat shield is to minimise the open pod filter from sucking in excessive hot air

[Dada]

Have u guys heard of the BMC CDA CAI systems? I have a fren who installed it and was saying that it's very much better than K&N and simota. Does anyone have any comments on it?

[Seanboi]

Yes. It can have many shape. E filter is expose directly to the hot air.

[Seanboi]

Supposed to help low end.

OPen pod low end suffer quite a bit.

[Seanboi]

Ya... heard lots of gd comments. But haven seen one before.

[Misterray]

aniway bro hows the performance gains like with the pod??

[Vdubber98]

My ride is a New Ford Focus, 2.0L (I live in Shanghai now)

 

And I replaced my stock filter with a Simota (open pod)after running in my ride at 5000km. I should say that I get significant gain in mid to high range rpm while it suffer a bit at the low end. When I gas it above 3500rpm u can really hear the air being sucked in loud. Shop that sold me claim about 10HP gain. But I cant say for sure.

 

I've attached a pic here to show that even with this open setup, it does come with a heat shield. Material is not real carbon, just the skin layer, inside is still fiber glass I think.

 

I've been running this setup for three months now but after recent oil change (10,000km) I must say that the oil comes out really black. I'm having doubt now bout this filter.

 

In my own opinion, I think Taiwan filter's quality is not as good as a K&N or the BMC CDA type filter.

 

I'm now looking for a ITG tri-foam type filter. Can any kind forumers here tell me where can I find one in Sillypore?

Edited October 7, 2006 by Vdubber98

[Accordvtec]

Have u guys heard of the BMC CDA CAI systems? I have a fren who installed it and was saying that it's very much better than K&N and simota. Does anyone have any comments on it?

 

if pocket is deep enough,definitely its good...

[Misterray]

bro wats BMC CDA???

[Dada]

It's the same as Simot@ but it's the pioneer in this product. From what I heard Simot@ is a 'clone' of the BMC CDA(carbon dynamic airbox). U can check out this website for more info on BMC CDA. I'm not a promoter or doing any sales for BMC. I juz would like to find out more feeback from other users as well...