recently it has come to my attention that many people are having pod filters installed in their cars. im not sure about other towns but in mine (rockhampton queensland) i have discovered that alot of people are self installing them and doing them incorrectly as are many mechanic shops around the place. i have spoken to a special vehicles mechanic about them as i wanted one on my car and he told me just how much modification has to be done to have it installed correctly (where as i was told it was a simple matter of putting it on when i spoke to a few mechanics and a racing car mod club). he showed me his setup and it looks great but i would just like to let people know that if they are planning on having one installed to do the research first as many people in my town are driving around town with incorrectly installed pod filters which as a consequence are feeding the car too much fuel and also within about 2 months will damage the computer system. i don't know much about cars so i will not say that i know what i am talking about, i am just relaying to you guys what i was told by the specialist and trying to give you guys abit of a hand so you don't get sucked in like so many people have. im new to the site so hopefully you people can help me out with my problems or queries when i have them. thanks. :D

ive got my K & N pod on now and ive had no issuse's with comp problems,
ive had it now for around a year and a half,

yours was probably installed better than the ones in rockhampton have been. i have heard of some of them falling off due to the poor work that was put into it. but yeah like i said in my post i don't know what im talking about really, im just relaying what i was told by the specialist.

the one i got is designed for the air flow meter on magna's
i bought it off this sight, comes with all the required parts to correctly connect it, no chance of it falling off

thats good. you are one of the lucky ones then. as for the fuel tank thing, that really sucks, hope you find a replacement at a good price! at least you will know its there next time i guess (i always try to look on the bright side lol)

yeh i try n look on the bright side of things
brightess thing is seeing my little boy smile, :D

i think most people on the forum already know about the special POD designed for the magna air flow sensor. To use any other pod is just asking for trouble.

K&N makes a special pod filter for the Mitsubishi, not just to provide a direct fitment so there's no mucking around when fitting, but also it helps to eliminate the problem it causes for the MAF sensor.

You see, normal round pod filters swirls the air too much and confuses the MAF sensor and so that's why you get hunting idle and even stalling problems. But with the special K&N oval type pod filter, you don't get that as air is straighter and so flows better.

Unfortunately that also means it's more expensive than normal off the shelf pod filter. But hey, you love your car don't you? Get the right stuff.

We have fitted these filters to Lancer, Evo, Galant and Magna. Nothing but praises and great feedback. Very happy with them so far.

I've had my pod for almost five years and no probs here. I first had it running into the old standard cold air intake, but realised that it wasn't getting enough cold air and sucking in hot air. So installed custom K&N CAI and goes well now. Puts the pod right in behind the driving light on front left corner. And if you get the right pod ( K&N ) to start with it wont fall off, unless it's human error :nuts:

but in mine (rockhampton queensland) he showed me his setup and it looks great
I used to be in Townsville. And you say he's a specialist then he probably has gone all the way to place it in an enclosed box type for better resistance to under bonnet air temps. Don't let him suck you in!!