what do ppl think are better? who has a round one and who has oval?

i have oval and think it works great ppl say that u need oval but i dont see why>? also my round is louder than my brothers oval which is on his TL?????

hmmmmmm.....????
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Umm... is it just me or is it on backwards? I think I'm missing something.

This topic has been discussed heapt of times. Do a search!

But IMHO. The oval is definately better than the circular. The oval helps illeviate the swirling action of the air which in turn confuses the MAF. From what I have heard, the oval pod was specifically designed for the magna, and therefor is a much better option.

oh and looks backwards to me too :confused:

See post.

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showpost.php?p=186922&postcount=24

Your back mate :D

Yeah the oval is supposed to reduce the swirl effect which alows the MAS sensor to get a better reading

Oh and yeah, does look backwards dont it, wierd :confused:

Your back mate :D

like **** on a blanket lol

looks backwards to me

Its not backwards....thats the way that xtreme k&n pod looks like

they have a larger surface area then the conventional style pod, but they take up less space. Well, thats what Deano told me anyway!

My round goes fine, its not like the xtreme k&n series though.

Hmmm.....I think I'll put silver sparkle in my petrol tank.

Sure, it might f..k up the engine but it's gonna look great. :nuts:

The only evidence I've seen that the Oval filter worked better than the "other" shapes have only been in the FastMagna site... (Honestly, looked more like a marketing ploy)

I haven't seen any other evidence to show that other filters make the MAS read funny... And those who are using other filter shapes besides the OVAL ones had no problems...

I've used other filters before as well as the Oval one and found no such problems or difference in the car's performance....

The Xtreme Series filter might look funny but it seems like they have a reason to make it that way...

Sorry if I was cynical or nasty in the previous post but this really is a dead horse with no need of more flogging. :D

From all the research I've done the K&N oval is the one to use. Once it's on, you only need a man and a dog to look after it.

A man to feed the dog, and the dog to make sure the man doesn't go near the pod. lol

There's a place in Perth who work on Mitsubishis. You may have heard of them, Nick, apparently they make cams for Magnas. :badgrin:

While their service is crap you would hope they know what they're on about when it comes to this. Your experience would seem to disprove this, but here's what they reckon....

" Certain models of the Mitsubishi range run the Mitsubishi MAS / MAF sensor which is an the electrical metering unit that goes after the air box. This unit reads how much air passes through the unit via ultrasonic waves and is a oval shaped unit. One of the major problems we see is the fitment of universal K&N Pod Filters which then start creating problems with idle or power by running rich, stalling etc.

The reasoning behind this is the honeycombed section requires the air to be very straight and clean in order to rear correctly. A pod filter is cone shaped and instead, causes a swirling action which confuses the pod filter. Additionally many of the adapters fitted to the MAF / MAS sensor is square and cuts off some of honeycombed section in order to bolt on the round pod filter.

To combat this RPW has imported in from the USA specific K&N filter charger kits that are 100% compatible with the MAS sensor without causing problems. These are flat oval shaped filters with a proper cast adapter. To quote a common term : If K&N believed that a universal filter would do the job why did they make a specific filter for the Mitsubishi Air Mass Sensor. "

I vote for ova l!