Open air filter or panel air filter?? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Della D. Turbo · 10-05-2004, 02:46 PM

Which type of air filter is best for the MR2 turbo?

A panel air filter or a open air filter?

Normally you would say a open air filter, but with the MR2 the air intake is at the driver's side sideskirt and not in the front bumper as seen in many other performance cars.

The airbox toyota build for our cars leads directly to this air intake. so I was wondering if a panel type airfilter isn't better than an open air filter.

Because it seems to me that in the case of the MR2 with the engine in the middle, and the air intake at the side of the car an open air filter would be bottered to much by the engine bay temperture, which will cost HP instead of increasing it... Or am I seeing this the wrong way?

JekylandHyde · 10-05-2004, 08:20 PM

A open-air cone style filter is still your best bet.

chronoti · 10-05-2004, 09:28 PM

it's also all in where you put the filter. try to put it close to one of them intake hole things.

andyb16 · 10-16-2004, 09:37 PM

If you get a Tom's style scoop, it wll push the air right into a cone filter. I have a cone filter, but no scoop. I had a k&n filter element on my stock air box, and the cone is definately better. Sounds better too.

SW20 MR2 · 10-17-2004, 11:13 AM

Get the APEXi intake. You will get some nice power gains from it, and the filter is very good as well.

Piddy · 10-17-2004, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by andyb16
If you get a Tom's style scoop, it wll push the air right into a cone filter. I have a cone filter, but no scoop. I had a k&n filter element on my stock air box, and the cone is definately better. Sounds better too.

Tom's scoops are purely for looks... they have nothing to do with performance whatsoever. Most of the air is pulled in from the bottom of the car... therefore pushing air from the top will actually screw up your air flow... but not enough to make a differance. Some of them look good... but other look kinda funky... if you are gonna buy a scoop... dont expect power gains and don't get the ugly kind

Della D. Turbo · 10-17-2004, 04:49 PM

So The APEXI cone is my best bet,

but what about a heat shield? Because I've seen some pictures of the APEXI intake and it had a kind of metal plate 'wrapped' around the cone filter... Is this included with the filter or is it something You have to manufacture yourself??

Thnx for your reply's guys, really appreciate it!

SW20 MR2 · 10-18-2004, 06:04 PM

Yes, the heat shield is included.