scooby_matt

Where's the best place to get an STi panel filter from?

RB5 69

iTrader: (1)

Mines came from Simon at STi Racing .... http://www.stiracing.com/product.php?cat_id=11&id=281

Cost me 40 quid all in .... but took a while to arrive!

Phil

www.scoobymania.com supplied mine

Phil

direct link http://www.scoobymania.com/performance_info.asp?c=1

RB5 69

iTrader: (1)

Thats the only other place I know where to get one ..... BUT at £47 + VAT + P&P, its going to cost about £60!!

sang_my02_wrx

greame goode does it for 49.xx

corradoboy

IIRC Scoobymag or someone similar did an airflow test on these and several other filters recently, and they were no better, if not a bit worse than the standard paper filter. I prefer JR Racing, K&N or Green personally.

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ght=sti+filter

scooby_matt

I was thinking of something like a K&N as an alternative. The car's a MY00, from what I gather, you've got to be a bit careful with the MAF sensor on this model.

chris singleton

I have one for sale at the moment, never been used, bought in GB from STI Racing but sold car before I fitted it, £35.00 delievered

Chris

corradoboy

MAF's on 98-00 cars were sensitive. AFAIK JR, K&N & Green haven't caused any issues. The main culprit was the ITG filter.

highlander68k

Sorry, to butt in (again). Retailers have told me that the ITG filter was a huge seller and never had any greater problems than with any other aftermarket filter.

I've only heard one plausible reason why the ITG was labelled as being more of a MAF killer than any other filter.

I'd would like to hear from any ITG users, good and bad.

GaryScoobNCBR

hmm this has me worried, I've used an ITG panel filter on my otherwise standard scoob for about 2 years, never had any problems but now ur making me nervous

highlander68k

Don't be! There are thousands of others who have never had a problem. They're not about to shout about their car is running fine. We only hear about the few that blow up, just as likely to be caused by something else.

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

Is it an MY98/99. If so, just keep an eye out of the symptoms of a Maf on the blink (uneven idle, revs fluctuating -maybe threatening to stall- when approaching junction, hesitation at about 4k) and you should be fine. If you get any of the above, drive off boost to your nearest specialist who can check it very easily for you.

NS04

GaryScoobNCBR

ok cheers for that, it is an my98 - not had any symtoms so far but will bare this in mind.

TonyBurns

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Its the MY99/00 cars (with the phase 2 engines and crystal headlights/fogs) that suffered the MAF problems.
ITG filters use an oil base, this seeped out and covered the MAF, causing it to give bad/faulty readings, you should only use a dry filter on these cars, plus I think there were problems with induction kits vibrating also which caused MAF failures on these model years.

Tony