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Price wise, jetex cones are cheaper.
I’ve been lead to believe that the difference between the two (apexi and jetex) in terms of airflow were minimal too, so what would justify paying the extra when the jetex will do just as good a job?
I’ve been lead to believe that the difference between the two (apexi and jetex) in terms of airflow were minimal too, so what would justify paying the extra when the jetex will do just as good a job?
Brand name & I also believe that the Apexi is a dual cone design with a 'hole' in the middle at the front to suck in extra air where the Jetex has a flat front.
I inspect my Jetex filter periodically, take it off and give it a shake. The amount of dust & bugs that get stuck to it after being forced through the cold air feed over a 6mth period is quite unbelievable. It's clearly doing it's job though
.the apexi is the same price as the jetex
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=...+filter&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=...+filter&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
and look what won (coughs) APEXI the 1 i have
Like I've said many times, A'Pexi, world class filter 'PROVEN' by the 1.8 Turbo boys AND the JAP scene
Review: DOES what a FILTER is suppose to DO..... FILTER .......... and gave 'GAINS' :
http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/
Why do you always see a single A'Pexi filter on a 300-500Bhp Jap monster? because it can't handle it, because it's not good?
IMO the JETEX is just a BIG BLUE BLOB ...... and I can guarantee if someone RAN a proper test on a DYNO, it would not produce MORE BHP / G's then a £7.00 eBay universal filter.
see just becose some1 says the jetex is the bollocks every jumps on the band wagon and rates it ive had every filter on me lcr spent loads on them and after months of reading about the apexi thats the only 1 i wanted becose of the quality of it and people raving about it on jap sites.
I don't think that everyone jumped on the Jetex bangwagon at all. Someone on here decided to try one, we all had smaller Green, Neuspeed, K&N cones so we waited for his logs which were then posted with consitent G/S increases over what we had knew was available at the time so hence purchases were made. If someone had gone out and bought an Apexi and did the same with better results then most would probably be running those instead but I have NEVER seen a post on here where someone has logged an Apexi. The 1.8T is limited to it's tunability in generic terms and we all more or less have to follow the same path up to Stage 2 don't we. That being that case, we're all looking for proven parts that work, I had a Neuspeed which flowed well but I got 5g/s more from the Jetex.
If some wants to go out now and log their Apexi on an LCR, post up the proof, please!
If some wants to go out now and log their Apexi on an LCR, post up the proof, please!
Its all about the logs & personal preference at the end of the day,
I first ran with a Ram Air foam filter and found it terrible giving unreliable readings to the MAF and the quickest way to also clog up the MAF by not filtering adequately.
I then moved to the Jetex which i was hugely impressed with giving much more stable and higher logs, so go with what ever you find best whilst running logs and not opinions imo...
I first ran with a Ram Air foam filter and found it terrible giving unreliable readings to the MAF and the quickest way to also clog up the MAF by not filtering adequately.
I then moved to the Jetex which i was hugely impressed with giving much more stable and higher logs, so go with what ever you find best whilst running logs and not opinions imo...
Jetex is a largely undiscovered brand, theyve been going years but whoever it was who first decided to try one did so based on the shear size of the filter. I think the only ones that come bigger are a 300mm Green cone & the ITG foam filter so they took a gamble and it paid off.
Wayne, VCDS Lite is free and an EBAY cable is about £10...no excuses, unless you're in the dark ages with no laptop haha.
Wayne, VCDS Lite is free and an EBAY cable is about £10...no excuses, unless you're in the dark ages with no laptop haha.
no bigger ant always better iam sorry the apexi is smaller then jetex and in test shows its better smaller or they would have made it bigger imo. so i carnt see how apexi are wrong.
ice age me mate dont need a laptop when ive got a good desktop pc.
ice age me mate dont need a laptop when ive got a good desktop pc.
Well until we see Jetex VS Apexi back to back on the same car, it's all hearsay really but one thing is for certain, they're the main contenders to fit on a OE setup, anything larger will require battery relocation.
I logged my car with a green panel filter and have now relocated the battery ready to fit the huge green cone when i get it.
Phill has a jetex and a piper cross foam one, will be interesting to see if we could get time to log all of these
Got my new filter in the post today, I will be fitting it tomorrow morning. It's smaller than I thought it would be, and a fair bit smaller than the Green Cotton one that is on there now. On the plus side it's not slowly crumbling and flaking away like the Green Cotton one is.
It's rated for an airflow supposedly good for 250bhp - I have a sneaking suspicion that my car is making more than that on full boost, but since my car cannot be driven on full boost and will probably be getting reflashed back to the standard Seat map for 225bhp, I don't think the filter will be a problem.
To answer a point above, Jetex do make air filters with inverse cones on them, and this is one of them.
It's rated for an airflow supposedly good for 250bhp - I have a sneaking suspicion that my car is making more than that on full boost, but since my car cannot be driven on full boost and will probably be getting reflashed back to the standard Seat map for 225bhp, I don't think the filter will be a problem.
To answer a point above, Jetex do make air filters with inverse cones on them, and this is one of them.
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