BulletRide Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 im wondering what air filter to get for my legacy, for a beefier sound. i hear and know from other cars the Ractives are really good, the cone ones. i can modify the intake to take one, but are there any flat filters that will give the same sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I don't care for the loss of power under 2500RPMs, so I went back to a regular Purilator filter. You can rig up a cone filter pretty easy. Some rubber tubing and PVC cement. Here is a picture of the one I had on my ej22 on my Outback. http://www.obw96.com/1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie94 Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 i picked up a cheap one for like $50 bucks for my 92 legacy,sorry don't have pic but was an easy install.sounded pretty good to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie94 Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I don't care for the loss of power under 2500RPMs, so I went back to a regular Purilator filter. You can rig up a cone filter pretty easy. Some rubber tubing and PVC cement. Here is a picture of the one I had on my ej22 on my Outback. www.obw96.com/1.jpg did you have to cut back the stock tube,cuz i see your has abs like mine an i found that the abs systems in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superu Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 actually the cheapest way with decent sound and factory stuff is do the K&N flat filter replacement, but remove all the intake resonater stuff hidden in the fender well... it'll leave you with the box filter and a large inlet hole sucking air trough the fender NOT the slow-down-and-quiet-the-air deal that's in the fender.. So always on the search for more... I then did a K&N custom size (6 inch base, 7 inches long and 4 inch tip) and a custom fabed mount to keep the sensor... But in hind sight, with factory pipe and muffler, the K&N box filter with the intake resonater removed is fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT95 Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Okay--I may be a dork, but what the heck does an air filter have to do with the sound your car makes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipSquad Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Okay--I may be a dork, but what the heck does an air filter have to do with the sound your car makes? nah.. not a dork. The more non-resticted the air flow to the throttle body is the more of a deeper tone it gives off when the motor is sucking air under throttle. Nothing really special. I've always done an aftermarket intake system for the tiny power benefits tho... not the sound. But it does make it sound a lil beefier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletRide Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 air filters got me excited when the guys with a dodge sx 2.0 came to school with a Ractive filter, his car sounded like it had a v8 in it, you could even hear the engine rumble at idle he had a k&n before that and it barely amde a difference in sound so he brought it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I cut apart the part that bolts to the box to rig up the cone filter. At 3000 RPM my Outback sounded really nice...but my gas mileage dropped to 16MPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletRide Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 i got rid of the air resonator im gonna pick up either an AFE, K&N or Ractive flat filter im also thinkin about gettin a cherry bomb turbo.. i want something that sounds more of nice then loud, but louder then your average car the turbo says quality in sound, not decibals so im thinking it'll be an ok combo im not getting a cherry bomb, those big loud gross sounding red fart cannons that cops pull you over for having, the cherry bomb turbo is just like a regular muffler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie94 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 my 92 leg had a aerospeed universal muffler an i had a checked flag cone filter(cheap one). the combo sounded good,if i did it right i could set off car alarms as i drove by. my neighbors hated me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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