should i change my air filter for better performance?

[joeyd]

Hi guys, just wondering if i should get a more efficient air filter, somebody told me that with the lpg system i have i could get a lot better fuel efficiency if i change my air filter, any truth to this, plus im not sure the one i have is a great model....

photo of it here

 

[justincredible]

i changed mine on my duel fuel vp. it makes a very very small difference. Don't change it and expect a massive gain in power or anything like that.

 

[FrangaVP]

I'm not sure how much effect this would have on a LPG Commodore but I'll give my input anyway. When I got a K&N panel filter for my petrol only VP my fuel consumption went from 20.2L/per 100km to only 13.87L/per 100km. For stop start traffic in rush hour Sydney thats pretty damn good and the car only touches a freeway about once a month tops.

 

[DJ_Smak2003]

well if that pod filter is what u got then i dont think anything else will do much... and a airfilter alone wont turn a cruiser into a wild tractionless monster

 

[FrangaVP]

well if that pod filter is what u got then i dont think anything else will do much... and a airfilter alone wont turn a cruiser into a wild tractionless monster

Very true. But one thing I would reccommend to the OP is to at least make a heat shield or box for the pod. Not only does an exposed pod make your fuel economy worse it makes the performance worse too, its more or less the opposite of a cold air intake because all its doing is sucking all that hot air from the engine bay.

 

[Sladdo]

LPG engines are a fair bit more sensitive to blocked airfilters than a petrol engine....dont think changing your setup would do **** really...apart from the usual heat shielding which has already been mentioned...