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APR Stage 3 Turbo Kit... stock air box but stock filter or aftermarket?

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Old 02-28-2008, 10:56 AM
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APR Stage 3 Turbo Kit... stock air box but stock filter or aftermarket?
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srsly?
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Default seriously what?

The kit retains the stock airbox but I've never read if its still the stock filter or a k&n or some other aftermarket variant.

Its not a stupid questino.
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No prob here with K & N's
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I'm asking what does APR recommend, not what people are running.
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Default Dunno what they recommend, but I used a K&N drop-in in mine...

and yesterday I switched back to a VTDA.
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If you are going to be a tool about it then why don't you just call APR?
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Default sorry I'm not Kreskin

P.s. I have been running a Stage 3 for the past 5 years.
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which way are you thinking?
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Default They take the conservative approach...>>

With the stock box as that's what the car was designed and engineered with, but that's not to say other options aren't in use. I know of at least 2 225 stage 3+ users running a VTDA (ITTaliano and Lowcountry and soon Wolkswagen). Qu!cksilva ran a BMC but now a Guppy M. Chip just put his on yesterday, Maybe he'll chime in with his impressions....

APR has sent people my way for Boost Machines to solve problems...Go figure!


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