Top End performance drop with new air filter?

[Guest AlanK]

Just fitted a Green panel filter in my classic and now think there has been a perfomance drope above 70/80 mph - dont know for sure and gonna put the original back in to try and test it but anyone else had a simmilar experience or am I immagining it?

 

Alan

[steven_williams]

I would say it is more to do with your car now breathing easier low down so the pickup is a bit sharper and as the speed increases, the gearing gets higher and the laws of physics due to aerodynamics come in. the feeling of rate of acceleration seems to reduce. I hate to think what my car would be like if the acceleration at higher speeds was as quick as the acceleration in lower gears. Would love to experience it. 

[rapidcossie]

fiting a freeer flowing filter and NOT getting the fueling checked is recipe for disaster on a scoob...

 

its prob detting its tits of that why its slower?

[Guest AlanK]

eeek - now 1 post has me happy and makes sense, yet the other post has me cacking myself....

 

Well cant drive for over a month now after having my ACL fixed yesterday so will try it out in October and try to compare both filters...

[G.Mac]

I doubt that a pannel filter by itself would cause the car to det its **** off, an induction kit on the other hand...

 

Graeme

[harvey_smith]

Put the old filter back on the car and see how it performs. The O/E filter gives good filtration ability AND good performance.