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Old 03-29-2011, 04:44 PM
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Just thought I would tell you what I experienced after taking out my charcoal filter since people debate whether it makes a difference or not. First, let me just say i drive my car every single day commuting to college about 30 minutes away (Mon-Fri)and my first drive with the filter out was amazing. yeah it didn't feel like a Veyron but the lag time from hitting the gas to take off was definitely improved. As for the deep "throaty" sound, I heard it initially when i took it off and my car was in idle, but after that I couldn't hear the difference. If you haven't taken the filter out yet....I promise you that it's more than worth it especially since it's a 2 minute task.

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...I promise you that it's more than worth it especially since it's a 2 minute task.

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Old 03-29-2011, 05:14 PM
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Just thought I would tell you what I experienced after taking out my charcoal filter since people debate whether it makes a difference or not. First, let me just say i drive my car every single day commuting to college about 30 minutes away (Mon-Fri)and my first drive with the filter out was amazing. yeah it didn't feel like a Veyron but the lag time from hitting the gas to take off was definitely improved. As for the deep "throaty" sound, I heard it initially when i took it off and my car was in idle, but after that I couldn't hear the difference. If you haven't taken the filter out yet....I promise you that it's more than worth it especially since it's a 2 minute task.

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+1 Cheapest (free) and easiest (2min) mod out there. Removed mine 2 years ago and also felt the slight difference in my 545...
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No error msgs? I hear somewhere that it triggers something

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I have to re charge my K&N air filter soon, so ill be popping my charcoal filter back in for a week or two. Doesn't hurt putting it back in to avoid having any oil sucked into the MAS and messing it up.

But I really didn't notice anything when I took it out. Felt/ sounded the same to me.
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No error msgs? I hear somewhere that it triggers something[img]
No error message.

In fact - someone told me that the charcoal filters are excluded for the European delivery models. Members in Europe - Please chime in? - I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by jaycal3
No error msgs? I hear somewhere that it triggers something

I know what I will be doing tomorrow!
my pet peeve are those annoying error messages, but there are none so no need to worry
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No error message.

In fact - someone told me that the charcoal filters are excluded for the European delivery models. Members in Europe - Please chime in? - I could be wrong.
yes european cars don't have this filter
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I have to re charge my K&N air filter soon, so ill be popping my charcoal filter back in for a week or two. Doesn't hurt putting it back in to avoid having any oil sucked into the MAS and messing it up.

But I really didn't notice anything when I took it out. Felt/ sounded the same to me.
what do you mean 'recharge'? and why don't you put in the orange paper filter in instead of the charcoal filter?
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so let me get this straight you just complete took out the air filter and did not replace it with anything and left the box empty?


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