The mushroom air intake may not be worth it, BUT IT'S SOOOOOO COOOL, until it breaks apart and detonates my engine. ps pls subscribe - bit.ly/3kXgWr0

The flow rate of these are really good but don't forget you have to replace the filter element roughly at the same interval you change your oil. Some people dont read the packaging and leave them on for far too long and then complain about the filtration 😅

ONLY 150 bucks? Man we value money very differently sir. My filter, that works just as well i might add, was 30 bucks.

Me who got a whole k&n cold air intake system for under 100$ 💀

I really want one for my R32 but I also have a hard time rationalizing dropping $150+ on a damn air filter

Here in Japan they call it the “mushroom of death” because some people have reported that when they get old they’ll get sucked into their turbo and destroy the motor. Not sure how true it is but it’s funny!😂

The big broccoli boosting the horsepower.

I remember reading Import tuner as a kid and building a bunch of cars on paper with all the parts i wanted. There was a red 99 civic hatchback on my street back around the year 2000, basically new condition, and id always ride my bicycle past it just to look at it and imagine buying it off the guy as a 10 year old lol. Seeing this HKS filter brought me back to those days just now.

i have always wanted to put a foam air filter on my car , one that will crumble over time and end up going down the intake. its what ive always wanted.

I have a sock ziptied on my intake. Came in a pack of 6. 10$

I’m not sure if HKS mushrooms were part of the test, but I read a study where, among K&N and AEM as well as many other long time contemporaries in the aftermarket filtration market, AEM’s DryFlow cones actually restricted the most airflow in the aftermarket category, being decently close to OEM. That translates to a lot of filtration. I don’t recall the paper’s name but I did research on the filtration efficacy of K&N and AEM specifically and came across interesting data.

I remember strapping the Edelbrock Pro-Flo on cars years ago which is essentially the same system but mildly triangular. HKS drops the same thing but fully round and marketed to JDM and it’s an original thought. It’s a fine dry filter design, but any properly sized filter will feed any engine enough air; it’s not a part that really realizes any power gain by piddling over the type of filter used; the only difference once the filter is passing the required CFM will be actual particulate filtration. Choose a properly CFM rated filter with the best particulate rating you can fit in the space available, and place it with access to clean, cool air. Job done.

i absolutely adore mushroom filters, they look kinda retro.

Oiled air filters are dogshit. They gum up MAF sensors, they are messy as hell, and they are a pain in the ass to clean. Dry filters are the way to go.

For anyone wondering, the name is an HKS Super Power Flow. The kits really aren’t $1000, at least not until you get into the more complicated things. A filter and a regular kit doesn’t go for a whole whole lot. For instance, one for my Acura RSX goes for ~$200 (with piping).

Nothing like a HOT air intake 😎

I got no problem with my k&n on my f150 got it on sale for $250. I love the sound of it

These are meant for track use only, they barely filter anything even when the filter is changed frequently. Also even without oiling they disintegrate and get sucked into the engine.

I need that heat soak in my life

I love those hot air intakes 🤩

I have an HKS intake. You're right. You either love them or not.

Reminds me of the $7 sheet of foam i cut up and use for my 2 stroke bike…

This is the real OG intake to have. I remember back in the early 2000s all the older tuner guys had them, always thought they were so cool

I remember the best tested dry air filter (best flow and filtering) was from Apexi due to its funnel design. But you can't wash the filter like cotton or sponge filters, just compress air clean it.

Ah yes; my hot air intake, please sign me up, I'll take one.

Nice Hot Air Intake. Those filters sure do love the under hood temps especially with a super hot turbo!!! Good job Jdm. Lmao

Edelbrock made these 40+ years ago and they were popular for single barrel side-draft carburetors like the SUs on euro cars.

Actually Edelbrock designed a triangle air filter back in the eighties

Have one on my civic, works amazing and sounds orgasmic

Those were on Maserati biturbos in the 80s

Bro got E. Gadd’s portable lab from Luigi’s Mansion 3 😂😂😂

Love your knowledge and your videos 👍🏽

Gotta love the hot air intake

Hot air intake

You’re like the Linus Tech Tips of cars. You both even have the same way of presenting haha

Dang still around! Been in the scene since a the 90’s, used to sell those at my shop! Proven !

i got one for my evo x but i got into a wreck and the car got totaled so now i got the cai just sitting on my shelf as room decor

Went with the burger motorsport short air filter over this. Its a great turbo-mount air filter

Thanks for the explanation Alex 👍🏾

Looks like a super fancy version of a air filter on a 6x6 deuce and a half

I got one of these for free many years ago and in just now about to use it , never knew if it was good or not

Had the setup on my stealth. Loved it.

I had one on for years and never cleaned or replaced it. Lucky I was only driving in the summer and there was two or three years where I didn’t drive it all or much at all. Changed it last summer lol

I own this in Pixel Car Racer and i call these a honeycomb intake

I remember going to my local JDM engine importer in the late 90s-early 2000s and if I saw an sr20, 13b or 4ag on a pallet with that filter on the intake I knew that wasn't an engine to buy lol...because that's a good sign of possible engine "abuse" lol hahaha

First thing that came in my head was The Big Green Egg grill

I gotta get that for my turbo build. Can’t fit a regular filter. To big for space, but you definitely gotta replace these more then the regular cone filter. I’d get 2 instead of one just for maintenance prevention

Finally an air intake I don’t have to oil!

Thank you this was very informative I saw one of these in my job and I was wondering how the design is different from the traditional cone filter

velocity stack with weather guard ftw

Any humility would kill that quickly 😂

15 years ago, this was this web page that compared the HKS vs Apexi vs Blitz metal style vs maybe another one, and the Apexi Power Intake both made more power and filtered better than the HKS. Also, it's my understanding that after "x" amount of time, the foam in the HKS starts breaking down.

They coined that design.. That my dad had on his Camaro back in the 60's lmao

Thats old school goodness right there

When you're as old as I am you've seen that design previously

Sounded great on my sr20 d21

looks like meruem's hat lmfao

Nice work

My '92 RX7 had two of those when i bought it (twin turbo). Can definitely confirm that the stupid foam deteriorates after time. 😂

If you look at the design, its a velocity stack at the base.

We used those on 7 Marine outboards, but yeah we pulled the green foam out first.

First time I've seen that air intake was when I first started playing Pixel car racer

I love the hks look. Air flows in smoother due to the design.

I am using GruppeM with the K&N paper filter. Foam filter breaks down and flake off in hot environment. It has better flowrate than the K&M paper, but you have to replace it them very quickly

The first time i saw this installed irl it was a twin turbo viper v10 swapped 08' M3 running 1500hp on driftspain

That’s a honeycomb intake good for you to have your hands on one

Have seen these on Audi V10s as well. Someone did a V10 swap into a B5 S4, thing is SO slick

I just to love those way back, now i just use regular cotton filters

Holly had them for carburetors since the 1960's. They tend to draw alot of heat. But work well.

I always thought these filters were designed for aftermarket turbocharging, since the extra plumbing and turbo reduced engine space so these were easier to fit in a tight space. I like how they look but i have always stuck with drop in filter in the oem intake

you showed us an intake filter thank the gods would have never known. That HKS design has only been around since the year 2000 lol.

The VX Honeycomb From Pixel Car Racer In real life:

Right before you said people either love it or hate it, my thought right before that was wtf😂

Basically a modern version of the honey cone filters from the 70s that could catch on fire

The good oh hot air intake kit

this looks like one of those balls that you squish and it pops through the little net thing around it

On carbureted engines, foam filters lit up easily with a back fire, I believe this would do the same now a days

That’s been around in the dirt bike world. Welcome to the party

I see you lookin at my mushroom tip...

The day I got my Skyline, I give it the beans and the car stalled. Freaked me out until I took apart the MAF sensor and filter. It had disintegrated into the damn intake

I’ve got this hks mushroom filter on my s15 I love it

I had no idea oiled air filters were a thing. I genuinely thought it was like a blinker fluid joke

Back in my college pizza boy days I put an eBay knock off one (pretty sure it was even in an "HKS" box) on my '85 MR2. One rainy day I was pulling into work, saw smoke in my rearview and quickly realized that *I* was what was smoking. Popped the hood and my engine was on fire! I ran across a busy street like Frogger, threw open the door and screamed "MY CAR'S ON FIRE!". Ran outside and drowned it in a fire extinguisher while the fire department was on their way. It shut down Main St for about an hour and I had to leave work so I could get my car towed home. After closer inspection I saw that the filter was what had started, or at least spread, the fire. Apparently either the metal screen had arced against the battery that was right above it, or the open vents in the hood had let in water and caused something to spark (a few years later those same vents let water into my alternator and cooked it, thanks, Toyota). Luckily nothing was badly damaged so after a few cuss words and a new air filter, the MR2 lived to see another couple thousand redlines and another couple dozen breakdowns. I sold it five years later to someone else who absolutely ruined it; wrecked it within a few days, spray painted it pink, and last year after over 35 years and 200,000+ miles of getting driven like a rented race car, it blew a head gasket. Man, I miss that car.

Got it with my S/C kit. Was damn fast while it lasted

You are getting old my dud! Time flies by

I guess if you never drive it, a dry open airfilter works.

That's actually a design from b&s brings and Station they used it on a lot of small lawn mowers

It’s called a honey comb if anyone was wondering

“Only $150 bucks” 😅😂😂😂 Im good bruh I’ll stick with the other oiled options 😂

cone filters are best, also have the nicest sound

These are the best intake you can't change my mind

That filter is really good at filtering but gets plugged a lot faster

I really want to know the instrumental playing to this video. It’s absolute 🔥

Perks or working at a jdm importer back in the mid 2000’s, taking off the hks mushrooms off and selling them to your buddies. I still got 2 of them in my collection

Seen that car mod before you was born son

I always thought it was to for turbos that didn’t have enough room to run a full cold air intake

Looks like something Donatello invented for the TurtleVan

I always felt like those filters looked like they were meant for a tractor or lawnmower

Another option is ARC. The Super Intake system on a Skyline is about $1200

I thought it was a koopa shell 🤣