okay, i got into an accident with a deer and im fixing my car finally after several months, now i want to put in an open air filter more or less a performance/racing filter, but if i were to put a cold air intake in there would i be able to swap performance filters onto the cold air intake instead of the stock one that comes with the cold air intake package? by the way my car is a 1995 eagle talon w/o turbo so essentially it is an eclipse
No, a filter is completely different vs an aftermarket air intake system. The stock intake systems are more restricted when it comes to airflow due to their being made from plastic, many turns and small little chambers throughout the system. The aftermarket intakes consist of a metal piping and a high flow filter to allow the maximum amount of air flow into the engine. Try Injen, AEM, or KN. I would buy either the Cold Air Intake or Short-Ram Intake, both are much better than the stock intake. KN air filters are the only ones I would use in a stock system. If I were you, I'd buy the intake. Just make sure it's from a good brand and don't buy some cheap one if you want to save money. Brands like Injen and AEM charge higher prices for a reason, they're intakes are tuned, meet C.A.R.B. requirements and are built with top end parts and guarantee increased horsepower.
Stick with the stock one in order to pass smog inspection and if you do change be sure to include the MAF, (mass air flow sensor)
open the hood of your car, enjoy the engineered craftsmanship that went into making it, look carefully at the cold air intake on the car from the factory, this is the best one for the car, a sewer pipe with an air filter stuck on the end of it, is worthless crap. If you had a turbo, you might notice something between 3,500 and 5000 rpm, but you would have other problems with the cars computer so you might not notice, but with no turbo that three tenths of one horsepower may not off set the cost, or what the computer does next to the motor. same thing with the sooper dooper pooper scooper performance chip. on some newer high performance cars mostly, and diesels, you can gain power, (but you lose longevity and durability) so its a trade off but keep your money in your pocket, it will do more good there good luck
