Ct4 v Blackwing air filter install

[bl4ck_wng]

I am a new member to the Green filter club thanks to my buddy who bought them for me as a birthday present. Those Phillips screws are more difficult to use than the Torx screws on the Camaro. I saw a thread somewhere with the info for the proper Torx screws on Amazon. I’ll order those before I open the air box again. And don’t drop the screw. It’s not fun finding it under the motor.

That may have been me

I ordered both types but ultimately opted for the OEM Phillips head screws

The Camaro airbox screws were identical in every way, but like 25% shorter in length. As much of a pain as it is, i would stick with the OEM ones and replace them when you strip them

 

[RDATLTE]

That may have been me

I ordered both types but ultimately opted for the OEM Phillips head screws

The Camaro airbox screws were identical in every way, but like 25% shorter in length. As much of a pain as it is, i would stick with the OEM ones and replace them when you strip them

Except the OEM ones retail for ~$18 a piece! I found aftermarket ones on Amazon for ~$1 a piece that I posted about somewhere on here.

 

[XTRMLN]

I'm very interested in these filters and the throttle body upgrade (and bigger Turbos, downpipes, exhaust, carbon fiber driveshaft, tune and all the rest)....but at this time I don't want codes, emissions issues or anything that a dealer may use to deny warranty....etc

So would the green filters (and throttle body upgrade) be recommended and am I inviting any issues?

In my experience WONT

That's kind of where I'm at. On my other 3 turbo cars, oiled air filters are an issue with MAF sensors. This creates a CEL on those 3 cars and its extremely hard to diagnose. Now that we know on our forums, the minute someone gets a code related to boost, we ask if theyre using an oiled air filter. If they tell us they are, we tell them to replace the MAF nad get rid of the oiled fulter. But, WONT TAP said there aren't any issues.

In my experience WONT TAP will not steer you wrong. I have like many done the green filters (oiled) and no issues or CEL's don't know about the throttle body but would be interested to find out.

 

[bl4ck_wng]

Except the OEM ones retail for ~$18 a piece! I found aftermarket ones on Amazon for ~$1 a piece that I posted about somewhere on here.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPFV6BGL/ref=twister_B0CPDWD92V?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

these are the ones from the post above -- same screws as OEM

 

[Mbar]

Just replaced my air filter. Not going to lie…it was a big pain in the ass!
As mentioned before, don’t take the screws out completely. Don’t forget that there is a screw in the middle. You will have to cut the ‘zip tie’ that holds the electrical sensor harness+ disconnect both sensors to get access to 2 screws.

 

[raptor5244]

Just replaced my air filter. Not going to lie…it was a big pain in the ass!
As mentioned before, don’t take the screws out completely. Don’t forget that there is a screw in the middle. You will have to cut the ‘zip tie’ that holds the electrical sensor harness+ disconnect both sensors to get access to 2 screws.

Yeah, changed mine today and my word this was quite a bit of effort for an air filter change. I removed that front plastic piece in front of the air box so i could just loosen the ridiculous number of phillips head screws, lift the lid a bit and slide in the new filters.

 

[Fenrir]

That's kind of where I'm at. On my other 3 turbo cars, oiled air filters are an issue with MAF sensors. This creates a CEL on those 3 cars and its extremely hard to diagnose. Now that we know on our forums, the minute someone gets a code related to boost, we ask if theyre using an oiled air filter. If they tell us they are, we tell them to replace the MAF nad get rid of the oiled fulter. But, WONT TAP said there aren't any issues.

In my experience with oiled filters, those codes usually pop up when the filters have been over-oiled. I've seen people just SOAK them and then the obvious happens.

 

[conipc]

Reviving this thread: Anyone report measurable differences with these filters? WONT TAP: any feedback? Some sources say the better airflow actually has the ECU reducing net output, but this doesn't smell right...

 

[WONT TAP]

Reviving this thread: Anyone report measurable differences with these filters? WONT TAP: any feedback? Some sources say the better airflow actually has the ECU reducing net output, but this doesn't smell right...

The Green air filters are higher quality and flow better than stock. However, they do not change the power output of the car. We have sold hundreds of these and have never heard of an issue. You can see all the details here:

Green High Performance Air Filters - CT4-V Blackwing, CT5, CT5-V (Pair) - Tapout Tuning