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K&N Cold Air Intake, worth it?

TDCRacing said:
You're MPG's are going to suffer with any CAI. Reseting the battery does nothing. Hot air = more MPG
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Not to be nitpicky, but then this should mean the K&N IS preferred over a FWI or many other shielded CAIs, since the air will always be a bit warmer than a FWI or something shielded, right? :th_angry2:
 


But why are you getting a intake if not to increase power? Warmer air = greater MPG = less power. It's all about trade-offs.

If you want MPG, stick a cone on your throttle body or a little HAI from eBay.
 
Right. It would be a long time before that 300 dollar intake would pay for the extra 1-2 mpg's.


To be blunt. All k&n intakes suck for our cars. There are and will always be better designs out there. The k&n is yet again another overpriced peice of junk.

I'm not just saying this because I think my intake that i designed and made is high and mighty. If you don't like my design I would highly recomend the wizaired. I promise the air comming through my intake is closer to ambient.

Test's comming soon to prove it.

But that also means less mpg's. But like sabrewings said saving gas and going fast cant happen.
 
Maybe I should of said that the k&n is not what it is claiming to be...or what everyone thinks it is. Wich is a cold air intake.
 
TDCRacing said:
Maybe I should of said that the k&n is not what it is claiming to be...or what everyone thinks it is. Wich is a cold air intake.
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I think COLD on any of them is a misnomer. I don't want to get philosophical, but what is COLD? Lower than the engine temp is coldER, so by that thought it is cold. But, when someone says to me, "It's cold outside" I think 30-40 degrees. Can I call my K&N a CerAI then? At least FWI takes temperature out of the equation and describes location. On another forum someone asked about dropping some dry ice near their CAI, as that really WOULD give you cold air.
 
Good point. Cold air intake in my mind means air that is close to ambient If not ambient comming through the intake. It's the coledest you can get without doing other means like you described above.
 


the K&N is really only a different sound on the naturally aspirated 3800. and it does only give extra horse to the crank not much difference at the wheels if any at all. but in my opinion, it does sound nice, looks nice and is pretty easy to install. the heat sheild is worthless except for the fact it has a spot to keep the PCM in one place. but in all honesty, you can get a different intake kit for a lot cheaper with pretty much the same results. i just like the K&Ns.
 
You can probably make your own CAI similar to the K&N It would be a fun winter project. My sister has one on her 3800 Camero and it did help wake it up a bit. Not sure the K&N is worth the $300 though,.
 


i paid 175 for mine brand new. the place i got it from had too many and wanted to get rid of them, i told them i wont pay over 175 for a freakin intake kit of any kind. they took the hit and sold it to me for 175 lol. worked out great for me
 
our k&n was from amazon.com and was 180 and the hyper tech programmer i think showed the iat to be around 85F on 78F day. the reason k&n intakes are so much is they have a reputation and development behind there products. they didn't just use a piece of dryer vent and gum and a little scotch tape i hope they gained any thing. ours on the impala came with a dyno run on a 1996 impala with 32,000 miles that was used to do the test and tuning on it and on the sheets you can see at what rpm it gained and how much for hp and tq.
 
gotspeed1212 said:
they didn't just use a piece of dryer vent and gum and a little scotch tape i hope they gained any thing. ours on the impala came with a dyno run on a 1996 impala with 32,000 miles that was used to do the test and tuning on it and on the sheets you can see at what rpm it gained and how much for hp and tq.
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LOL.

They did worse. They stuck their generic design into a w-body engine bay with a half assed heat shield then decided to charge ridiculous prices for it.

And a dyno run on a 1996 Impala has nothing to do with a w-body car, sorry.
 


Sabrewings said:
LOL.

They did worse. They stuck their generic design into a w-body engine bay with a half assed heat shield then decided to charge ridiculous prices for it.

And a dyno run on a 1996 Impala has nothing to do with a w-body car, sorry.
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no but they went out and got a car they were making the kit for and tested it until there was a visible gain on a dyno run. for all you know making one that sounds good could be hurting the performance and just sounds better so you have a feeling that it is better. the gain was over 15 hp and 20 foot pounds of torque. i still have the sheet some where when i find it i will post a scan of it.
 
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300 at the crank and stock its 198 hp at the rear wheels to a 217 hp at the rear wheels thats kinda hard to argue with
 
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