Intake Air Filter System
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RE: Intake Air Filter System
Those K&N really look high tech and space age. The adds just stab at the heart of all guys. Plus the HP improvement oohhh man. Then you read around this forum you learn that those and the throttle body spacers are a waste of money. They do look cool though. Was it HankL wrote an article that ran down 1/4 mile times with regular, K&N drop in, and no filter in place? Summary: no appreciable difference. I have the K&N drop in, no mpg gain, but I could tell it when I got on it. Plus it is reusable.
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RE: Intake Air Filter System
ORIGINAL: IndyRamMan
cheep is $100 less than that.
ORIGINAL: 96RamSport
I have an Airaid intake and i def could tell the difference, i got my mine cheap...around $120
I have an Airaid intake and i def could tell the difference, i got my mine cheap...around $120
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RE: Intake Air Filter System
ORIGINAL: 96RamSport
yea i understand that but compared to the K&N CAIit's cheap n i'm a college kid and even i could afford that, n i have to pay my bills just like eveyone else....
ORIGINAL: IndyRamMan
cheep is $100 less than that.
ORIGINAL: 96RamSport
I have an Airaid intake and i def could tell the difference, i got my mine cheap...around $120
I have an Airaid intake and i def could tell the difference, i got my mine cheap...around $120
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RE: Intake Air Filter System
ORIGINAL: jason.w
This has already been discussed many times, but here goes again...
Unless you have a CAI like my Volant, which pulls air from outside the engine bay (not one that simple gathers air as it enters the hot engine bay, like the K&N and other similar intake brands), you might as well go with the 14x3 round setup, because all you're doing is getting the benefits of a bigger filter, which the 14x3 will do for a LOT cheaper than any CAI. And the benefits of a CAI like the Volant vs. the 14x3 are still debatable.
And even if you elect to go with a CAI, I would never pay above $250 for one, EVER. Thats just highway robbery.
I believe it was IndyRamMan that explained it in great detail in one of the last threads that discussed this, and did a very good job of it.
This has already been discussed many times, but here goes again...
Unless you have a CAI like my Volant, which pulls air from outside the engine bay (not one that simple gathers air as it enters the hot engine bay, like the K&N and other similar intake brands), you might as well go with the 14x3 round setup, because all you're doing is getting the benefits of a bigger filter, which the 14x3 will do for a LOT cheaper than any CAI. And the benefits of a CAI like the Volant vs. the 14x3 are still debatable.
And even if you elect to go with a CAI, I would never pay above $250 for one, EVER. Thats just highway robbery.
I believe it was IndyRamMan that explained it in great detail in one of the last threads that discussed this, and did a very good job of it.