K&N????
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From: Valley Center, CA
I agree that KN filter is a waste. Also, the sound that the engine makes will make youn think you have more power. Back in the eighties, a rumor went around that if you turned the lid upside down on your air cleaner, then you would get more HP. Hah, what a joke. It sounded louder and that was all. John
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From: Broken Arrow, OK
Turning the air cleaner upside down was not an 80's thing, it was a 60's thing. It does work when you have a lousy flowing intake like cars did back then. Especially when you've built a stout engine and want it to look stock.
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lol you guys should stop complaining, go try it, if you dont notice the diff, take em back and say they didnt fit, advanced autoparts/ autozone places are cool like that.. but think it was well worth my 50 $ rather than 110 for a base cold air intake or like... alot to get the muffler shop to custom make 1.
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Not that much
Well if you really want to try the FIPK style cone air filter at less cost than an FIPK setup, have your muffler shop fab a Y pipe...two outlets fit into your airintake hoses and the filter fits to the single end. Cost me about $5 bucks at my muffler shop so it ain't that expensive.
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actually i just stopped by the muffler shop today, i got him fabbing 2 sections of tubing coming off the air sensor / throttlebody and hes gonna put a crossover between the 2 so pressure stay equal when i go to add a turbo, therefore rather than 4 BOVs ill only have 2. Hopefully this will cost less than 100 $ lol
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this past year i installed a clifford intake and a motocraft 2150. at that time i also installed a k&n filter. as it turns out i wasn't really able to notice the effect the filter had on my performance. however, living in north dakota creates some challenges during winter driving. snow can have a negative effect on the performance of an open filter, so, i modified the filter housing that was donated from a ford f-150 351 pickup. the other day, i took it out on the road and immediately noticed a loss of power. turned around and reinstalled the k&n filter and voila the power is back. this is just my observation, and not really an opinion. i would have to say the k&n does improve power, especially in an engine that is underpowered like the 300.
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