removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
04-28-2005, 11:00 AM
#21
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
well the k&n is 50 bucks and how much is the cai?
and that thing is a 'pre cat.' so people know lol
why spend more cash for no reason i say
and it looks like stock to fool people to hahah
and that thing is a 'pre cat.' so people know lol
why spend more cash for no reason i say
and it looks like stock to fool people to hahah
04-28-2005, 04:03 PM
#22
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
I got my K&N for $41 online. And that honeycomb thing is also called a Vapor Trap. Been runnin without it now for a few hundred miles and so far, no Check Engine light came on, and no other problems.
04-28-2005, 08:56 PM
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
Are you asking if removing the vapor trap makes fuel mileage worse? I doubt it.
Personally, couldn't tell ya. Hell, I can't keep my foot out of it long enough to see what fuel mileage is!
Personally, couldn't tell ya. Hell, I can't keep my foot out of it long enough to see what fuel mileage is!
04-28-2005, 09:40 PM
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
To Daniel60, Ive used K&N air filters for years and think they're great. And like they say, it's the last filter you have to buy. Just clean, oil and reuse. They make a little cleaning kit for that for about $10. Good for many cleanings. And the filter is supposed to add a few horse in most cases through better air flow than that stock thing. It's an efficient filter too. Better than stock. And with a 10 year or one million mile guarantee to top it all off! It wouldnt take many changes of the stock filter to pay for a K&N alone! And lastly, there are many immatators out there now using the same design. Must be a good design. I just put one in the GT and Im not touchin it for at least 40,000 miles!
04-28-2005, 10:51 PM
#27
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
Ripping out that bugger is the first thing that MM&FF did when they did their 6-bolt on GT Mustang last month. All it does is keep fuel fumes from escaping from your intake just after you shut off your engine.
04-28-2005, 11:29 PM
#29
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
ORIGINAL: V8 Aggie
so it's perfectly safe for my car and I , just not the enviorment? lol k
does it help even without a reflash?
so it's perfectly safe for my car and I , just not the enviorment? lol k
does it help even without a reflash?
04-28-2005, 11:37 PM
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RE: removing the air intake restricter - good or bad??
do you get the cleaning kit with in or is that separate?
ORIGINAL: Redfire
To Daniel60, Ive used K&N air filters for years and think they're great. And like they say, it's the last filter you have to buy. Just clean, oil and reuse. They make a little cleaning kit for that for about $10. Good for many cleanings. And the filter is supposed to add a few horse in most cases through better air flow than that stock thing. It's an efficient filter too. Better than stock. And with a 10 year or one million mile guarantee to top it all off! It wouldnt take many changes of the stock filter to pay for a K&N alone! And lastly, there are many immatators out there now using the same design. Must be a good design. I just put one in the GT and Im not touchin it for at least 40,000 miles!
To Daniel60, Ive used K&N air filters for years and think they're great. And like they say, it's the last filter you have to buy. Just clean, oil and reuse. They make a little cleaning kit for that for about $10. Good for many cleanings. And the filter is supposed to add a few horse in most cases through better air flow than that stock thing. It's an efficient filter too. Better than stock. And with a 10 year or one million mile guarantee to top it all off! It wouldnt take many changes of the stock filter to pay for a K&N alone! And lastly, there are many immatators out there now using the same design. Must be a good design. I just put one in the GT and Im not touchin it for at least 40,000 miles!