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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Will a bigger filter help ? In first the pic is the filter I have now and in the second pic is the one I want to swap. FYI my cai is not an authentic K&N its one I bought off ebay with a K&N filter at the end. So should I swap it or leave it the how it is. Thanks

This is the one I already have



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Yes I know my engine bay is dirty LOL
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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Put any clean filter on and get a tune. Who knows lean you are like that.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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Unless the smaller filter is restricting the airflow, the larger one won't do anything for you. And from the looks of your mods I doubt that it will.

I went from a large open cone K&N filter in the fenderwell of my G8, to a smaller high flow paper filter in the Volant, and I noticed no loss or gain in power.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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nothing you'll probably notice. BTW, his sig says HPTUNED, so he's (theoretically) not lean.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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Unless the smaller filter is restricting the airflow, the larger one won't do anything for you. And from the looks of your mods I doubt that it will.

I went from a large open cone K&N filter in the fenderwell of my G8, to a smaller high flow paper filter in the Volant, and I noticed no loss or gain in power.
I dont think the smaller one is restricting the airflow but that larger one sure looks good makes the engine bay look more aggressive.
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nothing you'll probably notice. BTW, his sig says HPTUNED, so he's (theoretically) not lean.
I didnt think so just wanted some feedback where to switch filters before I took it to get retuned on Tuesday.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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My bad. Signatures do not show in mobile mode.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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i would say get a different system all together....that thing is just sucking in hot air.
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i would say get a different system all together....that thing is just sucking in hot air.
Yeah its in the plans in about 3 months before the climate starts getting warmer.
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That's the main reason I went with a sealed intake box over the open cone filter, to keep the intake air temps lower and also to quiet it down some. Plus I feel it looks much better than seeing a dirty exposed filter in the engine bay.
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That's the main reason I went with a sealed intake box over the open cone filter, to keep the intake air temps lower and also to quiet it down some. Plus I feel it looks much better than seeing a dirty exposed filter in the engine bay.
Where did u get your sealed intake box from?
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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I got it at Maryland Speed. In the link below you'll find them for the w-body cars.

http://marylandspeed.com/wbody-grand...-c-78_155.html
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I got it at Maryland Speed. In the link below you'll find them for the w-body cars.

http://marylandspeed.com/wbody-grand...-c-78_155.html
Thanks for the link man, I'm for sure getting that but in a couple of months !!!
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