Everyone i talk to tells me to get a lid. Right now i just have a k&n air filter sitting on the K&N platform. Is it suppose to be like that or what is the best way for what i have?

 

Are you saying you have a K&N CAI?

 

yeah im kinda lost i think we need some pics

 

 

You probably have the K&N FIPK already on the car. If this is true I dont think a lid will gain you anything.

 

yeah if you just have an oem replacement k&n filter with no lid on it then its not doing anything for your motor at all lol... all the air and trash would be going straight into your MAF and whatever got through there directly into your intake manifold... hell might as well descreen it lol jk don't do that... sounds like a ghetto cold air setup to me haha... but with the way people are these days i honestly wouldn't be suprised if someone has tried that already

 

if you got the K/N CAI kit the actualy kit you buy that is like $299 then dont change anything but like they said if your using just the flat filter in your stock box with no lid well then ...........lol yeah you better get yoruself a lid ASAP

 

Sorry, I should've explained more. I have pictures of it now. Idk why i didn't catch this before. It took me awhile to realize mostly all other ls1's had a lid. Lol help me out if i'm doing this wrong.

 

anything?

 

Nope thats the way it should be. Thats the KnN FIPK kit. I have the samething on my car, but made a little box around the filter to seal it off from the engine heat but I have an aftermarket Suncoast hood.

 

I have that same setup, it's the K&N FIPK. You have a WS6? I have an '02 SS with SS hood and i'm told to put a lid with the cold air vent from under a lid is better so i'm going that route. If you think about it, the filter you have now (and I have as well) is also sucking up the engine heat. On a dyno, using the FIPK like you have, my numbers were 20 tq and 20 hp lower with the hood down than it was open. Just something to think about.

 

Now if i get a lid, do i just take out that filter and hook the lid right into that same tube?

 

im not too familiar with that kit but from the looks of it, if you remove that filter and want to put a lid on then you will need the stock lower airbox so the lid will have something to hold it on and the MAF will fit into the end of the opening on the lid so you should be good there

 

I'm not to sure because i've never had a your type of filter but it looks like your gonna need your accordion tube back for the MAF, and then the Lid connects to the MAF.

But honestly i say stick with what you have, why spend $300 bucks on something that your not gonna end up using.

 

If you get a lid you need to replace the whole radiator support (the black part under the k&n) because the lid needs the lower airbox to bolt up to. The stock radiator support has the lower airbox built in to it, if you don't have it don't even bother with a lid, just leave it as is.

 

theres 4 10mm bolts that hold the lower airbox to the radiator support