K&N air Filter
#1
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Dayton,Ohio
Posts: 217
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
K&N air Filter
what does adding the drop in air filter do for performance? I mean there is no cold air intake for the gxp so would adding the k&n drop in filter do anything for performance? its expensive if it does nothing to boost performance.
#2
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 19,756
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: K&N air Filter
Originally Posted by All Things GXP
what does adding the drop in air filter do for performance? I mean there is no cold air intake for the gxp so would adding the k&n drop in filter do anything for performance? its expensive if it does nothing to boost performance.
anyway the freeer the air can flow the better, im not sure of the GXP Airbox can be gutted, but that might gain you some also
#3
Junior Member
Posts like a Ricer Type-R
A drop-in will net you about 5hp. I'd suggest drilling a couple holes in the airbox as close to the front of the car as possible. If you do that, you'll feel it.
Let'* have a look at your airbox.
Let'* have a look at your airbox.
#4
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Dayton,Ohio
Posts: 217
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
seriously 5hp from just adding a filter? will drilling the holes void my warranty? I'll get pics of the air box in the morning. I looked on intense website for the fwi but I'm not sure that will work on this engine. does anyone else have that setup on a gxp?
#5
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Climax Springs, Missouri
Posts: 2,493
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Intense FWI kit may not work on your car, Id venture to guess that you have a larger throttle body than the 3800 Series of engines, so their pre-fabbed 3.5 inch tubing kit may not work.
Keep in mind though that anything is possible, and that Intense does sell tubing so you can make your own.
Dont let the fact you dont have a pre-fab kit scare you off, if you look, you wont find a kit for the 3.5 Intrigue either, but Ill be darned if I dont have one.
Get familiar with your engine bay, so whats possible, where you can run tubing, where you cant, how big is everything, that kinda thing.
Keep in mind though that anything is possible, and that Intense does sell tubing so you can make your own.
Dont let the fact you dont have a pre-fab kit scare you off, if you look, you wont find a kit for the 3.5 Intrigue either, but Ill be darned if I dont have one.
Get familiar with your engine bay, so whats possible, where you can run tubing, where you cant, how big is everything, that kinda thing.
#7
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Farmington, Minnesota =MWBF '05 SURVIVOR= =CEBF '06 SURVIVOR= =August '06 COTM=
Posts: 9,130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I recommend the AMSOIL Ea Nanofiber Air filter over the K&N. They're oiless, easy to clean trap way more dirt, and cost a lilt over 1/2 I think the price of a K&N.
AMSOIL Ea Air Filters are the most efficient filters available to the car/light truck market. Ea Air Filters’ synthetic nanofiber media removes 5 times more dust than traditional cellulose filter media alone and 50 times more dust than wet gauze filter media. AMSOIL Ea Air Filters have a service life of 100,000 miles or four years, when cleaning it every 25K miles, whichever comes first.
The Drop in PN# for the GXP is EAA08, and if you're interested in it or have any questions, let me know, and I'll help you out. You can get them through the link in my signature, or if I order it for you I can give you about 15-20% off.
Thanks,
Nate
AMSOIL Ea Air Filters are the most efficient filters available to the car/light truck market. Ea Air Filters’ synthetic nanofiber media removes 5 times more dust than traditional cellulose filter media alone and 50 times more dust than wet gauze filter media. AMSOIL Ea Air Filters have a service life of 100,000 miles or four years, when cleaning it every 25K miles, whichever comes first.
The Drop in PN# for the GXP is EAA08, and if you're interested in it or have any questions, let me know, and I'll help you out. You can get them through the link in my signature, or if I order it for you I can give you about 15-20% off.
Thanks,
Nate
#8
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Dayton,Ohio
Posts: 217
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Great advise guys. I'll take some pics later of the engine bay, I don't know a whole lot about engines and stuff so I'll be relying on you guys a lot . I just wonder if you can prefab a kit how come some of the gxp owners on here haven't done it? or have they and I'm just missing it either way I dont wan ridiculous hp I just wanna be around 300 hp 300 tq
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
pakenney38
Performance, Brainstorming & Tuning
29
03-06-2004 01:40 PM