K&N Cold Air Intake Update, What Happened to It??
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Last February, I installed a K&N cold air intake system on my 2012 Ford Focus. Here is an update on what happened to it, as well as my answers to some of your questions! As always, subscribe if you like the content and find us on social media!
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One thing to remember is that the more power the vehicle has from the start, the more power is going to be gained, a 5% increase in HP on a 140 hp motor only 6-7 hp but on a 450 hp 23-24. Also, for the viewer that stated how the CAI would mess up the fuel ratio due to more air, its not necessarily more air that makes people put in the CAI, its that if you get proper separation and can suck up cold air, that air will be denser theu your car will have better combustion.Thats why your car seems faster in the cold weather, especially turbos
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I have used a K&N standard filter with the factory air box in my BMW’s and Suburban for over 10 years and have been pleased! 😎👍
This guy is a joke...
You know that's the way to go
Yup and if they don’t work they would put one in the demon
The problem with the focus and other compact cars is that there isn't enough separation between the intake and the engine. In a larger truck, I've found that these intakes perform better.
Hes a 50 in a 55 type of guy
I noticed this problem too. I removed the box, attached heat sheilding tape to the backside, paying special attention to gaped areas...problem solved. It also helps if you cut the padded insulator on the hood to fit perfectly around the rubber on the box. This seals the area really nice. You should also install a 180° thermostat just for good measure. I live in texas.
Dustin clark thanks for your observation!
You look like you drive a Ford Focus
Rude boy.
@J.R. W So Mister Cool...If you ever get a job, let us know what you drive as a work car?
He looks gay
@@markm8780 how does someone "look" gay
@@markm8780 oh man shut the fuck up. You're clearly not the smartest individual.
I really like your point about the standard Cold Air Intake filter and the engine heat. It's logical and makes clear sense, and putting in just an upgraded version of the same filter type for your car I'd ALSO SECOND as a high recommendation. I put a K&N Filter that was the same size as the OEM on my old 2000 Chevrolet Blazer LT 4x4 4.3L Vortec and noticed a significant difference in throttle response. I had also replaced the MAF sensor shortly after due to the grease and all from the filter and also then noticed more improvement. Even the filter by itself made a big improvement in engine performance. Understandably, this may not work for all cars but is definitely worth a shot.
When you mess with the intake doing a mod you may have to cold start the car and run it for 15 mins or so on idle without reving. This allows the CPU to recognize the mod then take it for a short 5 min drive and park it up to cool down a bit then go from there. Diffrent cars will vary in this process but it may be similar?. The idea is that the CPU re-learns its self and programs to the new paramiters. I would think that a basic inlet mod or exhaust mod could be corrected this way or similar. Any larger mod may need professional programing.
Very helpful
So scotty was right after all
Praba Garan yes if you like Toyota
Damn!!!! I just got from one of his videos
Scotty is annoying as fuck, but like a broken clock, he is right once in a while.
You dipshits have to have power before you can gain power.
Yeah,..he made sense with every point,,...especially with the fuel/air mixture !!
I recommend cleaning and re oiling your air filter at the interval your auto manufacturer instructs you to check your air filter. I have always done it every oil change(5000 miles). I ran k&n for 175K in a Tundra and 170K in my wife's Highlander.
What did you clean and oil it with?
@@ShredZ23 I used the K&N products
@@michaelmckamey155 ok thanks, I'll look it up and be sure to get that so I can take good care of it.
It's refreshing to see someone admit their mistakes. A little advice though: I've never seen a K&N, or any brand filter for that matter, make a NOTICEABLE difference to power in anything but an extremely high-performance engine. If there is an increase (and that's a big if) it's usually just such a small amount, it's basically within a margin of error and certainly not noticeable. The other thing to keep in mind with these kind of filters, when they are tested on dynos, they are always new filters. These kind of oiled filters tend to degrade quickly over time as particles get caught up in the oil. This is, of course, what they are meant to do, but it also means you need to clean them frequently to have any hope of maintaining even that tiny performance improvement. With this in mind, I highly recommend getting a non-oiled air filter from either the manufacturer or, if you really want aftermarket, someone like Wix, which has been shown by independent testing to offer that balance of awesome filtering (which is why we need an air filter) with decent air-flow.
You never own one right? Never install one in your one car eh?
I have a K&N on my 2016 Frontier Desert Runner and it helps mpg/hp little and the truck runs smoother but also have performance exhaust system to work with it so that maybe why
Even when clean and oiled k&n filters do not filter.
Wixxp is based
Have had. a K&N on my Nissan Frontier 4.0 for ten years no problem, and it did give my engine a boost.
Good review, this is my experience for my 2019 Mustang GT
Thanks for doing the video, really good feed back.
I guess the KNN short ram intake will work differently from car to car. I’ve had one in my 2019 Civic 1.5T for about a year in the Northeast and I did not get a drop in performance in hot summer days. I love the sound and noticed throttle and mpg difference.
Plus clocked a 3 tenth of a second quicker time to 60 MPH.
Stock ?
I'm trying add one to me 2.3rdx
If you run around at 6,000 rpm you might feel some difference.
normal driving NO.
KN users rarely ever clean their filters.
KN/ other reuseable cold air filter systems are designed to separate a fool from his money.
Saw updated video...thanks. You look like a decent guy and well just like me we learn the hard way...I like the panel filter but bit worried about oil on mass airflow sensor...thanks for update
As long as you don't have excessive amounts of oil on the filter it's fine. And you can always take the MAF sensor out a clean it.
Racing stripe would have helped more.
a true car guy comment
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Thanks for the honest review.. appreciated. Subscribed
Yes. Most people don’t realize that all cars come with a cold air intake. The aftermarket ones become heat soaked pretty quickly. Just changing out the filter works the best. Great Job.
I did an AEM drop in dry filter in the factory box and an Air Aid intake tube in my Dakota. No worries about heat soaking with a bump in performance and no more stalling with the factory resonator. 🙂
Your overly loud music at end of video woke up my wife now I'm sleeping on the couch tonight...
I hate it when they do it.
You meant SHE'S on the couch tonight,...because you're a Man.
That’s a law suit! Get a lawyer
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For those who think you need to tune it. You actually don’t k&n made that specific air intake to give you horsepower with out a tune.
Are you sure?
@@urbanpeltier1622 At least what they are saying on the website.
@@urbanpeltier1622 yes u dont watch this video th-cam.com/video/65g-imgpRSI/w-d-xo.html
You will get what they call a "can tuned" if you install a CAI without a tune.....but if youre adding mods that means you obviously wanna make more power so thats why a tune is vital if you wanna MAXIMIZE your gains.
very useful vid, thanks for doing it.
Thanks for your review.
I have the filter in my old school stuff.
Ready to try in my newer vehicles.
A k & n drop in will work great. Use them in all my cars. Just dont over oil it.
Just buy the sister filter aem deyflow owned by the same people anyway
K&N filters give tiny increases in power and torque. What they do generate a lot more of, is fuel efficiency. By running a cleaner through my FJ cruiser gas line and engine, then adding a K&N filter I've gained about 80 - 100km from when I first purchased the vehicle used from a dealership.
I have full-bolt ons & a 94 octane tune on my 3.8 Eclipse GT. Makes a solid 60+ hp over stock. So I'm happy with that
Add heat shield to air intake system. you will see different temp. Also I have air intake in my dodge charger just for look and sound.
Just curious as to whether or not you've noticed or checked whether or not there's any difference, hopefully some improvement in Milage (MPG) and/or Cold vs Hot starting? Of course MPG would be dependent on other factors i.e. driving conditions, proper tire air pressure etc.
For my truck I got an Air Raid Intake system and kept the stock air box and got a drop in AEM dry air filter, no problem with hot engine air coming in with a bit better power and fuel economy, and the truck doesn't stall anymore.
Hello I have GMC Sierra 1500 and I put the air intake system in it put I lose power and up he'll do is samting to do or how to get it to work batter
I put a K&N in the stock box in a Focus SVT. Works really well. Heat under the hood in these things is a big problem. My wife and I both have them and the heat cooks sensors. With these cars it becomes an effort to get airflow into the engine compartment to reduce the heat.
I had BMC which worked only for 10k km and couple of years even with oiling at recommended intervals. Now, no matter what I do it's not giving me the same performance as it was new. My car feel sluggish at lower gears and screams in high rev in a bad way. Moved to stock and the engine feels super smooth.
Hi, Fuel Trims on an ecu are responsible for compensating for the extra air that comes into the engine i.e the air fuel ratio will automatically be corrected by adding more fuel to achieve 14.7:1 in closed loop control
Nice car. I have the exact same car, and the same colour. Love it!
No, you haven't; the VIN and license plate differ...😁
Great observation, same thing happened to me in my sonic sedan 1.8 the sound was great but the heat soak was crazy. What I did was get a k&n filter and ordered a DDM works modified air box best thing I did.
What is a DDM?
Hey man, I really appreciate the update video, and glad to see you learned something. I wish I had seen this video before I commented on the original video on this subject. However, go ahead and take a look at that comment. It will provide even more insight into why you experienced what you did. Us old farts are already aware of these things, but then again, I've been working on cars for over 35 years, including today's modern cars. I have a 2012 Focus with a stick too, and I LOVE it!
Keep up the good work!
U love the stick
Thanks for the feedback because I recently installed a K&N air filter on my 2012 Focus SE. I did notice immediately a noticeable VROOM sound and a low end growl. I haven't put it on the DYNO so I don't know exactly how much boost I got from it. I will point out that it never burned rubber before like it does now. Based on what you told me, I will watch out when the weather becomes hot.
So how is it now??
yeah do you still have it on? I just bought one before watching this video and don't know if I should cancel it.
one option is if you still had the k n intake is to put shiny insulation on the deflector shield
Wild. I got mine and dropped it in, when it was hot out, noticed mild gains ish, and much better noise. But on dyno, got 6.1whp more than stock at top end, but even down low at 3000ish rpms, still 2whp higher,
I bought a k&n intake for my 10 Chrysler 3.6 gained power and car been doing very well for about 3 years through all seasons now plus i travel in it ..
There's a thing called Hydro Shield for cold intakes when raining so you don't get water in your motor.
I have a K&N 77 cold Air Intake on my Dodge Ram 1500 SLT I just Love it. Best Buy i ever made.
Does it make your car rumble a little bit at idle? Not like crazy rumble but enough to feel it in the steering wheel
Well. It works darn good on my 04 Sierra 4x4. ! Sounds great. Lots of pickup when you stand on it. But the 6.0 L
Is notorious for its lack of mpg! I get 12.2 average now. Got 10.8 before. So if mileage is your concern. That’s what you should expect!
cold air intakes work with forced induction engines (turbos and superchargers) don't expect a Ford Focus became a Fast and Furious version only installing a K&N intake man!
I also just went back to stock after having a Airaid intake for a few years. My car actually lost power with it on.. It now drives so much better.
Got a k&n intake for my mk7 gti and it’s been a great decision
I would add a thermal tap or wrap on the pipe and the engine side of the shield to add extra isolation from the engine if that happens. On the other hand you should look at a cold air that is a fully inclosed box with a directed inlet for air to really limit the hot air form the engine
great video. was about to buy a short ram and u saved me from trouble. even tho i was planning on installing a hoodscoop i think its prob just best to install a good performance filter and leave it stock if you arent in a performance car. thanks so much for this video.
Short ram intakes do work ( I have one form k&n) but probably with some cars would work better than others. One thing I noticed was that my mileage got a lot worse then I got my car tuned later with some other mods and then the mileage got back to how good it was at stock or even better
@bazinga1000 it was a dyno tune which was 650 Canadian dollars, if you do a e tune it will be cheeper. Because my car was a Honda I needed to get a device to flash the car also which was about 1000 canadin dollars. Not sure if all cars need a device to flash it but least now I have it I can check any codes the car throws and check anything I want to with the car. The tune was exp but we'll worth it, I used to only spin second gear somtines but now I'm spining no problem. Tons of extra TQ gained in the midrange.
Isn't that a shirt ram intake I thought cold air intakes are longer?
Thanks for video good info
What you did is the same as I did. The K&N filter does it all. Me like you didn't reallly like the cold air system by K&N and I saw a power loss to the engine. Left it on and tranded trucks. After I traded, I found out things the the Ford was a bad year and then I was glad I changed trucks. I in the last truck and this new one, I only used the Expensive K&N filter and got the same results that they claim. Works the same as a cold air system. Does the same also.
Driving back from where in Jersey?
Good, honest review. I was thinking about getting a cold air intake for my 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi, but after seeing this review I'm going to take a pass on that.
Cold air intake works i don't know wth he talking about
To everyone that says it's a waste.., I dynod my 2013 focus SE 5 speed after I got it. Pulled 152 bone stock (sport suspension from factory is only upgrade on the car).
I put in a K&N intake just like the one mentioned, I was then pulling 168.
I got a 2.5"catback custom system from a shop local in salem, OR. (Used pieces from a Borla setup) sadly did not get to dyno with just those two upgrades.
Finally got a tune from Tom (focusfinatics helped me find it)
After everything was turned it then pulled 173 on the dyno.
It's not a "30hp" gain like some people say, (maybe with a larger throttle body idk) but it is very noticeable.
Hope this helps some of you looking for mods out there. (Spent about $1,1,80 total on all mods after a mail in rebate)
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No way this power gain of 16 bhp is real. There are Pub figures and wet dreams......... and there is reality. Yes 2 healthy cars can vary by 3-5 Bhp and if running same map and settings it is that close. A better Exhaust can help breathing so can filters but valve size inlet tracts injector size flow rate dwell timing and a rising rate fuel pressure regulater all contribute. but there is a maximum a stock engine can produce by its design. If you change more items on the engine that scope for more tuning increases and so on, every tuned engine has bottlenecks by its design no magic maps can circumvent physical limitations. I dont wish to debate this fact of engineering. people can believe what they wish to believe. I once tuned an rs turbo escort in the 90s Many times in the process did I reach bottlenecks. and until that was removed power would not increase. all mods need to work in harmony a new intercooler painted black helps a heavily modded car massively but on stock very little difference. I used pub figures once too 25 -30 yrs ago. At 54 yrs old I now only deal with reality. My current car An RCZ R runs 270 + BHP 1.6L stock engine, exhaust, and filter plugs etc. its designed to run that. My Rs turbo also a 1.6L took 2 yrs and £4500-£5000 in mods back in the 90s to reach 260 bhp.
Lmao my accord 03 makes 160 stock
You got a tune AND a custom borla set up and only gained 5 HP??
@@andrewm.200 152 subtract 173 does NOT = 5. LMFAO. 🤣🤣
I'm in the same predicament. I went with an Injen cold air intake for my Lexus 4.3 V-8, and your right, there's no significant power boost. In fact, I believe I lost power. With my stock setup, I inserted a K&N air filter. But noticed a small amount of power increase immediately. So I will be going back to my initial setup.
Everytime i have added knN at least 10hp at foot the ford one is cheep cardboard copy, heat ya get egr going into cold air intake!- so if blanked and mapped with filter on , def feel it on fords sierra to focus, had it on diffrent cars, and yeah am concerned about blow by so clean n check.
From what I've read and heard, the "Cold" Air Intakes are for hotrods, and if you don't work up the rest of the engine, it won't do anything. If the sound changes, there is definitely a change in the airflow however, 'cuz duh... Yes, thanks for the trial. I think I will skip putting one in my Suburban unless I need to replace the catastrophic converter(!) 😯 (At that point, I would put low restriction exhaust in.) Every Dyno Test I've ever seen showing improvement for any cold air intake has been paid for one way or another by the manufacturer, but I don't get out much. 😝
Modern ECU will re-learn; just like you said. I have one on my v6 Accord MT and I am digging it this far
yep
Snowflakes don't ever learn.
It's called fuel trim and it readjusts over time
Install a brand/unit with a housing (not an open shield) for the filter and also one that connects to the original air ram. The car's air ram sucks in cold air from the outside and farther away from the engine block. MST, AEM are some of the manufacturers that includes an air box (not shield) and retains the original air ram of the vehicle. Also, replace your cat back exhaust with larger piping to optimize your exhaust system with 5-15 hp gain at around 5000 rpm, which is good for merging and overtaking maneuvers.
U want cold air just live in Alaska
Haha true that
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Funny you say that i buy my air from alaska ! Definitely notice a difference but beginning to get pricey
From experience,it's much cheaper in the long run to just buy the drop in filter from K&N and add a catback when your OEM exhaust need replacing.I just got rid of a cold air intake in fear of it sucking in water in heavy rain because part of the fender splash shield is broken off, exposing the filter.
Props to you for doing this video man!
I have had a K&N cone filter on my 2104 F-150 Tremor 3.5 EcoBoost since it was new. I noticed Gas Milage drop recently, and just today cleaned and re oiled it. I will do the re learn trick also.
Talks about how much he cares about reliability *drives Ford Focus*
Well at least it's not an automatic. That's really the main issue with these cars.
The manuals are very reliable..its the auto or DCT cars that have the issues.
lol first thought
Had mine for a year and i love it
Ford Fucus*
seen a mod where the filter was placed in the left fog light housing. pretty gnar
K&N air filter does improve air flow you can get a mild boost of 5hp in some cases
You'd have some measured evidence of that, to share with us and prove your claim, wouldn't you. Wouldn't you?
It all depends on on the car/engine
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Austin L it definitely added more than 5 to my sti. Probably closer to 10-15
Ann Onymous Give me proof. I’m assuming you didn’t get the engine re-tuned or you didn’t put an aftermarket chip in it. So that air intake just turned into a expensive air filter
I like using a old pringles can for a cold air intake tube.
PLUS...
It's a great chick magnet !
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Depends on the flavor though
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I think you meant short air ram. True Cold air intake gains on the high end. While short air ram gains on the low. Agreed, that short ram with weather stripping semi enclosures or no enclosure risks hot air engine bay seepage. I recommend short air ram with full enclosure or excellent seals.
I had that when i owned a mazda 3 2016 , and it made such a big difference in gains and throttle response..I didn’t have a bad experience, i guess I’ll be installing it even in my ram 1500, i think the way they made it for the ford was bad to begin with..
Might want to check out project farm. He did a test on those k&n filters. Let in alot of dirt.
That was very unrealistic he dumped flour on top of an upside down filter 😂
@@andrewkjeldergaard9653 and it didn't go through the other filters as much as it did with the K&N
Unrealistic test but still same condition for each filter
I've enjoyed my aem Cai, I just cleaned the filter so performance should pick back up, my car was throwing emission code because it was so dirty ultimately affecting the performance, I also had a tune.
i used a k&n filter in my wifes nissan micra 1litre. it was bloody awesome.
Bet you left the stock airbox on.
I have the FSwerks intake but I do not notice a drop in performance I am also here in Florida where is hot year around. I also have a full cat back system, Mustang TB and a Tune so that may help me also.. I think intake alone without any other mods might hurt you
I put in K&N filter , I get 30 more mpg then before an 200 more HP
How do you know you lost power?
Did u do a video of just the k&n filter. I have a 2015 Ford Taurus sel but I dont want the cold intake system. Thought of just getting the filter and be done. Did u ever get the filter and how was it?
Dr Klopek - Save your time and money. I still get amazed of how much, pure ignorance, stupidity, wishful thinking and marketing combine to keep this myths alive. There´s honestly no other description for it, than its plain ridiculous.
Oiling filter every 100.000 miles! Is this guy smoking funny stuff! LOL :-)
Try to leave your filter "undisturbed" for let´s say 20.000 miles. Then go check the amount of "crap" accumulated in there. ;-)
Lower filtration capacity, like you have in KN´s and similar, can be achieved in much cheaper ways. Stuff a sock in there and you´ll have all the noise you want, lower filtration, and as long you stay away from the oil, won´t get the MAF dirty, Since engine longevity will be shortened anyway, I guess it doesn´t matter. LOL :-)
Choose wisely.
Cheers
You must modify the exhaust to get some hp gain with the CAI or SRI. Ok another question. Where is the cooler air coming from when the air filter is exposed to the heat coming from the engine? No one has answered that question yet and I don’t think no one ever will answer it. The best thing to do is modify your stock air box to get cooler air if you can. I did it on my 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix SE. I took out the tubes and cut the barrier out. The box is right behind the left headlight and it gets plenty of air.
So what was the temperature outside when you started to see those losses in power? I was interested in getting a CAI for my 2017 Focus and was making sure to cover all my bases before the purchase.
Darail Davidson I started to notice it the most when it was 80° or hotter.
I live in Cali and I have the same CAI on my 2013 Focus. I did not notice and power difference over the summer (normally reaches 80°-90°). Best part is, I am getting 32 mpg from 28.
Jed Asturias Damn I never saw fuel economy gains like that.
Yeah, maybe driving habits then? LOL I also installed the ST spoiler which helps when I go on high speed. Keeps my car grounded.
Jed Asturias Yeah I live in suburban stop and go hell so about 90% of my driving is accelerating from red lights, never good for fuel economy.
I have a 2017 Ford Focus SEL and I installed the K&N cold intake and it works fine. I noticed that you have a manual transmission but mine is a automotive sport transmission. That might be the difference. Because my Focus is pretty quick after I installed it and no problems.
Wouldn't you need a vent near where the filter is?
About 15 years ago, a BMW race car engine rebuilder and BMW race car driver told me the same thing. Don't put an air intake system on. It's worse than the factory setup. Drop a K&N filter into the stock air box instead, and I have been doing it ever since.
But he only meant for stock cars right?
I’ve had the Roush CAI in my 2016 focus for 2 years. Zero issues
To get the best out of a Intake, you need to pair it with a high flow downpipe, and a 70mm+ stainless Steel exhaust. And of course a tune, so the car takes proper advantage of the mods. An Intake just by itself is basically just a sound mod
A tuner and exhaust is all you need.
I put an airaid “cold air intake” on my truck. After about a year I decided to put the stock air box back on with an k&n drop in filter and I left the airaid intake tube in place of the stock intake tube.
I did a 0-60 before removing the cold air intake and after reinstalling the factory air box and there was less than half a second of difference in the 0-60 times between the two. So I left the airaid intake tube on in place of the factory tube, left the factory air box with the k&n air filter and sold the “cold air intake”.
I now have an aem Filter instead so I don’t have to worry about oiling the filter like the k&n.
Woww, thanks a lot bro, for the video and info
My cold air intake on my 2014 edge hasn’t given me any problems In the Phoenix summer however mine sits higher then yours due to my engine layout I think in a tight engine space you may run into that problem
I used to work for K&N, there is no way they told you that you need dyno numbers. Plus, if you bought it from Amazon you should have called them first.
Need dyno numbers? They provided a sheet with dyno numbers when I bought the kit. Also Amazon was the one that issued me the refund, NOT K&N
You drive a slow ass focus. Period
How about turbocharged cars? Does it make a diffrence?
U can use cone filter and do modification to the airbox and make inlets fro fender to get cold air and that's it 👍👍👍
Can this be done without tuning
I have one installed on my truck with an aftermarket exhaust. I see power improvement and mpg gain. Not by much, i noticed 2mpg gain. I installed it over the summer with average temp of 80-90 degrees. It didnt hurt my truck
No you don't. You think you do because that's what you expected to see. But no you don't. It doesn't change the computer programming. And before you get all in a huff and your panties in a twist, I also have an intake and exhaust on my truck. Runs exactly the same, no performance or gas mileage increases. Sounds nice but nothing else.
King Daniel maybe it doesn’t increase power and mpg in every application but people have ran dyno tests before and after there is a video from JEGS on TH-cam they gained 14 hp on a Chevy 5.3. Plus a lot of people notice gains. But I guess they aren’t as smart as you and they’re probably all full of shit.
Okay, let me explain this one more time since you're obviously slow. Everything is run by computers, the air/fuel ratio, injection rate, spark, everything. Bolting something on does not change the computer programming, thus you gain NOTHING. There is no power or performance increase unless there are changes to the computer parameters that control those functions. I don't care about some bs marketing video you've seen about a product someone is trying to sell you. Any gains are hypothetical, and implied at best, unless you get ALL the equipment to facilitate those changes i.e. a programmer.
King Daniel thanks for informing me you fucking genius. I can only hope to be half smart as you some day.
Stop being an ignorant asshat tossing bullshit everywhere. Have the tiniest of clues as to what you're trying to discuss.
Check it every yearly service, after 100k you might have an animals nest in it or something.
Right i was like what??? 100k????
Believe Asians when it comes to math not mechanics
Bro I just cleaned the biggest nest ever out of my f250 lmao. Damn stowaways
Turns out the engineers who design the stock intakes do a really good job
Not why install K&N on Shadow next week
The engineers have to follow federal laws that are VERY strict due to smog, etc. Theres a reason after market parts exists.......
i did it on my aussie 6cyl ford turbo 4.0litre..im gettin 25% better fuel economy..the ecu took 4 days to re calibrate itself
I have a 2l diesel engine with stage1 ~ 187hp do you think there will be any power difference?
Unless you get truly cold air, have a piggÿback module for the MAF or ecu tune to adjust the A/F ratio. it's all just looks and noise. You will see some better throttle response but you can get just as much with a throttle body optimization.
Wil take my K & N, back. Thanks
Thank you. The information on your research was very useful and saved me from wasting money.
So what can i install to increase the volume of tubro spool without having any issues like this guy did with his filter in the summer?
K&N’s DO offer slightly more horsepower over a standard paper filter. If you still want the cold air intake noise that you got from the K&N, then you need to get a performance air filter that is already housed within a heat shield enclosure. I used to have the same Focus and I put a performance air filter (like K&N) in mine and it was enclosed in a carbon fiber shield and it worked great! Smoother and more peppy acceleration and it sounded great and heatsoak wasn’t a problem! You won’t get any of the intake sound from a panel filter...K&N or not...trust me! Part of that noise is caused from the filter sucking the air in. The panel filter gets enclosed in the air box and so it deadens the sound. 👍🏼
So if I add a cold air intake, do I need the shields around to keep the heat out? Is it mandatory? Because it’s cheaper without it but will it still make a louder sound even with hotter air than normal?
Thanks for the video.
Better clean that filter a lot more often than a hundred thousand miles buddy
Yes. I had one on my 2013 Taurus SHO and it needed cleaning every 3-6 months.