Cold air intake?
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06-29-2006 | 03:43 AM
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Cold air intake?
Hey guys I was wondering which of you have put the K&N intake on your trucks? I had one on my Silverado and it sounded great. It had the deep roar to it when mashin the gas. I am kinda lookin for this in the 3 but not sure if it will sound that great. Also what is the difference in the 63 and 77 model besides the horsepower gains. Thanks guys and if any of you want to sell roof rack bars let me know. Need the for the yak and surf boards. Thanks
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06-29-2006 | 01:00 PM
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RE: Cold air intake?
I was going back and forth between the K&N and the Airaid. That is, until I looked more closely at the stock air box. It seems to me that the intake on the stocker is a tube up into the fender to take advantage of colder air coming in rather than drawing out of the engine compartment. The Airaid system looks like it has a similar set up while the K&N appears to just draw straight from under the hood. Is this right? Based on that, I'm going with the Airaid. The colder the better.
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06-29-2006 | 01:20 PM
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RE: Cold air intake?
What 05???..There never was an '05 H3..Only the 06 that came out late spring 05...Is that what you mean?
The K&N does not have a direct tube to the fender cavity as the stock filter does..But it compartmentizes that area of the engine compartment to still draw air from the hole in the fender...Having said that, the Volant also makes a COLD AIR INTAKE kit that untilizes that hole too..Personally, I think the little amount of heated air that would draw in on the K&N would only be at a stand still, but once you got moving the air forced in through the grille and front end would sweep the hot air away from the intake...Also the AIRaid and Volant still use the smallish diameter hole in the fender thereby; you will still have restricted amounts of air flow due to that small factory fender hole...
Now you have something to think about.
Here is a K&N link to the 77 and 63 series Intake kits..I have the 63 series;..Both series should fit the current 06 H3...I've seen pictures here of people that has the 77 series on their H3..
The K&N does not have a direct tube to the fender cavity as the stock filter does..But it compartmentizes that area of the engine compartment to still draw air from the hole in the fender...Having said that, the Volant also makes a COLD AIR INTAKE kit that untilizes that hole too..Personally, I think the little amount of heated air that would draw in on the K&N would only be at a stand still, but once you got moving the air forced in through the grille and front end would sweep the hot air away from the intake...Also the AIRaid and Volant still use the smallish diameter hole in the fender thereby; you will still have restricted amounts of air flow due to that small factory fender hole...
Now you have something to think about.
Here is a K&N link to the 77 and 63 series Intake kits..I have the 63 series;..Both series should fit the current 06 H3...I've seen pictures here of people that has the 77 series on their H3..
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06-29-2006 | 05:51 PM
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Sorry Grunt, (term of endearment from a NAVY guy
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I looked around for the pictures too..it maybe on another forum, been a while since I've seen it..
But anyways..Yes I think it sounds cool with the foot on the throttle...The 77 is no better than the 63 IMO, as it is just under-the-hood bling...Actually there is a down side to the 77, that being they are metal and metal attracks heat much more than the nylon intake tube, so the cool air effects are null and voided by the hot metal intake tube.
)I looked around for the pictures too..it maybe on another forum, been a while since I've seen it..
But anyways..Yes I think it sounds cool with the foot on the throttle...The 77 is no better than the 63 IMO, as it is just under-the-hood bling...Actually there is a down side to the 77, that being they are metal and metal attracks heat much more than the nylon intake tube, so the cool air effects are null and voided by the hot metal intake tube.
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06-29-2006 | 06:13 PM
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Oops..forgot your other question,.
K&N makes a water sock you can put over the filter..it is a fine mesh material that water can't penetrate, but air gets through just fine...having said that, if you are wading in water that deep, then you will have more problems with other things, than water being sucked in.[:@]
K&N makes a water sock you can put over the filter..it is a fine mesh material that water can't penetrate, but air gets through just fine...having said that, if you are wading in water that deep, then you will have more problems with other things, than water being sucked in.[:@]
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06-29-2006 | 06:23 PM
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RE: Cold air intake?
Dennis, I am thinking of getting one of these as well. Two questions, is it easily installed if I am to do it myself? I assume it should be pretty straight forward installation. Other thing and more important, I work in a place where there is quite a bit of dust due to trucks and lots of dirt around the area. I know K&N filters are not advisable in this situation but what about this air intake ??
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06-29-2006 | 07:03 PM
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Hi Raffi,
They are real easy to install..you need a few standard and metric wrenches..The instructions are very well written and simple, that's why it was so easy for me
As far as the dusty conditions...Are you constantly running up and down dirt roads or driveways that are powerfine dust all day?, then yes, you may dirty up the filter sooner than normal....But factually enough, as the filter gets more dirty, it filters better without loss of air flow, compared to paper pleatted filters...If you change your engine oil at 5000 miles or less you'll have no problems.
But when it comes to cleaning the filter and re-oiling it, be very careful not to over oil, just a little dribble on the edge of the pleats and let it soak in from there, don't try to coat all of it at once, as the oil will migrate throughout the filter medium on it's own.
They are real easy to install..you need a few standard and metric wrenches..The instructions are very well written and simple, that's why it was so easy for me
As far as the dusty conditions...Are you constantly running up and down dirt roads or driveways that are powerfine dust all day?, then yes, you may dirty up the filter sooner than normal....But factually enough, as the filter gets more dirty, it filters better without loss of air flow, compared to paper pleatted filters...If you change your engine oil at 5000 miles or less you'll have no problems.
But when it comes to cleaning the filter and re-oiling it, be very careful not to over oil, just a little dribble on the edge of the pleats and let it soak in from there, don't try to coat all of it at once, as the oil will migrate throughout the filter medium on it's own.