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YOUR RESEARCHkn cai unit sucks big time
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But the VF Engineering supercharger seems to have solved the problem with the use of (you guessed it) a K&N filter.
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I'm a big proponent of using stock filters for filtration over flow, myself.
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But the VF Engineering supercharger seems to have solved the problem with the use of (you guessed it) a K&N filter.
I've said it before but man what a piece of crap...... I finally got it off my car and went back to fab kn combo, with my aero wing and ducting the factory unit plus fab is unbeatable. Performance is very evident when underway...... I never should've left the cai in place for so long..... lazy i am... anyways, not sure on non aero cars but with the fixed wing and factory ducting this is for sure the way to go. I'm pretty sure it's pressurizing the air box to some small extent where as the cai was only making power on a dyno with no moving air....
I ranted before upon purchasing because it seemed so cheap and poorly executed and it is. It also scraped the edge of my belt..... junk junk junk. I am a fan of the panel filter though, I just think this product is a junior design thats all..... Cheers.
I bought it, sold it after seeing the tinny pile of crap they asked me to build and drill onto my car...that and the data from others that it wasnt worth its weight in the HP or any other performance area...
Good choice!
Ed
The factory panel paper element is more than enough airflow capability for a 296-320 hp motor.
Plus, compared to a K&N, it actually filters the air............
Great, are you telling me these things are so picky we need filtered air?...I bet next someone will say they also need filtered deionized water!... MAN!!
Sans forced induction, I thought air intakes were supposed to suck?
I'm a big proponent of using stock filters for filtration over flow, myself. In case anybody is interested, some dude wrote up an interesting air filtration test:
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///Michael
I've tried them all. The BMC F1 filter was the best bang for the buck. The EVOMS is nice too, more power, but a lot more sound over 6000 RPM. The K&N is a piece of junk, I threw mine away (shame on you Ed for reselling yours!). But the VF Engineering supercharger seems to have solved the problem with the use of (you guessed it) a K&N filter.
