[V8] Driving with Air Filter Cover Off?

[S_Matus]

The guys I run with that are fanatics about clean oil, call these gauze filters - Knock & Noise (K&N).  The line is that you will be hearing these sounds after running a K&N filter.
 
Scott.
 
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:21:35 -0700
From: Jeremy Ward <jward.v8 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Driving with Air Filter Cover Off?
To: "Klein, Nathan P" <nathan.p.klein at lmco.com>
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <4ca624fb05083008217d00b4ce at mail.gmail.com>
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I agree with Ingo on this one.  My car came with a K&N and it cause so
much filth to enter the intake, that the butterfly valves on the TB
wouldn't close all the way.  This caused the throttle switch to not
work and threw the tranny in to limp-home-mode.  Not worth it in my
opinion for the 5(?)hp gain.  Some swear by the K&N so if you do use
it, make sure you follow the cleaning / oiling instructions to a T.

Side note - the air intake horns are double walled from the factory to
reduce intake noise (remember this car was marketed as a luxury
performance car with the emphasis on the luxury).  Not sure if anyone
has replaced the factory setup to eliminate the double wall, but
remember this car LOVES cold air, as you will notice performance is in
the toilet on a hot day...  If you do go the cold air intake route,
make sure it's not a hot air intake instead ;-)

Cheers,

- Jeremy



		
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