[V8] Driving with Air Filter Cover Off?-now K&N, etc

[dsaad@icehouse.net]

Why would you want a tornado?

There is a honeycomb screen at the intake. Its express purpose is to
"straighten" the air flow. "Laminar air flow" is what it is called. I am sure I
spelled that wrong, but anyway, the MAF relies on a small sample of air to
accurately guage the total flow through the much larger chamber. Swiriling the
air hurts - not helps this.

Perhaps the tornado would have some effect on a carburetted(sp?) motor, but I
would think the swirling there would throw the fuel against the intake runners
and slow down the air velocity - the very thing that helps charge the cylinder.

As I understand motors, a swirl in the combustion chamber could be good, but
anywhere upstream from that is bad.

Dave


Quoting Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>:

> Well, with 308k and counting fast, I'll say the K&N can't be that bad. My
> car came with it, and I probably wouldn't buy one myself. But, no sense in
> throwing it out. It's been on mine at least the last 100k. Plenty of redline
> runs, and still strong as ever!
>
> I've seen plenty of the flow and particle tests, BTW. That's why I wouldn't
> buy it myself, don't think it's worth the money fo rwhat you get. Then
> again, I'm fabricating my own "Tornado" for the same reason. Held one
> finally - $70 for this!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S_Matus" <scott_matus at yahoo.com>
> To: <jward.v8 at gmail.com>; "V8" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:36 AM
> Subject: [V8] Driving with Air Filter Cover Off?
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > 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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