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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:48 am |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2010
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Location: South Wales
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Can anyone advise on the benefits of replacing the standard air filter with a K&N filter on a GTi? This would be just the paper filter not an entire new filter box. i.e. no insurance changes required.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:54 am |
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:57 am |
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Better airflow, less resistant than standard
Meaning better throttle response and possibley a gain of 1bhp maximum
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:01 am |
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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Plus it's reusable, you just clean it out & re-oil rather than replacing it every few thousand miles.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:06 am |
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| CD-vRS wrote: |
| Plus it's reusable, you just clean it out & re-oil rather than replacing it every few thousand miles. |
When you say re-oil, does that mean it has to be oiled initially?
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:16 am |
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| mdstone wrote: |
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| Plus it's reusable, you just clean it out & re-oil rather than replacing it every few thousand miles. |
When you say re-oil, does that mean it has to be oiled initially? |
No from the box it's ready to be dropped in.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:36 am |
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noticed no changes at all with mine, just a better flow than the crappy paper filter really.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:58 am |
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i have a BMC panel. felt alot better imo, probably because i had a open cone getting tons of heat soak.
but as said will give a better less restrictive air flow
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:07 am |
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Location: Southampton
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I have one in mine. Throttle response is a bit better. But I put it in mainly because it's reusable with better air flow.
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