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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Installing the K&N was pointless, unless your goal is to maximize dirt intake into the engine. Put the stock paper filter back on, the engine will thank you for it. The K&N offers no performance gain, only a wear-out-the-engine-faster gain.
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x2. A K&N filter can potentially provide performance gains on certain motors. A turbo-diesel is not one of them. You are getting ZERO added performance from that K&N. None. Not even 1 hp. Nothing. Is there some way we can make this clearer?
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Originally Posted by Sev
i'm not thoroughly convinced about the K&N filter though. I regularly clean, oil and rotate it.
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With that K&N perfectly brand new and freshly oiled and performing exactly as it is intended, it is still letting a LOT of dirt into the engine. A LOT. Way way more than the factory paper filter. If you're "not thoroughly convinced" then you're not thoroughly educated.
Did I mention it doesn't increase performance AT ALL on this engine?
Further, the original intake as delivered from the factory is a cold air intake. I'm afraid to ask what sort of "cold air intake" you planned to replace it with.
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Originally Posted by Sev
perhaps going with the half-sized oil cooler (for models without A/C, presumably), and using the area above the small cooler for a cold air intake? course this will reduce the oil cooling capacity.
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Really? Are you actually suggesting to
reduce the oil cooling capacity on a turbocharged motor and trying to
increase output at the same time??
You need a new hobby because quite frankly, you have no understanding of how an engine works.
And your performance budget is $1000? Really? You can almost buy a nice bicycle with that.
If you want a fast diesel, sell your car and buy a new CDI.
09-30-2009, 11:57 AM
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