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So 2 drop in K&N air filters, will do nothing....

not really, it lets the engine breathe better. like a stuffed nose compared to a clean nose......but then we hear stories of the air filters being too flowing and letting

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Old 05-22-2009, 11:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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not really, it lets the engine breathe better. like a stuffed nose compared to a clean nose......but then we hear stories of the air filters being too flowing and letting in dirt.
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Really? Thats intresting, I guess I will leave it as is then.
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I think a couple of people have already dyno'd dropping K&N filters into the stock airboxes on a stock car, as well as removing the air filters completely on a stock car, and seen no noticeable gains. The stock intake design is the limiting factor, not the filter.
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