K & N short intake...opinions
 

I bought my car a couple months ago and already have the bug "stronger, faster, louder". Problem is I pretty much haven't filled my pockets up yet after the big purchase. In my country the car costs 80k. I thought about the K&N short intake as seen in the picture. I know there is almost no recognizable hp gain. I am interested in having the engine sound louder; more of a roar. I don't want the longer pipes because I can't pass inspection with any intake kit what so ever and I don't feel like taking off my bumper every time a cop stops me and sends me to inspect my car.
Questions :
1. Does the K & N make the engine considerably louder at wot?
2. Does it in any way cause harm to the engine?
3. Does it mess with the ecu?
4. Would an ecu upgrade from uprev be worth it at this juncture when all i'll have is the intake system.

Thanks

I'm still fairly new here in the forum, but from what I've read here, the Typhoon will change the sound of your car, I haven't seen anything about harm to the engine. The only engine related issue that I've seen is that because the Typhoon is a short ram system, and is on top of the engine you may be sucking up hot air instead of fresh or cold. I haven't see anything about the ECU and no need for an uprev with just and intake, your ECU will adjust to that simple part. I was going to get this system but went with the Gen 3 instead. Enjoy the car and shopping for mods.

any short ram intake should do OK in cooler climates

if your in a warmer climate you may suffer from heat soaking due to a lack of heat-shield presence.

Are you guys for real? First off if your worried about it sucking up hot air, don't because the stock intake does the same and its oem. Secondly, the short ram comes with a heatshield as shown in the picture.. Smh.

They sound great! Don't worry about ECU upgrade until you at least do HFC and CBE exchange too.

Stock intake airbox sucks up air from behind the bumper. It is not the same as an open short ram as shown in the picture. Also, if installed as shown in the picture, there is no heatshield, and hence, someone who isn't familiar with the product would not know any better.

Well it seems buddy boy your not familiar with the product. In the pic above there is a heatshield present. The system does come with a heatshield that does seem to block out a fair amount of heat. I have the system and the sound is awesome. I noticed no lack of power what so ever. All in all I am very happy in every aspect of the induction! I got mine on amazon for 296 shipped but that was about a year ago.

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I have the Typhoon intake and it does in fact have a heat shield, in the photo you can see the black rubber bumper between block and the intake that snugs up to the hood when closed. The one on the other side is lower and you cannot see it in the photo

Granted, it ain't a great one, but it has one.

I am happy with mine, it does make some noise at wide open throttle. It has caused no ECU issues for me. If I had to do it again, I would still buy it.

So that leaves us with the stillen generation two which has the heat shield above the filter as opposed to below like the k & n. Which is better against heat soak? I would think that a heat shield below would be better because the engine hood must prevent some heat soak. I live in a pretty hot climate 8 months of the year. (90f)

[QUOTE=Shamrock;1763976]In my country the car costs 80k????:wtf:
Am I the only one that noticed this?

Yes that is how much it costs. Taxes, taxes, and then taxes. The k&n or stillen will cost me close to a grand.

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i would do some online searching to find them cheapest possible

I am only interested in short intake. No bumper hassle.

Go with Post MAF tubes with K&N drop ins and call it a day. Z1, HPS, Mishimoto etc can hook you up.