K&N airfilters - 2001 S60 2.4L

[cprince]

Has anybody swapped out the original air filter for a K&N? Any noticeable
change in engine performance?

Thanks for any info.

CPrince

 

[ERAE]

Just recently (2 weeks ago) installed a K&N filter on a 2000 S80 T6.
The engine seems to have a little more pep (not as if it didn't
before). I would have to drive it a bit longer before I comment
further.

Regards,

ERAE

 

[dreadly]

Just recently (2 weeks ago) installed a K&N filter on a 2000 S80 T6.
The engine seems to have a little more pep (not as if it didn't
before). I would have to drive it a bit longer before I comment
further.

Regards,

ERAE

Makes plenty of difference to my dads T5

Sounds better too.

Andy

 

[Randy G.]

Makes plenty of difference to my dads T5

Sounds better too.

I know a lot of race teams run K&Ns, but I question how effective they
are on the street. I know for a fact that they flow more air. So much
so that placing one on a vehicle with CV carbs necessitates rejetting.
Beyond that, shine a strong light through one. It is difficult to
comprehend how they filter out the very fine dust particles- at least
for the 'original' ones that looked like they were made of cotton
gauze. When you are re-ringing a car every 500 miles in racing it is
no big deal. For a car that should easily go well over 250,000 miles I
question their effectiveness.
__ __
Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvos
'90 245 Estate - '93 965 Estate
"Shelby" & "Kate"

 

[cprince]

I know a lot of race teams run K&Ns, but I question how effective they
are on the street. I know for a fact that they flow more air. So much
so that placing one on a vehicle with CV carbs necessitates rejetting.
Beyond that, shine a strong light through one. It is difficult to
comprehend how they filter out the very fine dust particles- at least
for the 'original' ones that looked like they were made of cotton
gauze. When you are re-ringing a car every 500 miles in racing it is
no big deal. For a car that should easily go well over 250,000 miles I
question their effectiveness.
__ __
Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvos
'90 245 Estate - '93 965 Estate
"Shelby" & "Kate"

Thanks for the input.
CPrince

 

[John Robertosn]

dont forget the placebo effect .Many times a pill of suger makes the patient
feel better ,rather than real medicine .POLISHING MY CAR MAKES IT RUN BETTER
TOO No insult intended .

 

[dreadly]

dont forget the placebo effect .Many times a pill of suger makes the patient
feel better ,rather than real medicine .POLISHING MY CAR MAKES IT RUN BETTER
TOO No insult intended .

Placebo, maybe on some cars, but the stopwatch certainly recorded a drop
of nearly 1.5secs to 100mph (where the law allows) over three timed
runs with and without. using normal unleaded not super.