K&N airfilters - 2001 S60 2.4L

Discussion in 'Volvo S60' started by cprince, Aug 21, 2005.

  1. cprince

    cprince Guest

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

    Thanks for any info.

    CPrince
     
    cprince, Aug 21, 2005
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  2. cprince

    ERAE Guest

    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
     
    ERAE, Aug 22, 2005
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  3. cprince

    dreadly Guest

    Makes plenty of difference to my dads T5 :)

    Sounds better too.

    Andy
     
    dreadly, Sep 6, 2005
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  4. cprince

    Randy G. Guest

    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"
     
    Randy G., Sep 6, 2005
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  5. cprince

    cprince Guest

    Thanks for the input.
    CPrince
     
    cprince, Sep 8, 2005
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  6. 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 .
     
    John Robertosn, Sep 15, 2005
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    dreadly Guest

    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.
     
    dreadly, Sep 15, 2005
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