DerekStangGT said:ive been noticing a lot of people lately are buying this K&N product. are there any gains to be had, or does it just look cool? one person claimed a 9 rwhp gain. does anyone have dyno sheets to back their gains up? ive also been hearing lately that the FIPK is better than the C&L MAF. whats everyone's take on this?
KaPPaBaLL said:As for the FIPK i doubt you'll gain 9rwhp and that guy that claims is full of it. maybe 3rwhp at the most. FIPK is the best cai out there but as you should know CAI aren't worth it on our cars. Both on the c&L and K&N the inlet tubes are both i believe 100mm. GL
-john
looks good trinity i'll believe that..trinity_gt said:
Are you sure about the size of the tube, John? 100mm? On both? I have the Trueflow on my 02, and it's big. But I've also seen the K&N and it didn't appear to be nearly as big.KaPPaBaLL said:the quality of the C&L is better with the inlet tube. the gains of 9rwhp and 9rwtq are with the C&L maf and i have proof of dynosheet. But with the wrong combination the C&L makes the car run little lean and people **** in their pants when they hear that. it's not dangerously lean so don't worry about that. As for the FIPK i doubt you'll gain 9rwhp and that guy that claims is full of it. maybe 3rwhp at the most. FIPK is the best cai out there but as you should know CAI aren't worth it on our cars. Both on the c&L and K&N the inlet tubes are both i believe 100mm. GL
-john
twogts4us said:Are you sure about the size of the tube, John? 100mm? On both? I have the Trueflow on my 02, and it's big. But I've also seen the K&N and it didn't appear to be nearly as big.
The problem I have with my Trueflow is it get's so freakin hot, which can't be good for performance. I'd think the plastic, or whatever it's made of, K&N would resist heat absorbtion a bit better.
This would be a good test - testing the heat of the various tubes on the market...and the associated performance gain/loss. (And, please, please, tell me my C&L is OK...I've already removed the C&L MAF and thrown in a box of junk parts!!!)
trinity_gt said:
DerekStangGT said:daaaaaayyyyuuuuum!!!! thats an amazing gain for just a FIPK. Trinity, did you have any other mods other than that intake at the time you dynoed? youre really pushin me towards that K&N product.
twogts4us said:Is it the GEN2 FIPK that seals against the hood? Maybe this is the key to the nice 9.3 HP gain Trinity_GT got above? Trinity, is this what you have?
The OEM tube is definately restrictive. You'd think Ford, along with the other manufacturers would figure this out and stop putting a accordian tube in there. And, if you remove the tube, you'll see a pretty big and deep dent on the underside of it near the TB...this can't be good for flow.
Oh, yeah, over to Orlando, home of SCTKaPPaBaLL said:yeah bro, i'd take that drive over to the shop, not the one you went to the first time but the shop you were talking about before that's a drive away to get it retuned with the accufab plenum/tb and the C&L maf. Hope it's not damaged man. The least you could've done was sell it. See how the new tune works out for you.
One of the Mustang Mags said something about the velocity ring on the FIPK, noting that some serious engineering went into it...I'd agree. It's all about the flow and it's a science.Jesus said:I like my FIPK. It has something that I dont believe the other kits have, but I could be wrong. The FIPK as part of the assembly includes a velocity stack type thing. It fits on the tube where the filter bolts on. It is sort of like a funnel that smooths and increases the velocity of the air going into the tube.
DerekStangGT said:daaaaaayyyyuuuuum!!!! thats an amazing gain for just a FIPK. Trinity, did you have any other mods other than that intake at the time you dynoed? youre really pushin me towards that K&N product.
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