Re: Cone Filters

[Brian Gracek <bgracek@cloudnet.com>]

>Hey everyone,
>
>Autotech's catalog says that replacing the air box with a cone filter
>draws in hot air and also >makes the filter susceptible to getting soaked
>by water when it rains.  Is this true?

YES this is TRUE!

>If this were true, wouldn't everyone be killing their cars by removing the
>airbox?

not nessessarily, they do lose power.

>Also, would a >Neuspeed P-Flow have these problems?

Yes.

>Isn't that essentially replacing the air box with a cone filter?

Exactly.


Don't be so quick to spend $200.00 on a mod that will lose 5 horsepower.
The engineers spent a great deal of time and money getting the stock airbox
to get a good cold charge of air (ducted from the fender, far away from
engine heat), with good flow and low noise.  The only reason to go with a
p-flo or other open element is for the sound, not the power (sound is loud
but cool).




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