Has anybody tryout K&N air filter?
07-30-2003, 06:58 PM
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Has anybody tryout K&N air filter?
Has anybody try out K&N's airfilter on their TSX yet? What's the effect? Is it worth it? Also if I change my oil at 2K miles to synthetic, will it be of any good, or bad even?
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leave oil in until 5000 miles. The car comes fromt he factory with a synthetic blend, stay with that.
As far as the K&N drop in filter, you will notr get a HP increase but you will never have to buy a filter again.
As far as the K&N drop in filter, you will notr get a HP increase but you will never have to buy a filter again.
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Thanks for the info. About the oil change, I lived in hot weather (90F up) and drive the car pretty hard, do you still think 5000 miles is a good time to change oil?
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Just change it at 3000 miles. I'm changing mine at 3000 (in about 2 wks) before I head to the Chicago meet. There's nothing wrong with doing it earlier than stated. As for what they put in the car from the factory... its actually not synthetic. Honda does use Mobil oil, but not Mobil 1 from the factory.
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On other automotive boards (I forget if it was 9-3 or WRX-related), I vaguely recall some threads discussing the disadvantages to a K+N.
There was some concern that the filter was too permissive of larger particles. This was causing some buildup problems, in some folks' opinions.
Another guy was talking about oiling the filter correctly. If you use too much oil on the filter, it can drip into your air intake system and foul it up, I guess. Right now I'm happy dropping regular air filters in my cars and living without the 2-5 hp increase that other people swear they can feel...
There was some concern that the filter was too permissive of larger particles. This was causing some buildup problems, in some folks' opinions.
Another guy was talking about oiling the filter correctly. If you use too much oil on the filter, it can drip into your air intake system and foul it up, I guess. Right now I'm happy dropping regular air filters in my cars and living without the 2-5 hp increase that other people swear they can feel...
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Originally posted by moda_way
Just change it at 3000 miles. I'm changing mine at 3000 (in about 2 wks) before I head to the Chicago meet. There's nothing wrong with doing it earlier than stated. As for what they put in the car from the factory... its actually not synthetic. Honda does use Mobil oil, but not Mobil 1 from the factory.
Just change it at 3000 miles. I'm changing mine at 3000 (in about 2 wks) before I head to the Chicago meet. There's nothing wrong with doing it earlier than stated. As for what they put in the car from the factory... its actually not synthetic. Honda does use Mobil oil, but not Mobil 1 from the factory.
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01-15-2004, 11:00 AM
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Don't have the size either but the filter elemnet of the K&N is thinner than the stock filter. Also, I won't discount the performance benefit of the K&N filter either, as the car does feel more responsive after putting in the K&N. However, only a before and after dyno run can truely review the difference...
01-18-2004, 08:26 PM
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On other automotive boards (I forget if it was 9-3 or WRX-related), I vaguely recall some threads discussing the disadvantages to a K+N.
There was some concern that the filter was too permissive of larger particles. This was causing some buildup problems, in some folks' opinions.
On other automotive boards (I forget if it was 9-3 or WRX-related), I vaguely recall some threads discussing the disadvantages to a K+N.
There was some concern that the filter was too permissive of larger particles. This was causing some buildup problems, in some folks' opinions.
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