Hi guys
Its been a few days since i installed the K&N and can now report back with some feedback
First off installation.
The instructions dont really tell you which of the bolts supplied to use each step, so it was a guessing game. The biggest problem was fitting the actual airbox. Since the Aus cars have the battery on the airbox side, there are thick wire looms running up guard fowling up against where the airbox is meant to sit. So i had to cut off the clips holding these are re-route them under and around the airbox. The next problem was the mounting of the air pickup scoop onto the towhook. US cars must have a different towhook, as the bolt supplied was too thin and slide straight through the towhook thread, bolt head and all. A quick trip to Bunnings for a larger and longer! bolt and that was sorted
I had to give the pipes a polish with Mothers Billet Metal polish as they were quite dull initially, but other then that its a nicely made intake
The sound is exactly what i was after, a deeper more throbby intake note with that popping noise jumping on the throttle. After a 2 hour drive i came home and the pipe feeding into the airbox was ice cold....nice!!! As for power, i dont know really as i still cant go past 4000rpm. A really cold night is when youll notice a power increase i rekon
Now today i made a modification to the kit. I ditched the supplied filter for a K&N Inverted Top filter which has an opening at the top so the cold air feed would flow directly into the centre of the filter
Heres a comparison....
Typhoon filter - you can see the cold air just hits the front of the filter
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Inverted Top - cold air will flow straight into the centre (i may even put a pipe extension to bridge the gap)
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Both filters - The Inverted Top is slighty shorter, but i doubt itll make much difference
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Now onto the pics. I also got my Carbon Fibre engine cover in the mail last week, took the Nissan badge off the stock engine cover and had my mate make up some V6 3.5 vinyls. Next up i gotta fit my APR CF radiator panel (after i work out how to fit the Colgan that is) and paint the battery and p/s covers gloss black
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Cold air scoop mounted behind the grille
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Its been a few days since i installed the K&N and can now report back with some feedback
First off installation.
The instructions dont really tell you which of the bolts supplied to use each step, so it was a guessing game. The biggest problem was fitting the actual airbox. Since the Aus cars have the battery on the airbox side, there are thick wire looms running up guard fowling up against where the airbox is meant to sit. So i had to cut off the clips holding these are re-route them under and around the airbox. The next problem was the mounting of the air pickup scoop onto the towhook. US cars must have a different towhook, as the bolt supplied was too thin and slide straight through the towhook thread, bolt head and all. A quick trip to Bunnings for a larger and longer! bolt and that was sorted
I had to give the pipes a polish with Mothers Billet Metal polish as they were quite dull initially, but other then that its a nicely made intake
The sound is exactly what i was after, a deeper more throbby intake note with that popping noise jumping on the throttle. After a 2 hour drive i came home and the pipe feeding into the airbox was ice cold....nice!!! As for power, i dont know really as i still cant go past 4000rpm. A really cold night is when youll notice a power increase i rekon
Now today i made a modification to the kit. I ditched the supplied filter for a K&N Inverted Top filter which has an opening at the top so the cold air feed would flow directly into the centre of the filter
Heres a comparison....
Typhoon filter - you can see the cold air just hits the front of the filter
[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/121_2191.jpg']

Inverted Top - cold air will flow straight into the centre (i may even put a pipe extension to bridge the gap)
[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/122_2214.jpg']

Both filters - The Inverted Top is slighty shorter, but i doubt itll make much difference
[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/121_2193.jpg']

Now onto the pics. I also got my Carbon Fibre engine cover in the mail last week, took the Nissan badge off the stock engine cover and had my mate make up some V6 3.5 vinyls. Next up i gotta fit my APR CF radiator panel (after i work out how to fit the Colgan that is) and paint the battery and p/s covers gloss black
[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/121_2196.jpg']

[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/121_2197.jpg']

Cold air scoop mounted behind the grille
[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/121_2189.jpg']

[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/122_2213.jpg']

[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/122_2212.jpg']

[url='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/scascone/122_2218.jpg']
