K&N Air Filter - loss of power?
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My F trapped at 109mph doing a 13 Flat, but I didnt shut off my secondary traction control,, didnt put the car in park and held on to the switch to shut off traction control.. dont know if that would make a big difference in time and trap speed.
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When I first put in my K&N Intake I had some really bad loss in torque, especially on hotter days. What I did was completely seal the intake heat shield with thermal wrap, and do my best to seal up all intake from the hot engine compartment air. This made a HUGE difference. Note in the picture below I tried to make a tight a seal as possible with the. stock front intake scoop...this way the intake is sucking in fresh cooler air rather than the hot engine compartment air. The intake shield when one gets it from K&N is adequate, but there are so many gaps that allow a lot of hot air into the intake, especially on the bottom of the heat shield..Darshana S...
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When I first put in my K&N Intake I had some really bad loss in torque, especially on hotter days. What I did was completely seal the intake heat shield with thermal wrap, and do my best to seal up all intake from the hot engine compartment air. This made a HUGE difference. Note in the picture below I tried to make a tight a seal as possible with the. stock front intake scoop...this way the intake is sucking in fresh cooler air rather than the hot engine compartment air. The intake shield when one gets it from K&N is adequate, but there are so many gaps that allow a lot of hot air into the intake, especially on the bottom of the heat shield..Darshana S...
![](http://webpages.charter.net/kumari1/IS-F/intake%20shield%202.jpg)
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When I first got the K intake I noticed that my car took about two days to get used to it. Once it did it felt fine. I even raced a blue IS-F that was stock and I had 3 people in my car including myself and he was alone and I pulled on him slowly but noticebly. I imagine if I was alone it would of been by even more. He even rolled down the window and asked what I had and noticed that it was faster than his.. Just my .02
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When I first got the K intake I noticed that my car took about two days to get used to it. Once it did it felt fine. I even raced a blue IS-F that was stock and I had 3 people in my car including myself and he was alone and I pulled on him slowly but noticebly. I imagine if I was alone it would of been by even more. He even rolled down the window and asked what I had and noticed that it was faster than his.. Just my .02
I'm really amazed anyone would post anything if this is the case. Put the passengers on the shoulder and race. This kind of result is as meaningless as not having a time slip.
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i misread 8th for gears, just wanted to clarify because i have never used 6+ gears after 500 or so miles, only wifey drives in automatic.
did you post time slips? 660 feet is a short distance to pull a whole car length with just an intake... perhaps different tires and drivers played a part?
did you post time slips? 660 feet is a short distance to pull a whole car length with just an intake... perhaps different tires and drivers played a part?