Zacho
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Wondering if anyone knows where I could buy the adapters or kit to change my filters from original to the cat or K&N?
With about a 2:1 ration most of use here don't like the oiled type K&N filter. They tend to damage the MAF and unless you have done some serious modification, they offer no performance advantage while providing less effective filtering. The oil issue is usually caused by failure to properly re-oil the filter.Zacho said:Wondering if anyone knows where I could buy the adapters or kit to change my filters from original to the cat or K&N?
velociT said:My oil-less EA from AMSoil has been great.
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The turbo spools easier after installation so it's pretty obvious it outflowed the stock unit and a K&N.
boogieman said:All that 10 feet of PAPER Media does is slow down the airflow, do some research, K&N and Airaid and AMSoil air flow and filtering capacity is far superior to paper elements, though, I do second that the oil in the K&N is a pain in the booty.
Interesting results.TdiRacing said:On the dyno I tested the pipe open, no filter vs. K&N drop in filter and OEM paper. No difference. Only difference was the sound when open pipe was used. There is no use arguing with people on this point. People have argued this point for years. If it would have made any difference, we would have used racing for the last 6 years. The satisfaction is the illusion that becasue you spent the extra money, that it has to be better...
TdiRacing said:On the dyno I tested the pipe open, no filter vs. K&N drop in filter and OEM paper. No difference. Only difference was the sound when open pipe was used. There is no use arguing with people on this point. People have argued this point for years. If it would have made any difference, we would have used racing for the last 6 years. The satisfaction is the illusion that becasue you spent the extra money, that it has to be better...
No that's an awesome setup! K&N, ram air, all the essentials!! Reminds me of a buddy of mine who put a 4" PVC "toilet pipe" in his engine bay that hung out the bottom of his car by about 6" and "directed fresh air at the air filter." Simply too cool for school.dieseldorf said:L, this is what's real!
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* GROAN *boogieman said:All that 10 feet of PAPER Media does is slow down the airflow, do some research, K&N and Airaid and AMSoil air flow and filtering capacity is far superior to paper elements, though, I do second that the oil in the K&N is a pain in the booty.
David, I came to the realization several years ago that "we can't save them all !!" Leave the Kool-Aid for the Kool-Aid drinkersn1das said:* GROAN *
dieseldorf, where's your BS Meter JPG when we need it most?
OEM paper filter vs. K&N aftermarket filter: OEM filter has WAAAYY more filter area than K&N!
A-men, bro-tha! A-men!TdiRacing said:On the dyno I tested the pipe open, no filter vs. K&N drop in filter and OEM paper. No difference. Only difference was the sound when open pipe was used.
Maybe we can mod the airbox to fit that thing in there!VeeDubTDI said:Excellent post, David! However, I have one bone to pick... the Donaldson Powercore found on the 6.0 PowerStroke is simply massive... way bigger than the paper thing on the TDI. It's a good thing too, because the 6.0's effective displacement is in the neighborhood of 18 liters, and the new 6.4 is even more.
http://www.donaldson.com/en/index.html
I hadn't seen a 6.0 PowerStroke filter yet but I'm not surprised it's a massive filter. That is one massive filter! The engineers are grappling with the same kind of design issues as VW's engineers. You need tons of filtering area to have near zero PSI drop thru the filter while providing more than enuf filtering ability and still have a long change interval. We also can't forget about protecting the MAF from contamination! And then on top of that, you then have to figure out how to squeeze it all in under the hood.VeeDubTDI said:Excellent post, David! However, I have one bone to pick... the Donaldson Powercore found on the 6.0 PowerStroke is simply massive... way bigger than the paper thing on the TDI. It's a good thing too, because the 6.0's effective displacement is in the neighborhood of 18 liters, and the new 6.4 is even more.
http://www.donaldson.com/en/index.html
The Mk4 cars do have ram air. The air isn't drawn from down below. The ductwork is high up...sorta towards the hood latch. Clean your glasses, go back and have a lookboogieman said:...and there is no tubing coming up from the louvers in the lower grill. Maybe its just the mk4's that dont have ram air, I dont know.
Gothmolly said:You don't need 'ram air' with a turbocharger. Thats why the turbo is there. Spend your $$$ and time on something else.
You are missing parts that originally came with your car. More than likely the car is used and was in a front end accident. The repair shops throw them "Bonus" parts away cause they think the owner will never notice.boogieman said:I tore into my air intake yesterday to check out the snow screen, which someone must have already removed, but anyway, while checking things out I noticed that there is absolutelyNO resemblence of a ram air system my jetta. The inlet tube to the airbox goes directly into the back of the headlight, and there is no tubing coming up from the louvers in the lower grill. Maybe its just the mk4's that dont have ram air, I dont know.
You go on believing that just because youve been on these forums forever that you know more than everyone else. At least I took the time to dig into my car and check it out. What I say is not BS if I can tell by looking at it how restrictive the intake system is.