Just playing around.... K&N Panel vs Cone

aburchell44

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2003 TDI Wagon For Sale
I was cleaning my air filter the other night and havin' a beer and I said I wanted to drive this thing tonight, and did not want to wait for the air filter to dry etc. I had a brand new cone filter laying in the shop and decided to throw it on the ole TDI. Well I started it up and the whurrring noise is sweet. I then was psyched to go for a drive. I felt as if I was ten years younger when I was doing my first modification again back in the old Mazda /images/graemlins/cool.gif

I simply layed the cone in the bottom of the air box base with no heat deflector/shield. So I went for a cruise and I did notice a difference. It held boost for a longer period, and it also seeemed as if the boost spiked up more quickly.
Maybe it was a total psychological thing???

I thought I would give a little update as to my findings. Take them for what they are worth.

Andrew
 

Mike H

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Halifax,NS
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2015 Jetta TDI Comfortline
I changed my air filter the other day too. It's amazing how much fine particles gets thru the snow screen, clean as a whistle on the MAF side though. I think I will graph MAP/MAF with the new filter, I was was seeing the MAF fall off a bit from 3800-4200RPM.

Don't want to start anything...but on my car 150000km/OEM paper filter/original MAF/YAY!

On the psychological effect, I swear the car drives better will a good wash/wax. Hmmm.

-Mike
 

aburchell44

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Too many psychological happenings /images/graemlins/smile.gif

As for MAF, I am on a Pierburg now.

I can get these if anyone needs one. Or lowering springs, shocks, bulbs, etc.
 
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