K & N FIPK, are they overrated....?

[Mean Green]

Originally Posted by crusierdad76

OK Ill tell you that on my 06 it made it sound a little better, but as far as millage and get up and go NOTHING but you know it looks cooler and i like it so for me it works

Totally agree. I've been saying that for years.

[crusierdad76]

you know if this case it truly is all about ME it is MY car i pay the payment and the insurance and I drive it kinda sounds like a pain in the butt attitude but in this ONE case it is MY way----just dont tell the wife

[mileshuff]

Originally Posted by Oldschoolpaulie

I was more interested in someone articulating that the K&N offers no more performance or mileage.

The article I mentioned did point out that air flow improvement was insignificant for noticiable gains except perhaps a high performance car. Thats true of all of the aftermarket filters, not just K&N. However, a CAI can produce some gains. I would doubt its much on a PT.

I used to use K&N's for many years on all my vehicles. Never saw any mpg or performance gains. This was just drop in filters. Most seem to go for the CAI mods.

[mileshuff]

Originally Posted by crusierdad76

OK Ill tell you that on my 06 it made it sound a little better, but as far as millage and get up and go NOTHING but you know it looks cooler and i like it so for me it works

Ya, kinda cool to dress things up a bit. In the ol' days used to turn the filter cover upside down just for the sound or install a chrome filter housing. Just good fun with our cars.

[mileshuff]

Originally Posted by crusierdad76

you know if this case it truly is all about ME it is MY car i pay the payment and the insurance and I drive it kinda sounds like a pain in the butt attitude but in this ONE case it is MY way----just dont tell the wife

lol, I'm sure she has some hobbies you find kinda silly too! Every time I spend money on my car for something thats just fun and not really useful, she tells me how many new dresses she's gonna go buy. Well, theres no room in our closet for any of my clothes now!

[crusierdad76]

Originally Posted by mileshuff

Ya, kinda cool to dress things up a bit. In the ol' days used to turn the filter cover upside down just for the sound or install a chrome filter housing. Just good fun with our cars.

Wow that is just SOOOOO true I would turn it upside down in our truck to get that "ROAR" my dad would have a fit and turn it back over then i got a eldenbrock round filter and it kinda roared so i guess we compromised

[CREWZIN]

On my punched out to 301 57 Chevy and friends 348 equipped 55 Chevy with 4-barrel's, we used to take the filter completely off to get that roar when we tromped the accelerator pedal. Don't know how we ever got away with that for so long and never sucked anything bad down into the manifold.

[crusierdad76]

well you probably did it just wasn't big enough to break anything

[Joseph]

Yes they are overrated - much like everything else offered as "performance improvment" parts for the GT.
I went back to the drop-in K&N filter from the FIRK -check my forum on the "noisy" K&N with no power improvement. In addition, I have installed the JET performance chip for GT automatics, a high performance coil, and a Heartthrob Duel Exaust system - and I don't think any of it improved the stock OEM performance. Be vary cautious of any of the so-called performance products.

[CREWZIN]

Joseph,

You just answered a thread that's almost a month old, but besides that, what is meant by "check my forum" in your post? Do you have your own forum??