Airbox top off with K&N Filter

[Chrislovessushi]

hah

 

[Green monster]

Hockey Puck mod....for B Body cars. Too big for the Tahoe I think.

We put a puck in place of a piece we take out.

Yup, hockey puck is way too big. That was what i went for first. Canadian boy here, allways got hockey pucks in the house...LOL

 

[Chrislovessushi]

Ive never even seen a hockey puck

 

[Arctic-Rodz]

Almost all the aftermarket CAI's dont have a lid for the airfilter that ive seen. I bought mine and it already had a K&N filter in it so i removed the lid. My 08 has the full K&N kit with no lid. It does get dirty faster though, not too bad.

 

[DJTricky]

my AIT sensor is reading 84.5 degrees with my 4 inch intake. my friends stock with the air box is reading 81.3 so there is really no difference. just wanted to throw that out there.

 

[calvert]

any hardware store has them they are 2" rubber pvc caps pretty easy to slide over

 

[Green monster]

Well I'm off tomorrow, so off to the hardware store I go.

 

[HotCarl]

I did this last week, when you get the cap make two small slits with scissors on opposite ends to make it stretch better then clamp it down tight.

 

[TheBeast99]

i wouldn't remove the top of the air box because then the filter will be drawing in hot air from the engine bay instead of pulling the air in thru the fender well.....so the little restriction relieved would most likely be lost from the hotter air.

that's what i always thought. so what's the benefit of K&N's aftermarket air intake kits if they're just sucking in warm air??
and while i'm on the topic, what would be a good stock replacement air filter? my mechanic laughed when i said K&N cuz they're greasy (wtf?). any other recommendations then? i went with a K&N on my old car. time to try another one for ***** and giggles...

 

[HotCarl]

that's what i always thought. so what's the benefit of K&N's aftermarket air intake kits if they're just sucking in warm air??
and while i'm on the topic, what would be a good stock replacement air filter? my mechanic laughed when i said K&N cuz they're greasy (wtf?). any other recommendations then? i went with a K&N on my old car. time to try another one for ***** and giggles...

The K&N intake system allows the air to flow directly into the intake through one single tube, as opposed to the factory setup which has it bend in different ways and constricts it. Basically the aftermarket relieves constriction. I currently have the stock intake setup with a K&N drop in filter, your mechanic says it's greasy because it comes oiled, and you have to oil it every 50k miles. When I put the filter in I noticed better MPG's but no real performance gains.