K&N Air Filter?
I am thinking of getting a K&N cold air kit for my 2007 Chev 2500HD 6.0L gas. I would like to here from those that have used them or any issues with these filters. Thanks
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I need to get a K&N for my RC airplane, so that it makes more power at full throttle at take off.
Saturday I did floor my 2013 VW Touareg TDI in 3rd gear, and did get a reading of 23.4 pounds of boost from the turbocharger. There's plenty of airflow there stock, it's the fuel mapping portion that's the limit.
0-60mph in a 5000 # SUV that's AWD in 6.9 seconds, and diesel, is far more from the factory than I need. The 406 foot lbs of torque at 1700rpm is what I am after towing a 21 foot travel trailer. I could give a rat's azz about the 240HP peak it makes, I never drive a diesel anywhere near that rpm... I probably at most flow 10 -12 gallons an hour, ever, making 125-140 HP instead at around 2000 rpms while trailering. Yet my air filter flows effectively to 4750 rpm, somewhere I never even go.
0-60 6.9 seconds VW Touareg TDI 3.0L
K&N tries to sell you potential HP. 99.999% of us never reach that potential. Red on a dash means don't go there, stop doing what you're doing. So redline means don't go there. Having an air filter that makes you more power at redline, an area you have manufacturers telling you to not go there, makes a whole lot of sense, now doesn't it?
Sorry to all the 6.7 diesel trucker fans out here that my numbers looks so small, it's only a 3 liter V6, in theory, if you could contain it, you can double them for a 6.0 liter V-12 like the one that goes in an Audi Q7, err.. I mean an Audi R15.
Audi 6.0 V12
Saturday I did floor my 2013 VW Touareg TDI in 3rd gear, and did get a reading of 23.4 pounds of boost from the turbocharger. There's plenty of airflow there stock, it's the fuel mapping portion that's the limit.
0-60mph in a 5000 # SUV that's AWD in 6.9 seconds, and diesel, is far more from the factory than I need. The 406 foot lbs of torque at 1700rpm is what I am after towing a 21 foot travel trailer. I could give a rat's azz about the 240HP peak it makes, I never drive a diesel anywhere near that rpm... I probably at most flow 10 -12 gallons an hour, ever, making 125-140 HP instead at around 2000 rpms while trailering. Yet my air filter flows effectively to 4750 rpm, somewhere I never even go.
0-60 6.9 seconds VW Touareg TDI 3.0L
K&N tries to sell you potential HP. 99.999% of us never reach that potential. Red on a dash means don't go there, stop doing what you're doing. So redline means don't go there. Having an air filter that makes you more power at redline, an area you have manufacturers telling you to not go there, makes a whole lot of sense, now doesn't it?
Sorry to all the 6.7 diesel trucker fans out here that my numbers looks so small, it's only a 3 liter V6, in theory, if you could contain it, you can double them for a 6.0 liter V-12 like the one that goes in an Audi Q7, err.. I mean an Audi R15.
Audi 6.0 V12
