Re: K&N FIPK: Worth it?
 

i put one on my 00 TJ, You will realize the diffrence the first time you put
the hammer down, ann all you hear is a nice deep throaty sound resonating
from the stock exhaust, not to mention it will chirp even easier shifting
into second
"Jeffrey Leonard" <jeffl@quasii.net> wrote in message
news:bfqkae$6ut$0@pita.alt.net...
> Here's a serious Jeep question:
>
> What's the dilly-o with the K&N FIPK? I'm skeptical. It has a filter end
> that has about the same surface area as a flat K&N filter that you might
> find in a Wrangler air box.
>
> But the actual route that the air takes down that bent tube once it's
> past the filter end is LONGER in comparison with the path it takes from
> the normal airbox to the throttle.
>
> A bottleneck is a bottleneck, no? And with any fluid system, be it gas
> or liquid, the longer the bottleneck, the more restrictive that path is.
> I'm not convinced that more air is getting shoved down that longer tube.
> I would think that a path that's half the distance is going to deliver
> the air with less turbulence and resistance.
>
> What do you guys think?
>

Re: K&N FIPK: Worth it?
 

Mike Taylor wrote:

> i put one on my 00 TJ, You will realize the diffrence the first time you put
> the hammer down, ann all you hear is a nice deep throaty sound resonating
> from the stock exhaust, not to mention it will chirp even easier shifting
> into second

Really. So would you say it's worth the bucks?

> "Jeffrey Leonard" <jeffl@quasii.net> wrote in message
> news:bfqkae$6ut$0@pita.alt.net...
>
>>Here's a serious Jeep question:
>>
>>What's the dilly-o with the K&N FIPK? I'm skeptical. It has a filter end
>>that has about the same surface area as a flat K&N filter that you might
>>find in a Wrangler air box.
>>
>>But the actual route that the air takes down that bent tube once it's
>>past the filter end is LONGER in comparison with the path it takes from
>>the normal airbox to the throttle.
>>
>>A bottleneck is a bottleneck, no? And with any fluid system, be it gas
>>or liquid, the longer the bottleneck, the more restrictive that path is.
>>I'm not convinced that more air is getting shoved down that longer tube.
>>I would think that a path that's half the distance is going to deliver
>>the air with less turbulence and resistance.
>>
>>What do you guys think?
>>
>
>
>

Re: K&N FIPK: Worth it?
 

Mike, you must have had at least twenty thousand miles on the old filter
to realize that improvement.
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Mike Taylor wrote:
>
> i put one on my 00 TJ, You will realize the diffrence the first time you put
> the hammer down, ann all you hear is a nice deep throaty sound resonating
> from the stock exhaust, not to mention it will chirp even easier shifting
> into second