standard airfilter or k&n

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

i have just had a standard back box put on the 19..whilst im going through the phase of getting it standard i was wandering what peoples views were on swapping from a k&n to the standatd air filter?

Which is better?
what difference would there be?
is there any point?

Cheers.

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

personally i wouldnt touch k&n with a barge pole on the renaults or peugeots frm past experiance all they do is make a loud roar on full throttle infact ive proven it decreases bhp on the 19s by a fair bit as my dad had a ph2 chamade and i had a ph1 chamade with a k&n and i could catch up really tbh m8 go 4 a viper kit or green cotton twister kit i reckon they are the best 4 the frenchys, a panel filter wont do much good i dont think either i mean u need the best of both worlds i.e roar and a bit more poke juss not a gutless sounding valver with a roar now do ya

Level 1 User Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 29

standard is best modded cars look strange also believe origonal of something is best also dont u agree?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

25quid universal induction kit.

Vast improvement over the stock airbox on my car and a few others agreed on it.

Its not like the clio with the IK on the TB directly its in an area far enough away from the engine heat and the stock air feed pipe supplies plenty of cool air to it.

The K&N is far to small for the 19, although I used to have the cossie RS500 filter on my old black hatch which was massive and did the job.

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

so overall prefrence chris...what would you recomend?standard or K&N??

the only thing im not too keen on is the roar it makes on full throttle,which touring 19 16v commented on.

Take it that roar would not be there if replaced with the standard filter?

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

no roar frm a standrd box matey the box acts as a silencer and keeps it inside the box go a for a direct replacement panel filter frm green cotton they shud be ok matey

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

cheers mate Wink

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 395

I got an ITG panel filter in mine.
Much better than a standard filter without the noise, although i have just bought a piper IK for a quid off ebay, so i will see if theres any difference between the two.

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

the only reason i were asking was i could get my hands on the standard filter...mite put it on see what its like Smile

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I wouldn't bother with a K&N, get a universal effort, much bigger and better.