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 standard airfilter or k&n
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Valver Boy
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Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 453

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:58 pm

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.
touring_19_16v
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 620

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:15 pm

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
renrock
Level 1 User

Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 29

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:22 pm

standard is best modded cars look strange also believe origonal of something is best also dont u agree?
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:06 am

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.
Valver Boy
Level 9 User

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 453

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:39 am

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?
touring_19_16v
Level 10 User

Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 620

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:21 am

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
Valver Boy
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Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 453

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:11 pm

cheers mate Wink
mixpioneer
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Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Posts: 395

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:07 pm

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.
Valver Boy
Level 9 User

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 453

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:18 am

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
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:29 am

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