K&N Intake with heat shield

[hyperpm]

Just ordered one off eBay for $280 shipped with CA tax. SU reviews from buyers all positive. Anyone else have this intake? Dynos? Only SRI out there I believe with heatshield.

 

[soccerballz]

Some people dont like it cause it doesnt have an air straightner. I wish I had my dashhawk when i had my ms cai so i could have compared intake temps to the k&n. I think k&n's dyno is a bit of a stretch 25whp i think it was. dont expect that. over all im happy with it and good luck with yours.

 

[Darth Vader]

Dashhawk supplied reality is this:

Any intake will heat soak in stop and go. I watched the temps skyrocket on my AEM in a 1/2 hour of stop and go. Temps plummet quickly once you're moving but, the all heat up. Maybe this one, with a "heat shield" might heat up slower but, in stop and go, this engine bay is like your household oven and there's lots of places for convection. The fenderwell area is not isolated enough from engine heat contrary to what most advocates for CAI claim, in the absence of data.

I'd love to see what the DH would show the K&N or a Begi box, or the Corksport job to do for IAT.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

Some people dont like it cause it doesnt have an air straightner. I wish I had my dashhawk when i had my ms cai so i could have compared intake temps to the k&n. I think k&n's dyno is a bit of a stretch 25whp i think it was. dont expect that. over all im happy with it and good luck with yours.

This has been discussed before. They aren`t lying, exactly, just a little misleading. That figure is the largest gain anywhere along the power curve, not necessarily at the peak.

 

[mazdaspeed32007]

i just bought the amsoil filter. 3050 model i believe....i dont remember. do you think a heat shield would make that much of a difference?