K&N drop in filter?

[AGR]

Here is the link to my K&N install, and where I purchased it:

http://www.mazdamp3.com/vbb225/showthread.php?threadid=13682&highlight=K&N

http://www.ajusa.com/cgi-bin/knfilters/details?part_num=RU-3580

 

[SuperSpud]

anyone know the parts number for the drop in?? thats what I want to buy...

 

[KBicknel]

Part# 33-2134

I dont have this yet but some people say it's fits just fine..others say it doesn't. I have no clue!
Might want to look at the stock one and then look at this one just to verify before buying.


Kristi
(mspo)

 

[kwiktsi]

AGR- did you notice any gains using that small filter? I ended up getting a bigger cone (6" element)- the one you gave a part number for has an extremely small element on it. Maybe I am just used to using 9"-12" filters on the Talons and such, but it still looked too small to me. I can't see how it would flow too much..
Joe

 

[MazdaDryvr]

I bought the K&N drop in that was listed for the 2.0 Protege. It took alittle extra effort to put it in, it wasnt a perfect fit, but in it went! Works fine for me.

 

[SuperSpud]

I bought the K&N drop in that was listed for the 2.0 Protege. It took alittle extra effort to put it in, it wasnt a perfect fit, but in it went! Works fine for me.

define "a little extra to put it in"....

 

[MazdaDryvr]

Well, the rubber edge on the K&N was a very small bit thicker than the stock filter. It just took alittle more patience to get the notches back into the loops then the snap downs fit back in place perfectly. I think it works better than the stock filter.

 

[oliver2000]

same experiance here...was a tight fit...but eventually made it....does it make a difference...it did for a bit....then the ecu adjusted to more air.

 

[scapamouche]

like kristi said, any intake mod will bump you up to STX, not STS

fyi, in STX you'll be running against WRXs IIRC.

pick your opponents wisely

The WRXs are NOT the cars to worry about in STX.... The E30 M3 (the old 4 cyl M3) is a MUCH more potent package, and there is word coming from the guy who handles classing that the EVO8 WILL BE ALLOWED IN STX!!!!!! Apparently, it's been doing poorly in AS, so they think it'll be fine in STX. I think it'll be a ringer car, making EVERYTHING else uncompetitive, but we'll see. I'm in STX right now, but I'm going to run the car in DS in the future, BTW...

 

[DistantTea]

WHAAAAAAAT??????? Evo in STX? Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick... We know one of those guys at scca who do classing and rules verifications.... we gotta ask him what the hell is up with that.

STX... christ on a cracker...

 

[scapamouche]

That's more or less what I said. The real question now is are they going to change the forced induction rules to allow the SRT-4 and WRX STi as well..... DS looks better and better to me. Especially with the noise about ALL 330 BMWs going to BS!!!!

BTW, it's nice to see a FAMILY here on the site! My wife and I AREN'T the only couple campaigning a MSP. I didn't realize Kristi was your wife until she said so above (thumbup)

 

[kwiktsi]

Here is the link to my K&N install, and where I purchased it:

http://www.mazdamp3.com/vbb225/showthread.php?threadid=13682&highlight=K&N

http://www.ajusa.com/cgi-bin/knfilters/details?part_num=RU-3580

Hey, just to clarify- I wasn't knocking you, just curious about how well the filter worked for you due to it's relatively small element area.
Joe

 

[DistantTea]

Looks like a huge fight is breaking out at SCCA about this STX stuff...

I've been taught by last year's STX national champion Jeff Brown (not that I learned anything other than "Stop doing that and we'll stop spinning")... personally I don't think an Evo has a chance against the Type Rs. And if someone could squeeze another 50 HP out of legal STX mods on the mazdaspeed I think our cars would do great as well.

Oh well... kind of off topic.

 

[scapamouche]

I think a properly sorted out EVO, or STi will ANNHILIATE everything else out there in STX. They aren't THAT much heavier, with TONS more power and traction...