MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Mk5 GTian on January 22, 2012, 06:51:53 am
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Has anyone got any experience of fitting one of these? Any noticeable changes in performance? K&N claim an extra 18bhp which sounds good for 44 sheets plus VAT!
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Sound to good too be true? :innocent:
I fitted one when i first had the car and it did stuff all :happy2:
Will improve air flow but will do nothing for performance (nothing you'd notice anyway)
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
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Sound to good too be true? :innocent:
I fitted one when i first had the car and it did stuff all :happy2:
Will improve air flow but will do nothing for performance (nothing you'd notice anyway)
Apoligies should have read the post properly :stupid:
Thought you were talking about the panel filter :fighting2:
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I have one fitted and it does help the engine breath better. The actual intake pipe is larger than the bsh and it measures just under 3inches in diameter so it can shift a lot of air. I removed the heat shielding and find the engine performs better with the full cold air flow from the front. I have always fitted K&N filters to my car as I have not used a bad kit or experienced any problems on any of my cars in 14 years.
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Apologies should have read the post properly :stupid:
Thought you were talking about the panel filter :fighting2:
So did I for the stated price. :ashamed:
He was actually talking about this
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knfilters.com%2Fimages%2Fm%2F69-9503TFK.jpg&hash=690b25bbb07062611ad598d09591c93b38657fa0)
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Apologies should have read the post properly :stupid:
Thought you were talking about the panel filter :fighting2:
So did I for the stated price. :ashamed:
He was actually talking about this
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knfilters.com%2Fimages%2Fm%2F69-9503TFK.jpg&hash=690b25bbb07062611ad598d09591c93b38657fa0)
That's what caught me the price :laugh:
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How much? Must be some kind of mistake there as that kit is £255.03 + VAT RRP.
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/product.aspx?Prod=69-9503TFK
The price of £44+ vat will almost certainly be the panel filter
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/product.aspx?Prod=33-2888
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
That was mine :grin:
Nick at R-Tech yesterday told me to swap it for a dry filter (K&N is oiled) as it can knacker the MAF sensor. Gotta swap it for a pipercross now
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
That was mine :grin:
Nick at R-Tech yesterday told me to swap it for a dry filter (K&N is oiled) as it can knacker the MAF sensor. Gotta swap it for a pipercross now
That was Jim, :smiley: He said some K&N filters are oil and no good for the MAF, if it is an oiled filter then change it for a dry one, if its already dry the leave it and dont waste your money.
How was the drive home?
Nick
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aren't itg filters on the maxogen kit oiled?
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
That was mine :grin:
Nick at R-Tech yesterday told me to swap it for a dry filter (K&N is oiled) as it can knacker the MAF sensor. Gotta swap it for a pipercross now
That was Jim, :smiley: He said some K&N filters are oil and no good for the MAF, if it is an oiled filter then change it for a dry one, if its already dry the leave it and dont waste your money.
How was the drive home?
Nick
Nick - I've sent you an email (to your workshop account) about a little jerkiness on part throttle as it comes on boost in 4th & 5th - apart from that IT'S EPIC! :happy2:
Feels a lot quicker than the figures suggest! My mate in the passenger seat has woken up with a stiff neck with all that torque :grin:
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
That was mine :grin:
Nick at R-Tech yesterday told me to swap it for a dry filter (K&N is oiled) as it can knacker the MAF sensor. Gotta swap it for a pipercross now
That was Jim, :smiley: He said some K&N filters are oil and no good for the MAF, if it is an oiled filter then change it for a dry one, if its already dry the leave it and dont waste your money.
How was the drive home?
Nick
Nick - I've sent you an email (to your workshop account) about a little jerkiness on part throttle as it comes on boost in 4th & 5th - apart from that IT'S EPIC! :happy2:
Feels a lot quicker than the figures suggest! My mate in the passenger seat has woken up with a stiff neck with all that torque :grin:
Glad to hear that you're enjoying it Graeme :happy2:
What figures did you achieve? is there a separate write up somewhere?
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Don't wanna hi-jack this thread too much but it made 248bhp and a collossal 311lb/ft of torque, both curves are very smooth and it holds it right up to higher revs. Very impressed with it - although the clutch is struggling a bit (slips in 4-6th if I try to use the torque rather than drop a gear. Helix clutch will be the next mod :grin:
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At the last JKM rolling road, I was standard running 197bhp and someone had just an uprated air filter ad nothing else and got 204bhpiirc
That was mine :grin:
Nick at R-Tech yesterday told me to swap it for a dry filter (K&N is oiled) as it can knacker the MAF sensor. Gotta swap it for a pipercross now
Was that the panel filter you had?
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How much? Must be some kind of mistake there as that kit is £255.03 + VAT RRP.
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/product.aspx?Prod=69-9503TFK
The price of £44+ vat will almost certainly be the panel filter
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/product.aspx?Prod=33-2888
Yes sorry, I got h=the prices and codes mixed up. These are about 200 a pop I believe
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Don't wanna hi-jack this thread too much but it made 248bhp and a collossal 311lb/ft of torque, both curves are very smooth and it holds it right up to higher revs. Very impressed with it - although the clutch is struggling a bit (slips in 4-6th if I try to use the torque rather than drop a gear. Helix clutch will be the next mod :grin:
Was that Stage 1 you've had done?
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Yes mate it was and the panel filter was a K&N
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Cheers mate, I'm going Stage 1 next month, 245 bhp....that'll do nicely!
Pipercross panel filter is a PP1624 I think. Thanks for the heads-up on the oily issue with K&N. I think I'm going to go for that Pipercross PF and the Stage 1 and leave it at that.
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I fitted a K&N panel filter, can't say I noticed much difference... Are the K&N panel filters oiled I guess?
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I fitted a K&N panel filter, can't say I noticed much difference... Are the K&N panel filters oiled I guess?
Yes, and apparently these can knacker the MAF sensor, see earlier in this thread.
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I have run both the k&n panel filter and intake kit and never had any issues. Its when people over oil them after cleaning that issues happen.