K&N Air Filter
#2
No. This is also argued on the Cobalt forums. When I had a couple interceptor gauges in my SS, my numbers were all the same just after I changed my air intake to an Injen CAI-EXCEPT the MAF readings. They saw about 300cfm in increase. The computer was seeing the increase and was accounting for it properly. Some people throw a code when they change their intake. I never did. Car ran like a top. 1 mpg increase to boot.
Essentially, the change is not significant enough to need a programming. If you have OTHER mods, that's a totally different story.
I see you have an exhaust. Have you removed your catalytic converter? Changed your DP diameter? Exhaust dia? etc.
Essentially, the change is not significant enough to need a programming. If you have OTHER mods, that's a totally different story.
I see you have an exhaust. Have you removed your catalytic converter? Changed your DP diameter? Exhaust dia? etc.
#3
nope, i bought the car used and it already had the exhaust on it, i dont think anything else is done to the car. is there any advantage to changing the filter? will i get better mpg? will i hear the turbo a little more? what kind of change is 300cfm? i really want to learn about all these things, can you explain a little more?
#4
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/2-0l-performance-tech-46/k-n-air-filter-27872/
It's a $45 gamble. Mine is on the wash room floor collecting dust until I get a custom tune.
Good luck!
#6
nope, i bought the car used and it already had the exhaust on it, i dont think anything else is done to the car. is there any advantage to changing the filter? will i get better mpg? will i hear the turbo a little more? what kind of change is 300cfm? i really want to learn about all these things, can you explain a little more?
Dave
#7
ya that helped, thank you for explaining it, what kind of BOV are you running? i kinda want to get one for mine but my buddy says i have to get a re-circulating one or something like that, what are your thoughts on that? i see you have one but you also have a automatic, would it be different?
#8
I don't know about you but I drive down a lot of dirt roads.
Here's the crap I knocked out of my (original) stock air filter when I replaced it at ~61.5K miles last week.
I knocked the dirt out and air hosed it last year and here's what was already in there this summer.
My buddy has 30 years of experience as a full-time mechanic and is a serious performance enthusiast: 450HP 90's F250, 400+HP ST4, etc..
He agrees with me that if I had a KN much of this fine dirt would have gone through my engine.
I have almost always upgraded to a KN immediately upon purchase in the past but road conditions require a stock replacement on my SS.
BTW - Upon stock replacement I instantly noticed better performance & MPG YMMV
I'd use a KN and make it work if I was staying on pavement.
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Here's the crap I knocked out of my (original) stock air filter when I replaced it at ~61.5K miles last week.
I knocked the dirt out and air hosed it last year and here's what was already in there this summer.
My buddy has 30 years of experience as a full-time mechanic and is a serious performance enthusiast: 450HP 90's F250, 400+HP ST4, etc..
He agrees with me that if I had a KN much of this fine dirt would have gone through my engine.
I have almost always upgraded to a KN immediately upon purchase in the past but road conditions require a stock replacement on my SS.
BTW - Upon stock replacement I instantly noticed better performance & MPG YMMV
I'd use a KN and make it work if I was staying on pavement.
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#9
i am staying on pavement, i just really want to hear that turbo but if i get an intake kit, im gonna have to spend a ton of money and get it tuned and everything, i just am trying to come up with a better solution