Air Filter?
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Air Filter?
Since I don't have one yet, what type of air filter does the HHR have stock? Flat rectangular or round cylinder?
I found a close-out on K&N's locally and wanted to see if there was one there that could be easily adapted. Can't beat the $15 price if I could make it work.
I found a close-out on K&N's locally and wanted to see if there was one there that could be easily adapted. Can't beat the $15 price if I could make it work.
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K&N is currently working on a replacement kit that will increase both mileage and performance to a degree. It should be available by the end of the year if not sooner.
I'll post pictures as soon as it's done.
-Mike
I'll post pictures as soon as it's done.
-Mike
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From: Rochester,N.Y.
Originally Posted by adamlowery
when someone gets one I'd like to know if it actually helps milage or performance noticeably.
It may help gas milage and add HP but nothing you'll notice. 
Last edited by captain howdy; Jan 21, 2006 at 08:43 AM.
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K&N display
Has anyone seen the new K&N displays in the parts houses. Pretty slick.
They have a Lexan box with a place in the top to install a filter. You turn a switch on and a fan pulls air through a Fram filter and exhausts the air out of a round Lexan tube at the rear. You then replace the Fram with a K&N filter, and when you turn it back on the increase in air flow causes a ping pong ball, that has K&N printed on it, to rise to the top of the exhaust tube. Of course with the brand X filter in place you never see the ping pong ball. It seemed like a good reason to go ahead and order my filter and renewal kit.
They have a Lexan box with a place in the top to install a filter. You turn a switch on and a fan pulls air through a Fram filter and exhausts the air out of a round Lexan tube at the rear. You then replace the Fram with a K&N filter, and when you turn it back on the increase in air flow causes a ping pong ball, that has K&N printed on it, to rise to the top of the exhaust tube. Of course with the brand X filter in place you never see the ping pong ball. It seemed like a good reason to go ahead and order my filter and renewal kit.
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by Clarke33
Has anyone seen the new K&N displays in the parts houses. Pretty slick.
They have a Lexan box with a place in the top to install a filter. You turn a switch on and a fan pulls air through a Fram filter and exhausts the air out of a round Lexan tube at the rear. You then replace the Fram with a K&N filter, and when you turn it back on the increase in air flow causes a ping pong ball, that has K&N printed on it, to rise to the top of the exhaust tube. Of course with the brand X filter in place you never see the ping pong ball. It seemed like a good reason to go ahead and order my filter and renewal kit.
They have a Lexan box with a place in the top to install a filter. You turn a switch on and a fan pulls air through a Fram filter and exhausts the air out of a round Lexan tube at the rear. You then replace the Fram with a K&N filter, and when you turn it back on the increase in air flow causes a ping pong ball, that has K&N printed on it, to rise to the top of the exhaust tube. Of course with the brand X filter in place you never see the ping pong ball. It seemed like a good reason to go ahead and order my filter and renewal kit.
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From: Huntsville, AL
Originally Posted by snksknr94
Stay away from a oiled filter, unless you like cleaning the MAF all the time. Go with a high quality paper filter.