 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  06-01-2009, 12:46 AM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 91 |  K&N aintake wanted!
Looking for a K&N air filter for my '95 ti. Part # 57-0206. Hopefully someone will have one lying around! If not, where do you think would be the cheapest place I could get it? I found it on K&N's site for $101. |  | | | 06-01-2009, 12:53 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
get a Cosmo Racing intake and put a universal K&N cone filter on it, it's pretty much the same thing | | | | | 06-01-2009, 01:46 AM | #3 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 91 |
I would do that but Im a little worried about the quality of cosmo (its a lesser known brand). | | | | | 06-01-2009, 01:57 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
either way it's just a metal pipe with an adapter plate, only difference is the filter | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:08 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
I'd stay away from K&N. It's been known to screw up the MAF at around the 50k mark. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:09 AM | #6 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 91 |
how much HP has it given you and how is the sound difference?
Mav, what does MAF stand for? | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:13 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
It really doesn't give too much horsepower. A cold air would get you 2-7hp imo. A short ram would probably give .5hp. It does make the acceleration more responsive. The sound difference is not that bad at all. All I can say is that you wont be disappointed with the sound. I love the growl it gives when you accelerate hard.
A K&N drop in square filter really doesn't do anything for sound. And probably only gives 1hp. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:20 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raleigh/Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,233 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Maverix  I'd stay away from K&N. It's been known to screw up the MAF at around the 50k mark. | Cite information please. This sounds like complete bull****. Quote: Originally Posted by Maverix It really doesn't give too much horsepower. A cold air would get you 2-7hp imo. A short ram would probably give .5hp. It does make the acceleration more responsive. The sound difference is not that bad at all. All I can say is that you wont be disappointed with the sound. I love the growl it gives when you accelerate hard.
A K&N drop in square filter really doesn't do anything for sound. And probably only gives 1hp. | Cite your sources, sounds like bull**** you made up again. Most intakes I have seen on BMWs with no other mods either made no power or lost power. __________________ -Jeff
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| | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:22 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raleigh/Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,233 |
Roadblkx, if you want an intake you can order the K&N one or the cosmos. K&N usually has a plastic pipe for their filter, comos is probabbly metal. six of one half a dozen the other, you wont notice a difference. I would not trust the cosmos filter though, use a K&N filter as TiFreak said. Stop by and check out my car sometime, my intake is home made and just as good if not better than anything you can buy. __________________ -Jeff
| | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:27 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Xenocide Cite information please. This sounds like complete bull****. | it's been mentioned on this site before, something about the oil being pulled through the intake and getting on the sensor | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:30 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raleigh/Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,233 |
That was a one time thing that I can tell, the guy had to have over oiled it. All "K&N" style filters need to be oiled every 10k miles. That is how they trap dirt and debris. If you do not oil the filter, its not filtering  . Oil on a maf sensor will not kill it either. A q-tip with some rubbing alcohol is all you need. __________________ -Jeff
| | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:30 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Xenocide Cite information please. This sounds like complete bull****.
Cite your sources, sounds like bull**** you made up again. Most intakes I have seen on BMWs with no other mods either made no power or lost power. | Off my d!ck. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/.../t-192613.html http://www.titantalk.com/forums/tita...ow-sensor.html __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:32 AM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raleigh/Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,233 |
Maverix, if you read the last post in the first link you sent, it says exactly what I said. its the oil, not the filter killing it. It is just how they are designed  Thanks again for backing up my point. Edit: and the second post in the second link. Any non-factory, non-paper filter NEEDS to be oiled, otherwise its NOT A FILTER. __________________ -Jeff
| | | | | 06-01-2009, 03:33 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Xenocide Oil on a maf sensor will not kill it either. A q-tip with some rubbing alcohol is all you need. | Lol wow. Seriously? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...JL._AA280_.jpg Quote: Originally Posted by Xenocide Maverix, if you read the last post in the first link you sent, it says exactly what I said. its the oil, not the filter killing it. It is just how they are designed | I was in the middle of posting. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | |
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