Once you have it in hand, you’re ready to clean your filter. I would never use anything other than this to clean the filter. It includes the cleaner and air filter oil. The first thing you ‘ll need is this Filter Recharging Kit from K&N (affiliate link).

This is not hard to do, but there are a couple things you will need. Here’s a YouTube video showing you how to correctly drill holes on your airbox.Do you have a K&N Cone Style Air Filter on your vehicle? If you do, you will need to clean it at some point. This way hot air from the engine bay won’t flow in.

Just make sure you drill the holes on the side or bottom of the airbox. It could also allow more air to enter your engine. If you don’t have the budget, and still want the sound of air rushing into your engine, then you could look into drilling holes on your airbox instead.Ĭorrect holes on your airbox could reduce the muffling of the airbox. Does Cold Air Intake Make Car Louder?Ī cold air intake can cost about $300. Here’s an article about cold air intake and sound if you want to know more. However, the sound improvement is much more notable. Similar to cone air filters, a cold air intake will not provide you with massive horsepower difference. The sound improvement is much better and you are optimizing the whole intake system instead of just a part of it (just the air filter). It’s not that complicated – just more steps than the flat air filter.įor sound and horsepower, I actually recommend you go for cold air intake instead. If you are a visual person, here’s a great YouTube video showing you exactly how. Install heat shield (optional if you don’t want to suck in hot air)īelow are Amazon links to the cone air filters and heat shields that I personally have used.Attach cone air filter directly to piping of throttle body.Attach MAF sensor to cone air filter (might need clamp).Here are the steps of installing a cone air filter: This is an important step because your car uses a MAF sensor to tell how much air is coming in, so it can inject the right amount of fuel. You will also need to separate the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor from the air box and screw it onto the piping of your cone air filter.

This is because you need to remove the existing air box and replace the entire thing with a cone air filter. Installing cone air filters is more difficult than a flat air filter.

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