[silver_sancho]

I was wondering if anyone has done research into changing the stock air intake to an after market (K&N,Volant,Air Raid) and changing just the air filter to a K&N?

I am interested in getting some better performance and some better sound on the low end. What I do not want is a whine or whistle on the highway though.

 

[k1w1t1m]

Unfortunately butt dynos and manufacturer's "promises" are the only thing to go by presently. I am in the same boat too. From what I can gather so far the factory intake is not a restriction. The best thing you can do is cut the silencer shorter inside the air filter box, and drop in a free flowing filter of your choice. The only drop-in filters appear to be regular paper type, the good old K&N, and TrueFlow which is oiled foam type. I am still undecided on which way to go.

 

[KillJoy]

Well I can vouch for the K&N drop in that you will not hear any difference. I did feel the car perform better with it installed but I can't say that it changed the way the X sounded that much at all if any.

 

[Mark]

Volant all the way dude. Go big or go home. Its the only TRUE cold air intake.

 

[DBAX]

Volant all the way dude. Go big or go home. Its the only TRUE cold air intake.

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Stillen too, it's just soo damned close to the stock box, I can't see why... :dontknow:

 

[willgr1]

there was a thread in this forum somewhere that linked to an article that did a comparison of several filters including the volant, air-raid, k&n, etc.

 

[miles]

volant...is the way to go

 

[DBAX]

Yeah, agreed. Between the two, Volant, and Stillen, I'd pick Volant.. fwiw

 

[SHADOW]

I`m on the Volant band wagon! :hello1:

 

[Mark]

Just get the amsoil air filter for the volant

 

[Guit Fiddle]

Just get the amsoil air filter for the volant

...or just get the Volant box with the Powercore filter. That's what I did. Cost me about $50 more than the standard cotton gauze filter, apparently it flows like mad, is oil-less (good thing for wheeling), and supposedly it lasts 100k. We'll see, but I have no reason to doubt Volant.

 

[silver_sancho]

Went with the Volant Kit

 

[IZVERG]

Good choice. Plus, Volant is totally enclosed so no worrying about taking it through mud and gunk and having it all stuck in your filter!

 

[rs182]

I'm thinking of dropping a new filter into the stock airbox and replacing the stock piping from the MAF to the throttle body with a nice smooth free-flowing tube. Any ideas on the tube? I also would like to do what MC did by extending the air intake with some flexible hose, although I'm not sure exactly where to run the hose.

 

[Duck_Hunt00]

I also would like to do what MC did by extending the air intake with some flexible hose, although I'm not sure exactly where to run the hose.

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