[W126 Coupe] K&N Air Filters

Edward Chin gdrakon at gmail.com
Sun Jul 13 06:08:03 EDT 2008


I have a K&N, and I think it's crap, I went back to paper filters once it
was time to oil up the K&N. Did not improve anything except make the car
sound better. Carl did a swap in test on a dyno and discovered the K&N
robbed his car of power, but both our cars have been tuned to different
levels.



BTW, if anyone wants it, $20 plus shipping. Clean and oil it yourself.



Regards,



Eddie



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On Behalf Of Markus Meyer
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:21 PM
To: Vance Rowley; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] K&N Air Filters



I've got K&N in everything except my bike. Haven't noticed a decrease in
anything. Also got it for the non-replacing factor more than anything.



Markus Meyer

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Subject: [W126 Coupe] K&N Air Filters
From: "Vance Rowley" <vance.rowley at tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sat, July 12, 2008 7:42 am
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

Hi all,



Just wondered if many on the group have had experience with K&N filters. I
just recently purchased one for my 91 560 SEC Euro. I didn't get it for all
the claims for more horsepower and all that hype, I got it just because it
never needs replacing again. But I could swear that I don't quite have the
ZZZZIP from a kickdown to first that I used to have. In fact I would say
there seems a fraction of a second delay when flooring the accelerator in
comparison to when I had the stock filter. I haven't scientifically timed
the difference, but it seems like the K&N filters are more restrictive to
the airflow than stock. As these K&N supposed to be less restrictive, I was
wondering if you get this at first because the oil in the filter straight
out of the packet and if it becomes less restrictive to air after it has
dried out a bit, after say X amount of miles have been put on it. Hoping my
last sentence is closer to the truth. Look forward to your comments.



Regards,



Vance.


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