K&N Typhoon Intake Install

By Weston Henderson

Weston Henderson

Last week K&N shipped me a full Typhoon intake setup. I installed it on my car and have been testing it over the last week. The install was pretty easy and required removing the engine cover (which cannot be re attached without modification) and the stock intake piping. After removing the intake piping you simply install the K&N heat shield and intake piping. I have to admit, I now seem to have a few extra bolts, but nothing has shaken loose over the last week so I figure we’re gonna be just fine. I will say that I miss the way my engine looked, with the clean looking cover on it–but performance always comes first!

After installing the intake I noticed that my engine was much louder then before. Some people may say this is a negative but I actually love it. Being that this is my first forced induction vehicle, I’m amazed at how much louder the turbo spool becomes when you have metal piping attached to the turbo inlet. If I stomp on the gas I get an awesome intake air sound followed by a much louder blow-off sound that echos back in the intake chamber. Haven’t had it dyno’d yet, but it definitely feels like I have some more room in the gas pedal and throttle response has substantially improved. If you have some extra cash laying around and are looking for a worthwhile modification I would definitely look into picking up one of these intakes. You can find your application here.

Thanks, K&N!

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Posted at 1:06 am in K&N, Weston Henderson

Comments

Weidscreen
Jan 26, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Hey I was wondering how exactly you installed the heat shield for the intake? I got the exact same intake 69-9503 and when i go to install it there is this large silver box in the way right in front of the battery.. i was wondering how you got past this?

1_eyed_bob
Mar 25, 2009 at 9:55 am

I love K&N and their stuff. Have one on my underpowered blazer but could tell a difference as soon as it was on. Same goes with the ATV’s. Some complain they make the engine louder. Of course they do. The straighter pipes eliminate all the sound canceling chambers that come OEM for sound emissions. Right off they are spending but if your going to own your vehicle for any length of time, or use it like you should, they are well worth the invertment.

I would be curious to know, however, if a forced induction engine would pull the oil out of the filter any faster than a N.A. engine would?

phattacorider
Mar 24, 2009 at 12:04 pm

Bad ass mod! I got my K&N some time back, but my exhaust system even further. Sad to say, I got NO power gains with both of them whatsoever, but it sounded neat as hell! I guess that neat sound made my placebo think I was faster? I did, however, notice a great gain in power when I reprogrammed my ECU. In my truck though, I guess since it’s a V8 and it sucks in more air than smaller motors, my K&N plastic intake tube sounds like the exhaust of a 350Z, I guess it’s the resonance of the plastic that makes that sound.

leojmcca
Mar 23, 2009 at 4:10 pm

Ok, so what!

what are the results??? any change in power, pick up or overall speed.

Killersharq
Mar 23, 2009 at 10:15 am

Don’t worry about the spare parts, that just means you did it right! Btw, your battery box needs some Armor All and a rag

gold94corolla
Mar 23, 2009 at 7:00 am

Yeah the engine is pretty ugly but the new intake looks sweet!

SouthernGuy8503
Mar 23, 2009 at 6:50 am

i have the K&N FIPK air intake kit on my truck, i love it, the sound stayed the same at idle or just cruising but when i stomp it, its a deeper louder better sound than before, the best is that the acceleration is a lot better, also what i love about the K&N filters is that you hardy ever need to clean them, i mean i used to replace my stock fram filter every other oil change, the frma filter for my truck at the time was $17 but im sure its went up since, K&N says you clean their filters every 25,000 miles if you drive in dusty areas a lot, normal areas its more like every 50,000 miles
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i hear people talking shit abou K&N all the time, some say they didn’t get a throttle response, solution, get an aftermarket exhaust, i bet they had stock exhaust, thats like you taking a deep breath in but only a 1/2 breath out, not going to work to good, your getting more air in so you got to get the air back out to, also some talk about the oil in the filter that it gets in the engine, thats only if you over oil it, when done right the oil is soaked in the filter so it won’t get in the engine, if you over oil it just start the cleaning process over again with the cleaner, people say its a waste of money, oh well let them pay for a new filter every oil change or evey other oil change while i only clean mine maybe every 10th oil change and only have to buy the oil and cleaner, i bought a 32 oz cleaner spray bottle for $10 and a 12 oz aresol can of the oil for $10, they will last a few cleanings and together cost the same as one fram air filter, got to love when people think they know eveything lol