[SrRamirez]

Been waiting for the weather to change for the better for way to long, yesterday I got fed up and decided brace the somewhat cold weather and change my air filter. Went with K&N despite all the back and forth, I did have to clean out the air box as it was pretty bad in there. The job was relatively easy but the air-box is just so awkward to get open.

Next up:

Speed-Tuning Chip (GROUPBUY) {insert awesome happy emoji}
NGK Iridium Spark plugs and Wireset (Been sitting around for a few months)
Timing belt job

and I'll leave it up to the forum to persuade me on what else to do.

 

[boyesreef]

change back the paper filter. hate to stir up the K&N pot, but more air = (in this case) bigger holes. then they use oil to catch the dirt the smaller holes would have caught. if you put too much oil on, it gets sucked elsewhere. i used to use K&N until i went to automotive school. you spend a couple hours with two engines, one that used K&N all its life, and one that didnt, both with 5000 hours on test stands. scary stuff.

i digress. other than that, your on the right track!

 

[Kaya]

Been waiting for the weather to change for the better for way to long, yesterday I got fed up and decided brace the somewhat cold weather and change my air filter. Went with K&N despite all the back and forth, I did have to clean out the air box as it was pretty bad in there. The job was relatively easy but the air-box is just so awkward to get open.

Next up:

Speed-Tuning Chip (GROUPBUY) {insert awesome happy emoji}
NGK Iridium Spark plugs and Wireset (Been sitting around for a few months)
Timing belt job

and I'll leave it up to the forum to persuade me on what else to do.

My suggestion is, before you do anything else. Update my name on the group buy page. When can I post in that thread......

Seriously though, DV and turbo piping is in order sooner than later.

-Kaya

 

[SrRamirez]

I just sent your info over to Oliver time to start sending in payments. I believe the Groupbuy has a 6month and certain amount of posting before you can post.

I've got a V6 I'm not too sure of my turbo options.

 

[brad5.5]

are you auto or manual? if auto, swap to manual... do eet

 

[audub]

V6 4mo sold in the US market = 99.9% Tiptronic. Boo, I'm in the same boat. On the other hand, Audi cross-pollination = OH WON EEEEEEEEEEE!

boyesreef, did you deal with dry foam filters in school? Curious to know what the educated conclusion is on those. The theory of the open cell foam filter makes sense to me, but I don't have any empirical data to look at.

 

[boyesreef]

no, worked with the oiled type of filters verse OE paper type., cant say anything about the dry foam.

 

[boyesreef]

no, worked with the oiled type of filters verse OE paper type., cant say anything about the dry foam.

 

[Zef]

interesting comment on the K&N filters... I used one on my track bike that I put almost 8000 miles on (several hundred of them being abused on a racetrack) and when I went to do a tear down and rebuild I didn't notice anything off that would've been the result of an oiled filter...

they also don't make paper filters in universal clamp-on types, otherwise I might consider one.. unless spectre filters are non-oiled?

anyway, to the OP, if you're going to chip your car, I'd recommend coppers over the iridiums...copper is one of the best materials for performance, but the drawback is they have the shortest life (but they're like $1.90 a piece)...most guys on here (including myself) run a BKR7E (NGK) plug. The 7E is one heat range colder than the stock heat range (6E) and the proper gap for chipped vehicles is .028" -- by switching to a better performing material (copper) and shortening the gap on the plug, you lessen the change of your car misfiring under load due to the higher power produced by the chip.

also, I'm not sure what kind of mileage is on your vehicle, but servicing the transmission fluid is pretty popular for people 100k+.. redline MTL seems to be the fluid of choice, but theres literally about a dozen different types that you can use..just sorta like the K&N/paper debate, it mostly boils down to personal preference

 

[Explr1]

K&N=Dirt in engine. An Airaid Synthamax or AEM dryflow filter would have been a better choice.

Here is a random test I copied off of "Bob is the oil guy" which shows the AEM and Airaid dry filters compared to the K&N.

Airaid Filter# 700-469 Synthmax: 99.18 % using fine dust

AEM Dryflow # 21-3059 (grey style) Filter: 99.47 % on fine dust

Incidentally a K&N tested under the same conditions

K&N Filter #RE0870: 96.13% on fine dust