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Just wanted to see if anyone has seen or purchased and installed the new K&N intake for the talons.
Here is a link to the website:
Performance Air Intake System
Here is a link to the website:
Performance Air Intake System
Looks like that system replaces the entire stock airbox. I'd have to see dyno numbers vs stock to see if it's worth the effort, but I bet it controls dust better than the stock setup.
The K&N filter can be swapped out with another brand of the same size easy peasy.
Dyno results are there. $550 for less than 4HP? No thanks, I think I'll pass.Looks like that system replaces the entire stock airbox. I'd have to see dyno numbers vs stock to see if it's worth the effort, but I bet it controls dust better than the stock setup.
The K&N filter can be swapped out with another brand of the same size easy peasy.
PV3 costs less and allegedly give you twice the HP, BUT...3.6hp is better than none, but it falling off at 6200RPM is a deal breaker for me.
What mod(s) cost less than that intake kit that give you more HP's??? I sure can't think of any.....
I agree. Those scoops on my car are always packed with dirt and mud. The front tires on the R model are responsible for about 80% of how dirty the Talon gets riding/racing, I'm sure the X model is similar. Keeping it away from that scoop area and away from the inner fender well would be ideal.Relocating the intake to the side panel is an interesting take on the dirty air problem. However, this will cause a problem while washing the machine shooting mud and water into the intake tube. I have an X model and this side scoop gets full of mud.
PV3 costs less and allegedly give you twice the HP, BUT...
I call BS on all the advertised gains. These dyno tests can (and are most likely) manipulated to sell products. Their true numbers are probably zero to half what they advertise.
For instance, there is a couple videos comparing 4 tunes to each other and none of them give the advertised HP gains. They all gave 1.5-3 HP gains compared to the 5 to 8 advertised.
It's all BS to take your hard earned money.
This filter does do one interesting thing though. It moves the intake to the upper fender opening and looks like it will drastically reduce the swirling dirty air introduced from the tire through the fender...
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It puts the intake position here...
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A little lower than stock but a much cleaner spot.
I agree, Plus it looks like it draws air from the same location as the OEM setup which means a constant deit of dirty air being fed to the engine kicked up by the right rear tire.It uses a K&N filter = deal breaker. K&N finishes in the bottom third of all filters tested in several online filter comparison tests. If used as a prefilter, in front of the stock filter, you'll 'get away with it' since it'll filter out the large rocks and squirrels.
Wait...It rains more than twice a year? Where is this magical place you speak of?They only care about desert and out west riders, nobody builds stuff for east coast guys where it actually rains more than twice a year.
Wait...It rains more than twice a year? Where is this magical place you speak of?