K&N Typhoon Cold Air Intake

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Boss

Discussion Starter · Mar 9, 2008 (Edited by Moderator)

Hi everyone,

I installed few days ago on my 2005 G6 Gt K&N Typhoon CAI ...this thing rips the roads now :banana:

Anywho...any of you out there with CAI get the whistling sound under faster
acceleration? my car sound under the hood like supercharger :banana:

There is HUGE HP boost...can't wait to take it in few weeks for ride to Florida from IL to see what the MPG is going to be under "Normal" driving

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ssg6

· #2 · Apr 30, 2008

That's cool. Intakes make a pretty big difference on these cars! I have one for sale right now that shoud work as good as the K&N if anyone is interested. See sig.

2001FZ1

· #3 · Apr 30, 2008

not to burst a bubble but K&N is only showing about a 5 horse increase. Not exactly huge in my book but maybe your old filter was packed full of dirt taking away 30 horse or something.....

http://www.kandn.com/dynocharts/69-7202.pdf

Boss

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 1, 2008 (Edited)

2001FZ1 said:
not to burst a bubble but K&N is only showing about a 5 horse increase. Not exactly huge in my book but maybe your old filter was packed full of dirt taking away 30 horse or something.....

http://www.kandn.com/dynocharts/69-7202.pdf

Nope, my old OEM filter was just fine, I know I was sceptical too to pay $300 for CAI ...but I will tell you one thing, if you can control your foot you will get better gas mileage.

The major difference I noticed on my G6 is that it will smoke the tires and it has unmatched punch at 80mph. Maybe the weather conditions where not right when they did dyno test ..dunno ...and don't care for the chart becouse it works and sounds great for me

DID you look at the DYNO chart? as far I know the G6 GT has 219HP versus what they are saying 153.85HP....

2001FZ1

· #5 · May 5, 2008

Boss said:
DID you look at the DYNO chart? as far I know the G6 GT has 219HP versus what they are saying 153.85HP....

The dyno is measuring power at the front wheels, not the engine. You lose at least 20% in the driveline. You really can't compare HP numbers from one dyno to another. There are too many variables that affect the numbers.

V6G6

· #6 · Jul 16, 2008

Boss said:
Hi everyone,

I installed few days ago on my 2005 G6 Gt K&N Typhoon CAI ...this thing rips the roads now :banana:

Anywho...any of you out there with CAI get the whistling sound under faster
acceleration? my car sound under the hood like supercharger :banana:

There is HUGE HP boost...can't wait to take it in few weeks for ride to Florida from IL to see what the MPG is going to be under "Normal" driving

i talked to a tec at k&n about the whistling and she said that its a) you now have a lot more air moving through and/or b) by removing the stock air box you remove something that muffles the sound of air coming through.

so, what i did is i took the bottom part of the stock air box and put it back. this helped to silence alot of the whistle and i still get a good kick from it and it doesnt look too ghetto.

geewhiz

· #7 · Jul 16, 2008

V6G6 said:
so, what i did is i took the bottom part of the stock air box and put it back. this helped to silence alot of the whistle and i still get a good kick from it and it doesnt look too ghetto.

Can you get a pic?

newtog6s05model

· #8 · Jul 18, 2008 (Edited)

i like tha whistle of mine lol people who dont kno much ask me all tha time if i have a blow off valve lol i just made a custom cold air box for mine i took tha bottom off of my air box zip tied and siloconed a drop in k&n filter to tha top of my air box works great sounds good

pcprophet

· #9 · Oct 5, 2008

i was looking at the k/n CAI typhoon setup for my g6 but was wondering once i install the product if it does anything to my warranty, just got my new 08 g6, only got like 700km on it right now.

Boss

Discussion Starter · #10 · Oct 5, 2008

pcprophet said:
i was looking at the k/n CAI typhoon setup for my g6 but was wondering once i install the product if it does anything to my warranty, just got my new 08 g6, only got like 700km on it right now.

READ the K & N Disclaimer ...NO it does not void the Manufacturer (GM) warranty.

I was with my at dealer number of times with K & N under the hood.

GT350006

· #11 · Oct 6, 2008

i have a 06 GT still under warranty n i was lookin at a typhoon also ru sure it wont void the warranty?

Boss

Discussion Starter · #12 · Oct 7, 2008

GT350006 said:
i have a 06 GT still under warranty n i was lookin at a typhoon also ru sure it wont void the warranty?

Here is the link for the K&N warranty letter http://www.knfilters.com/warrantyletter.htm

Only thing I can tell you is that as said above ...been at dealer for warranty repairs while vehicle was still under manufacturers warranty.

davidmoore714

· #13 · Oct 26, 2008

warranty letter specifically

I just read through the entire warranty letter. It seems to specifically refer to their air/fuel/oil filters but makes no mention of their intake kits. Most warranties allow for the use of whatever air/fuel/oil filter you want to use, because replacement of these items is considered general vehicle maintenance. Installing an aftermarket intake is more complicated and requires the removal of some OEM equipment, so it would most likely void your warranty.

My old dealership (before I moved) used to offer a way around this. They would allow customers to bring in certain aftermarket parts (nothing heavy... mostly intakes, lights, accessory gauges, etc). The service department would install them and (so they said) because the work was done by a certified pro it wouldn't void the warranty.

Like boss said... some dealerships might be willing to overlook a Typhoon kit as long as your car troubles have nothing to do with the intake system. But its not worth risking your factory warranty. Your best bet is to print out all the information about the part(s) you want to install and take it to your dealership service department. Ask them if it would void your warranty. Its better to ask beforehand rather than to find out the hard way later.

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coupe_gtp

· #14 · Oct 27, 2008

umm I don't know if you guys have read this or heard of this before. The * Magnusson Moss Warranty Act is there to protect your rights to modify a car and not void the warranty. You replace the intake system on your car you lost the warranty on your intake nothing else, same with exhaust. They have to prove that the aftermarket part caused the problem in the first place. Also if your so scarred about taking it to a dealership with the intake in just swap the stock on back in for warranty work it literally takes 5-10 mins tops to put it on and off.

http://www.sema.org/Main/SemaOrgHome.aspx?ID=50100

Boss

Discussion Starter · #15 · Nov 24, 2008

Boss said:
can't wait to take it in few weeks for ride to Florida from IL to see what the MPG is going to be under "Normal" driving

Here is the scoope on MPG...

Air temperature has HUGE impact on MPG:

1. 75mph on highway with sunroof open as air deflector and outside temp. being 70F I managed to pull of 36mpg.

2. 75mph on highway at 32F ouside temp. (with sunroof closed

) 27MPG.

3. Conservative City driving 22 MPG

4. Lead foot in city driving 18 MPG

P.S. I was running low on gas on highway and without gas station on radar
was forced to sneak behind Truck for shelter ...turned all accesories off
and got 39/40 MPG ....woohoooooooo

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Lampoon

· #16 · Nov 24, 2008

All the intakes are an improvement over stock.
Its not my pick for obvious reasons but the Typhoon is a good intake.

Boss

Discussion Starter · #17 · Nov 25, 2008

Lampoon said:
All the intakes are an improvement over stock.
Its not my pick for obvious reasons but the Typhoon is a good intake.

I agree 100%

In addition to Pontiac G6 GT ...I have it also on my Grand Marquis and let me tell you, before I installed the cold air I had constant problem with EGR clogging and IAC valve malfunctioning ...well no longer thanks to Cold Air

And I am just about ready to install it on my supped up 2004 Crown victoria LX Sport and combining this with SCT programmer for ECM ...I'll smoke Mercury Marauder in a heartbeat ...woohooooooo :banana:

http://www.sctflash.com/X3.php

G6R

· #18 · Jan 28, 2009

I installed the typhoon this past weekend. I can feel the difference in horses. I cant wait for it to finish snowing so i can bring her out on the road again.

Boss

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jan 29, 2009

G6R said:
I installed the typhoon this past weekend. I can feel the difference in horses. I cant wait for it to finish snowing so i can bring her out on the road again.

Make sure that you turn the traction OFF otherwise you WILL spin tires with traction ON ...it does have great pickup with Cold Air.

Welcome aboard:bandit:

Altami

· #20 · Feb 1, 2009

So about how much faster does and intake make you from 0-60?

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