By Stephen on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 02:50 pm: Edit

Is the K&N filter a straight trade for the stock filter on a Series I or are there modifications neccesary? What benefits will I get from buying this thing?

By Mike on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 04:46 pm: Edit

The K&N is a drop in replacement to the stock filter. No modifications are necessary. Some people claim better mileage because of the increased air flow, but I'm sure it's not more than 1 mpg difference. The nice thing is that is will last pratically forever with periodic cleaning.

By Stephen on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 05:04 pm: Edit

Do you know the part # of that filter (the one that is a straight replacement)?
What is the K&N cone filter mentioned in the "TECH" section all about?

By Gil Stevens (Gil) on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 08:01 pm: Edit

...a waste of time......

By Bill on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 08:56 pm: Edit

Really? I would think the stock airbox would be much more restictive than that cone filter setup. 10 million rice burners in southern CA can't be wrong!

By dburress on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 09:11 pm: Edit

Standard air filter # 33-2737 (K&N) for a 99 SD1.
You didn't list the year model of your LR.

By Gil Stevens (Gil) on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 10:04 pm: Edit

...10 million rice burners that weigh less than 3000 lbs......sure it might make a difference, but what comes with it? those rice burners dont wail thru mud, nor do they ford rivers. they also dont spend alot time eating dust, as many discos do. Im under the impression that if its sucking in more air, then its also sucking in more of what its there to keep out. this is 5000 lbs we are trying to push here, im not convinced that some extra air is really worth it. has anyone done this? am i wrong about it?

By Rob Davison (Pokerob) on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 10:17 pm: Edit

if you are on the west coast you will have a noticeble HP increase and fuel efficiency.

if you are on the east coast then k & n sucks.

why? we dont know. must do with magnets and tides...

rd

By Stephen on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 10:47 pm: Edit

oops.... it's a 96' series one. same part #?

By herky on Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 11:32 pm: Edit

Open element filter would suck off-road, you would have to be very carefull what you drove through. I just did the drop-in and deal with it.

By Nathan Crabtree (Nathan) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 12:51 am: Edit

Stephen
I have the K&N Filters if you want one.

Nathan

By Jon Williams (Jonw) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 12:28 pm: Edit

My experience with the drop-in K&N filter is this: gas mileage increased by about a (1) mpg on average. Also, the intake system works best when air is drawn in through the air box with its air silencer (trumpet-looking thing) on. I've tried open element setups, like the one in the tech section, and also ran the airbox minus the silencer a while. After all was said and done, the airbox with silencer gave my truck's performance the best results. I guess Rover spent a little time tuning the intake of that truck, because with the silencer removed, my midrange response sucked. Oh, and the K&N won't give you quicker off-the-line performance, either, as probably a lot of people think. It does on my cars, but they're cars. The most noticable improvement in performance my truck experienced is more midrange power and response and better top-end performance. So basically I was able to keep up with the flow of traffic with no problem. That's about it...

By pk on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 05:11 pm: Edit

1 mpg is about it in my case. That is hardly worth it. I did notice a small boost in performance but that is kind of subjective.

pk

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 06:13 pm: Edit

1 mpg is plenty! after around 20 fill-ups, you have basically paid for the filter, and then reap the benefit thereafter. You gotta take all you can get with these guzzlers!

Tom

By Blue Gill (Bluegill) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 06:24 pm: Edit

furthermore, if you have to pay for a new disposable paper filter every few thousand miles, the K&N will pay itself back on the actual filter cost savings alone...not to mention gas savings, not to mention better filtration, etc etc etc

By Stephen on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 06:38 pm: Edit

and you're also recycling!

By SmokinBro on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 10:57 pm: Edit

Agggghhhh
I give in - I'll buy the damn K&N!
actually just picked up one this afternoon!