JasonA Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Bruce, has your K&N FIPK come in yet for your CTS? Jason(2001 STS, White Diamond) "When you turn your car on...does it return the favor?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Took a couple of days to process the order, then it went to K&N to wait, but last night I got a note that it had shipped. So I suspect it will be here by the weekend of 3/4 April. If there is a CAI available for the 3.6L CTS as well though, I am going to try to get one here and do a 3-way dyno comparison. My (wishful thinking?) scheme: Keith Craft Motorsport is nearby with their dynojet, and hopefully I can get Darrell to bring his luxury/sport CTS 3.6L and we'll get good baseline info from 2 cars, then the K&N Aircharger, and the Volante? CAI kit. Otherwise I still plan to test on the road using the AP-22, doing 2 runs stock, 2 runs with the K&N Aircharger. Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Tried to get out ahead of the rain on Sunday for air box testing, but was already too wet and the CTS just fishtailed on launch. Here is the K&N Aircharger hardware ready to go into the car for testing: Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Concours Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Bruce, How did the K&N Aircharger do? Did you get it installed and did you run any tests? Jeff Jeff 98 Concours 90 Seville 04 Corvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Check here: http://www.caddyinfo.com/ctsairbox.htm Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Concours Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Hmmm, interesting. Do you still have it on or are you still thinking about it? What did it do to your gas mileage? Jeff Jeff 98 Concours 90 Seville 04 Corvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Still have the K&N aircharger installed. No noticeable diff in gas mileage. Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hey, i'm sure this is an old post, but it's a post that I became a member for, just so that I can ask a few questions. For starters, Bruce, could you explain to me what differences, without the techno mumbo jumbo the K&N did for your CTS? Secondly, I hear crud about this "Tornado" air swirler thing...you think its worthwhile at all? Turbonator.com features it, could you buy one (it's like $70.00 for one) and test it out, with and without your K&N? I'd very much appreciate it, or if at all, just give some basic feedback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 The K&N removes some restriction in the incoming air flow by removing bends in the incoming air flow path and by providing filtering material with a higher flow rate. The K&N is much louder than the stock intake. http://www.caddyinfo.com/ctsairbox.htm is my CTS K&N testing page. As an opposing view, testing by Cadillac engineers showed a K&N filter added less than 5 hp gain on a Northstar. Products that claim to add "swirl" to the intake by placing an obstruction in the incoming air flow have not been shown in the objective tests I have seen to be of any benefit. Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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