3.2 Cold Air kit

[JohnTucker]

I searched for it...very surprised not to find anything.

I see many 3.2-ish owners out there with a K&N or similar kit replacing the stock airbox. Looks like Pelican's is no longer available. Any recommendations on someplace else to look into it?

Here's Pelican's...reviews not ideal either but...hummm...

https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/PELINTK911.htm?pn=PEL-INTK911&bt=Y&fs=0&SVSVSI=805

Many thanks!

[mepstein]

It's no better than stock. The stock air filter is not a choke point. Don't believe the hype.

[JohnTucker]

But...but...but...it's so...pretty!!! (zipping up flame suit in preparation of being nuked...)

[911pcars]

No such thing as cold air intake in a 911.

Unless ambient temps are cold. YMMV.

Pelican's equiv. setup: parts are in ebay

Sherwood

[fanaudical]

Really no point for a cold air intake. The cooling fan does a great job keeping the engine bay filled with cool air. Porsche provided pretty good stock intake piping on the air boxes.

[Peter M]

New OEM paper filter and bore some large holes in the lid. Flows fine according to my manifold pressure comparisons and gives great induction noise over 3,500 rpm!

From what I have seen putting a K&N on a street car is a form of mechanical abuse as every one that I have seen has had a layer of grit on the inside of the intake manifold as no one seems to properly maintain cotton gauze filters.

[Joe Bob]

On a n/a motor? Snake oil.

[dustim04]

What they said. The stock one is good enough.

[cabmandone]

Probably easier to change the filter but no real benefit beyond looking cool.

[shawn908]

Where to find? I found one here on the used parts forum. Try posting a WTB advert. No downside. Love it!

[AG81]

Do some measuring and look at K&N's site for parts that will work.......

If that's what you want to do........

[911tracker85]

if 'cool' is what you want I may have your solution. I do not think I sold it.

a custom air horn and K&N filter I had on my 3.2, sold the car last year.

that was before I became more educated on this stuff. NA stock 3.2, paper filter works fine. 600hp race engine ... another story.

[Psychepilgrim]

Originally Posted by 911tracker85

if 'cool' is what you want I may have your solution. I do not think I sold it.

a custom air horn and K&N filter I had on my 3.2, sold the car last year.

that was before I became more educated on this stuff. NA stock 3.2, paper filter works fine. 600hp race engine ... another story.

Exactly what I'm looking for if no one else want's it!

You have a PM.

[stlrj]

Forest Gump: "Stupid is what stupid does"

[911tracker85]

Psychepilgrim

replied to PM.

Forest Gump: "Stupid is what stupid does"

at one point I may have been ignorant but I am not stupid. BIG difference.

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by Peter M

New OEM paper filter and bore some large holes in the lid. Flows fine according to my manifold pressure comparisons and gives great induction noise over 3,500 rpm!

From what I have seen putting a K&N on a street car is a form of mechanical abuse as every one that I have seen has had a layer of grit on the inside of the intake manifold as no one seems to properly maintain cotton gauze filters.

The latest versions of cotton gauze filters are currently dry (oil-less), probably due to complaints of excess filter oil compromising air flow sensors.

The factory 3.2 air box interfered with my early oil filter/oil tank, so I sourced the largest AEM filter that would fit inside the engine compartment. It's a 10" cone canted at 45 deg. (shown without the prefilter sock).





Sherwood

[shawn908]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

The latest versions of cotton gauze filters are currently dry (oil-less), probably due to complaints of excess filter oil compromising air flow sensors.

The factory 3.2 air box interfered with my early oil filter/oil tank, so I sourced the largest AEM filter that would fit inside the engine compartment. It's a 10" cone canted at 45 deg. (shown without the prefilter sock).

Sherwood

Thanks for this additional detail. Helpful and instructional to my use of the Kolken (and probably any others too) intake tube and filter.

[Snitzler]

Take the oem cover and cut it. Costs nothing and uses the standard filter. It does nothing for performance, just like all those other filters but sounds nice. Also makes the filter change much easier because the back toggles are easy to get at.

[gtc]

MSDS sells one that works well if you taper the adapter inlet - it comes as a pretty rough cast aluminum piece. I picked one up a while ago on Steve Wong's recommendation.

[Cory M]

I've got this machined aluminum adapter to fit a cone or cylindrical filter to a 3.2 engine. The diameter of the plate is approximately 125mm or 5 inches so it fits a lot of different filters. I don't have the filter but Summit Racing sells several options. The only thing you have to verify is that the length clears the decklid hinge. I swapped engines and can't use it. I'll take $30 shipped, if anyone needs it send me a PM.