K&N Typhoon engine sound query

svsantosh · 11th April 2008, 15:55

disfigured? Gurus, any idea if that has ever happened in a K&N. @Torque, do you have some pics of that damaged filter?

My guess is this, if you cover your head with a plastic cover and tighten it around your neck and try to inhale the cover crumbles inwards and when you exhale it expands with it. Has this happened? Too bad if it did. Never knew that a metal caged filter can crumple inwards, so much power in a engines Intake stroke???

Torqueguru · 11th April 2008, 15:59

I am sorry man, I dont have a picture, but I have seen it. It got crumpled. Like a bottle blown inwards...

Torqueguru · 11th April 2008, 16:11

Also recently it happened to me also. My Typhon kits stock conical intake got screwed. The same thing happend at the service centre.
And I replaced the intake with an extreme filter.
Before:(Thats the intake that got crumpled)

After:(Thats the new one)

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abhishek2 · 12th April 2008, 13:08

Exactly the same thing happened with my filter. Stupid workshop guys, the cleaner put a polythene on the filter then another smart mechanic started the to top up the coolant.. i raised an alarm but it was already too late. Result disfigured filter. i used it for a bit but later bought a new one for peace of mind.

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svsantosh Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubai Posts: 4,005 Thanked: 6,338 Times View My Garage	disfigured? Gurus, any idea if that has ever happened in a K&N. @Torque, do you have some pics of that damaged filter? My guess is this, if you cover your head with a plastic cover and tighten it around your neck and try to inhale the cover crumbles inwards and when you exhale it expands with it. Has this happened? Too bad if it did. Never knew that a metal caged filter can crumple inwards, so much power in a engines Intake stroke???
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11th April 2008, 15:59	#17
Torqueguru BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 277 Thanked: 165 Times View My Garage	I am sorry man, I dont have a picture, but I have seen it. It got crumpled. Like a bottle blown inwards...
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12th April 2008, 13:08	#19
abhishek2 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 33 Thanked: 0 Times	Exactly the same thing happened with my filter. Stupid workshop guys, the cleaner put a polythene on the filter then another smart mechanic started the to top up the coolant.. i raised an alarm but it was already too late. Result disfigured filter. i used it for a bit but later bought a new one for peace of mind.
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