cold air intake for '87 300D?
01-20-2008, 03:28 AM
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63 220b, 65 220SE Coupe (euro), 68 280SE sedan, 4spd, 71 280SE 3.5 sedan (euro) 87 300D Turbo
cold air intake for '87 300D?
124 chassis, not SD. I sent an email to Wade Performance but haven't gotten a reply. Does anyone else make one?
Thanks,
Nick
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Nick
01-20-2008, 07:31 AM
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
That is NOT a "performance" intake. It is a hot air intake with a tiny filter that does not filter worth a cr@p or increase performance one single bit and is a complete waste of money.
Don't waste your money on an aftermarket intake. The stock system flows far more air than your engine can use, it is a true cold air intake, is not a restriction, it filters out dirt far better than that K&N wannabe and you will not gain a single HP replacing it with a cr@ppy cone filter.
The only thing you should do with the stock intake is delete the airflow sensor under your filter housing. Either replace it with a straight pipe or remove the door flap inside the sensor.
Don't waste your money on an aftermarket intake. The stock system flows far more air than your engine can use, it is a true cold air intake, is not a restriction, it filters out dirt far better than that K&N wannabe and you will not gain a single HP replacing it with a cr@ppy cone filter.
The only thing you should do with the stock intake is delete the airflow sensor under your filter housing. Either replace it with a straight pipe or remove the door flap inside the sensor.
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01-20-2008, 07:32 PM
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I always enjoy the way you tell things as they are, not like B J Bill Sinton and his bilch.
Keep the helpful comments coming 240 DT.
Keep the helpful comments coming 240 DT.
01-21-2008, 02:12 PM
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
Exactly. Take everything you know about ricers, hotrods, and the pickup diesels and forget all of it.
Wade Performance is taking advantage of people who don't know any better.
Wade Performance is taking advantage of people who don't know any better.
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1981 300SD TurboDiesel, 1982 300D TurboDiesel
You don't need a K&N for a turbodiesel either. There's no restriction with a normal paper filter. The turbodiesel actually takes in more air than it needs to combust the fuel with the normal paper filter. There is no power gain with K&N, it just allows extra dirt to pass.
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
Don't waste your money on that. It will give you 0 power gains and it will harm your engine by allowing more dirt to be ingested.
Read this and you will hopefully understand why: http://home.stny.rr.com/jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm
Here is my favorite highlight from it.
In the chart above it’s important to note the different test durations for each filter. The AC Delco filter test ran for 60 minutes before exceeding the restriction limit while the AMSOIL and K&N tests each ran for 20 and 24 minutes respectively before reaching max restriction. In 60 minutes the AC Filter accumulated 574gms of dirt and passed only 0.4gms. After only 24 minutes the K&N had accumulated 221gms of dirt but passed 7.0gms. Compared to the AC, the K&N “plugged up” nearly 3 times faster, passed 18 times more dirt and captured 37% less dirt. See the data tables for a complete summary of these comparisons.
Read this and you will hopefully understand why: http://home.stny.rr.com/jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm
Here is my favorite highlight from it.
In the chart above it’s important to note the different test durations for each filter. The AC Delco filter test ran for 60 minutes before exceeding the restriction limit while the AMSOIL and K&N tests each ran for 20 and 24 minutes respectively before reaching max restriction. In 60 minutes the AC Filter accumulated 574gms of dirt and passed only 0.4gms. After only 24 minutes the K&N had accumulated 221gms of dirt but passed 7.0gms. Compared to the AC, the K&N “plugged up” nearly 3 times faster, passed 18 times more dirt and captured 37% less dirt. See the data tables for a complete summary of these comparisons.
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