FastbackBoi
03-07-2002, 03:55 PM
Hello everyone, ive been wading through some various forums for a while and the forum here at Zilvia.net seems to be the best one ive found <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
I have a nice little white, manual, 1991 240sx fastback (as the name implies) and i love it. I bought it used with only 73k on it, and its in great condition still (interior looks very nice, only a few hardly noticeable dents on the body, no known engine probs). ive had it for a few months now and i must say it beats the hell out of driving my moms 1990 accord. I can definately see where you all get your pride in your cars <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
now for my problem... you see, before i started lookin for a car for myself, i knew damn near absolutlely nothing about cars (im 17 years old btw...). and now even im ashamed to say my knowledge isnt much, but i have learned quite a bit compared to waht i used to know.
What i do know, however, is what can help improve performance. Recently a freind of mine gave me a K&N intake filter (one of the cone ones, not a drop in one) and i was going to install it myself real fast, but i noticed a hose connecting into the stock air box that i'd never seen before. due to my lack of knowledge of car engines, i had no idea what this could be.
i decided i should wait and ask my father so i wouldnt accidentally mess up my beautiful car by disconnecting somethign that might be important. So later that day i bring my dad down to see if he knew what it was. He wasnt too sure either, and when he asked me why i wanted to know, i told him about the K&N filter i got.
He then goes on to tell me that i absolutely will not place it in my car. His reasoning was that the K&N filter would be worse for my car than the stock filter. I told him all about the K&N filter and how its better (i read up on it on the K&N website before i went to put it in). I told him that it filters better than the current paper filter, and it gets better airflow and whatnot, and he told me that the stock filter is set up so that it gets air from outside the car so its not getting dirty, oily, hot engine air. he then goes on to tell me that the stock filter is set up so that air is forced into the intake, so it would be getting better airflow than the K&N anyways, and then he tells me that if i put on the K&N filter my engine would get damaged because it would be "letting more dirt and particles through to the engine"
Thus he ended his argument and absolutely refuses to let me put in the filter.
Now, remember, my car is completely stock, and him talking about the air being forced, i beleive he was basically saying i have a ram-air system in my car somehow lol.
what i want to know, is what more can i tell him that would show him that the K&N filter actually would be better?
i appreciate any help. thanks in advance <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
I have a nice little white, manual, 1991 240sx fastback (as the name implies) and i love it. I bought it used with only 73k on it, and its in great condition still (interior looks very nice, only a few hardly noticeable dents on the body, no known engine probs). ive had it for a few months now and i must say it beats the hell out of driving my moms 1990 accord. I can definately see where you all get your pride in your cars <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
now for my problem... you see, before i started lookin for a car for myself, i knew damn near absolutlely nothing about cars (im 17 years old btw...). and now even im ashamed to say my knowledge isnt much, but i have learned quite a bit compared to waht i used to know.
What i do know, however, is what can help improve performance. Recently a freind of mine gave me a K&N intake filter (one of the cone ones, not a drop in one) and i was going to install it myself real fast, but i noticed a hose connecting into the stock air box that i'd never seen before. due to my lack of knowledge of car engines, i had no idea what this could be.
i decided i should wait and ask my father so i wouldnt accidentally mess up my beautiful car by disconnecting somethign that might be important. So later that day i bring my dad down to see if he knew what it was. He wasnt too sure either, and when he asked me why i wanted to know, i told him about the K&N filter i got.
He then goes on to tell me that i absolutely will not place it in my car. His reasoning was that the K&N filter would be worse for my car than the stock filter. I told him all about the K&N filter and how its better (i read up on it on the K&N website before i went to put it in). I told him that it filters better than the current paper filter, and it gets better airflow and whatnot, and he told me that the stock filter is set up so that it gets air from outside the car so its not getting dirty, oily, hot engine air. he then goes on to tell me that the stock filter is set up so that air is forced into the intake, so it would be getting better airflow than the K&N anyways, and then he tells me that if i put on the K&N filter my engine would get damaged because it would be "letting more dirt and particles through to the engine"
Thus he ended his argument and absolutely refuses to let me put in the filter.
Now, remember, my car is completely stock, and him talking about the air being forced, i beleive he was basically saying i have a ram-air system in my car somehow lol.
what i want to know, is what more can i tell him that would show him that the K&N filter actually would be better?
i appreciate any help. thanks in advance <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>