Ram air or K&N filter

[croucher]

Hey i was just wondering, what would increase my power more, a ram air hood with the airbox(ramair), or a k&n high flow filter. When i went to k&n's site and tried to find filters for my car all it would come up with is the K&N Aircharger? What would you think is best? Thanks

Eric

[Egoman04]

Well my two cents is this.... I bought the air charger for the V-6. It deffinately gave it a boost in acceleration and horsepower. Also it gave me about 4 more mpg. The best part is that it gives you engine a better sound. It makes it sound like your car has a V-8 in it. Very appealing at least to me. Personally I think as far as money is concerned you would be better off buying the air charger.

[koeb$]

personally id go for ram air for the fact it looks better and cowl hoods also leave more room for massive air cleaners and supercahrgers

[ChronoT150]

Originally Posted by Egoman04

Well my two cents is this.... I bought the air charger for the V-6. It deffinately gave it a boost in acceleration and horsepower. Also it gave me about 4 more mpg. The best part is that it gives you engine a better sound. It makes it sound like your car has a V-8 in it. Very appealing at least to me. Personally I think as far as money is concerned you would be better off buying the air charger.

How much does that cost? I went to K&N's site and couldn't find too much. Thanks in advance.

[TransAm_Ownr]

well ill tell you that its about 70$$ at autozone and it does help out alot

[TransAm_Ownr]

the filter!!! the air charger is about 200$$$

[ChronoT150]

Originally Posted by TransAm_Ownr

the filter!!! the air charger is about 200$$$

I don't know what an Air Charger is and it didn't show up on K&N's site when I searched for a 1996 3.8l v6. Can you tell me about it?

Thanks,
Dan

[TransAm_Ownr]

Originally Posted by ChronoT150

I don't know what an Air Charger is and it didn't show up on K&N's site when I searched for a 1996 3.8l v6. Can you tell me about it?

Thanks,
Dan

Oh yeah....it just replaces the from the OEM airbox to the throttle body with a new ram air system and tubing. It icrease horsepower by at least 25. And the filter is obvious

[TransAm_Ownr]

...but also you cannot ( I THINK!! ) cannot have the WS6 or Raptor Hood

[ChronoT150]

ok, cool. that helps a lot. and 25 hp? that's pretty nice. thanks!

[croucher]

Yeah iv'e read up on the aircharger. It seems to be pretty good. But i would think you should be able to get a ws6 or raptor ram air hood. I guess that depends on how much the aircharger changes the layout under the hood.But all in all you're still getting the ram air without the hood because of the aircharger.

[ChronoT150]

Originally Posted by croucher

Yeah iv'e read up on the aircharger. It seems to be pretty good. But i would think you should be able to get a ws6 or raptor ram air hood. I guess that depends on how much the aircharger changes the layout under the hood.But all in all you're still getting the ram air without the hood because of the aircharger.

Call me retarded, but I don't know what those hoods look like. can someone link to some pictures of them?

[TransAm_Ownr]

those hoods are the TransAm (WS6) and the Firehawk (Raptor) Hoods

[croucher]

Originally Posted by ChronoT150

Call me retarded, but I don't know what those hoods look like. can someone link to some pictures of them?

www.ramairhood.com

[croucher]

Would anyone happen to know how much horsepower a K&N Aircharger would add to my pontiac firebird 3.8l? A guess?