K&N ZL1 Carbon fiber Intake
 

I saw this on lsxtv.com. Looks pretty nice and advertises 32 rwhp and 40 ft-lbs of torque without a tune.

http://www.lsxtv.com/features/pri-co...filter-option/

http://cdn.lsxtv.com/image/2012/11/MG2_6182.jpg

looks like the other ones, without a lid though

wonder what the price is?

I would hope one of the site sponsors will chime in if they sell K&N products and maybe hook up a group buy! I just read about this here:

http://www.dragzine.com/features/pri...filter-option/

32rwhp and 40 lbs/ft torque with no tune sounds great to me :D looks like they maximized the MAF for the most airflow possible within the stock parameters to achieve these results...CF always looks real pretty too :wub:

I'd say holy crap if those #'s were true just out of a CAI but I find it very hard to believe

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...NFilter002.jpghttp://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...NFilter003.jpghttp://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...NFilter001.jpg

on my car,work's and looks bad ass and yes true #'s

32 rwhp and 40 lb/ft? an air filter adding that? I would have to see the before and after Dyno on an independent machine before believing that......

Part number? Can't seem to find it on their website. Says not available for both 2012 & 2013.

Part #63-3079

I don't think it's live yet since they just unveiled it. That's the number they listed on their product stand at SEMA.

here's some numbers




http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...12chart029.jpg

K&N used my car for making the new fitting for the kit. They also dyno tested it too.

dyno with hood up or hood down?

I wonder what the price will be.

I would be very suprised if it didn't require a tune

34 HP & 17 tq. Not the claimed gain for torque but not to shabby. I too wonder what we'll be paying for this.

The humidity and temperature are quite different between the two runs. Plus the torque is shifted up for the entire K&N run. I'm sure it is a nice intake as all K&N products are I just think the dyno runs are sort of strange.

Those are SAE corrected numbers so that's what's the correction factor is for, plus they have the torque on a different graph than hp where normally they displayed on the same graph. I would like to see the A/F for both runs.

The real question (holds true for all CAI testing) is was the ECT and IAT2 the same or similar between the two runs to get a real back to back comparison? I mention this because when I dyno'd mine bone stock it picked up 24 rwhp (511 vs 535) and 10 ft-lbs of torque just by letting it cool down.

I appreciate your comments on how much IAT can affect torque and horsepower both through the ECM detecting knock and pulling timing and a lower density charge.
The SAE corrections which I mentioned are sometimes used as dials instead of factual conditions to manipulate dyno curves.

This and the Roto Fab both looks sweet as they have CF construction and put up good numbers without a tune. The K&N looks like it produces a little more HP but I will wait to see the price before making a decision. I contacted K&N about this product and they said it's not yet available but it should be sometime in January

So the race is on. K&N or CAI....who will make it to market first and will my mod dollars?

I'm going with either this one, or the roto-fab. CAI is no longer an option for me.

Ordered the Roto Fab yesterday. No worries!

I am going to get a CAI and probably a crank pulley but stay within factory tune once my car comes out of hibernation. So I always wonder why the car does not come with a CAI from the factory as the gains are pretty good. The gt500 has one from factory.

Any news from K&N ?

Nice!

You are looking at the peak numbers. Down lower it does look like better torque gains. They should be more specific and say 40ft/lbs at 4000rpm or something, not 40 ftlbs peak.

So does C5 have any K&N sellers, I want this over the Roto-Fab...

http://cdn.dragzine.com/image/2012/11/MG2_6188.jpg

K&N ZL1
 

:happyanim:Just got off the phone with K&N and placed order for new ZL1 intake it is now available

Hmm no tune required? Decisions...

yess sir no tune required , i had to re-assure myself $799.00

$799 for what? That? Hell no.

lol yeah whole CF intake set-up for $799 plus tax

It just might be magical....hey, I know a guy who's got some beans if anyone is interested?

I think this one is actually made out of carbon fiber. That would be why it cost so much. Very nice but think I will go with the Roto-fab for the money.

+1

At that price I would expect it would come with a great big bag of weed because they're obviously smoking a lot of it.

no one here has obviously purchased any real carbon fiber stuff lately

Guess I'm just not seeing the advantage here. I wouldn't think carbon fiber flows any better. Maybe it does. I don't see a weight advantage on a 4000+lb car. Why not use ceramic coated Al or ABS or something that will make it cost effective. Sure, it looks good a hi-tech and all. Hell, plate it with gold. Just sayin'

You gotta pay to play....

only reason i want it is to match the hood! i wouldnt have a problem with the hydro stuff, if the hood werent real carbon