[DML] Re: K&N

[WINGD2@xxxx]

In a message dated 11/8/99 9:32:12 AM Central Standard Time, DMCJOE@xxxx 
writes:

<< I don't have the K&N number but I can tell you that all you need to do is
ask for an air filter for a 1980 to 86 Volvo 260 or 760 GLE 6 cylinder.
This is
the exact replacement for the DeLorean filter and is available from most
filter manufactures.

DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx> >>


Joe, you are correct about the Volvo cross reference, but K&N does not 
make, never has and has no plans to, make a direct replacement air filter for 
this application. This is a project I've been working on for quite a while 
with K&N. I've got a friend who works in the engineering department at K&N 
and I supplied him with a Delorean Air Box to play with about 2 years ago. 
What we finally came up with was a "prototype" kit which he supplied to me 
about a month ago to try. This "kit" uses a K&N filter which is a unit they 
currently produce and some stainless steel adapter brackets to fit it to the 
stock Delorean air box. It is really a very nice, simple setup and is as easy 
to install as the stock filter and requires NO modifications to any Delorean 
parts.
This "prototype" is the K&N filter setup we tested at the Dyno Days 
testing event this past weekend in Chicago with Bob Brandy's. The testing 
showed a 3 HP improvement at the rear wheels over the stock filter, with NO 
other changes being made to the car. This may not seem like a big 
improvement, but you have to remember we're dealing with a motor which 
doesn't put out a whole lot of HP to start with. The other thing I have 
noticed, and this is just from me driving the car around, is the motor seems 
to "breathe" much better with the K&N. My car with the stock filter felt like 
it was running out of air at about 5000 rpm and would just kind of flatten 
out on the top end. With the K&N, it will now easily pull to 6000 and 
beyond. The testing also confirmed this. The car was still wanting to pull 
past the 5000 rpm rev limit we placed on the dyno tests.
Anyway, now that we have this information, I'm currently working with K&N 
to see what we can now do to get this "prototype kit" put into production. As 
soon as I receive information from K&N, I'll pass it along to the list.

Marty