yesterday i had GMS1 put in and it started raining when i left the dealership
so today on my way home from work i got to feel the power difference from stock and then to GMS1! WOW,much improved!! so i get home from work today and go up to my room and finally after staring at the K&N SRI box for the last 3 months im like '**** yea,lets do this!' to my dog lol

install was super easy aside from the fact that half way through my dad came into the garage and scared the **** out of my and i dropped my socket lol so it took my about 5 minutes to find that!

the real bitch about the install was taking the stock intake hose off. since GM place the hose clamp on it with the nut facing damn near the fire wall and on a hot car,wasnt so fun but i had a radio,pack of smokes so i took my sweet ass time. the install of the intake was super easy.

i reconnect the battery and tripple check everything,make sure when i close the hood the filter dont hit the hood. im ready. **** yea.

so i take it out for a test drive,go through 1st gear casually as i would. then i hit second gear and the turbo spooled up so fast and then i push in the clutch and the noise that came from the engine compartment scared the **** out of me!!! the BPV is SOOOO MUCH LOUDER! ive watched youtube videos and what not and read reviews and knew it was louder but WOW i really wasnt expecting that! absolutly love it!!

when i put the filter on everyone said at the end of the filter where the Chrome end plate is,theres a K&N logo in the Chrome end plate. the K&N should be upside down right??

i fired the car up after the install and it was kind of hunting for a steady idle. up 100RPM and down 100RPM.

 

nice i want my K&n sri installation to go this smooth on my gms1, if i still go that route.

 

trust me,i thought through and through about a real tune. but i chose GMS1 and love it!

the K&N is AMAZING!

 

Yes, upside down. When it's right side up on my car it will throw a CEL. Upside down I have no such issues.

 

ok cool thanks! there was a thread floating around here somewhere about the K&N logo should be upside down at the 12:30 position. i understand the upside down part but not the 12:30 part,that confused me.

and other people have said you wont be able to keep your foot out of it when you install the K&N....well its damn true!

 

I just finished mine but used my injen(amsoil) filter with the forge bpv. What a sound. Still a little bit of surging and a little bit of a funky idle but overall a big improvement over that stupid injen...... Ohh by the way, anybody want to buy an injen intake lol.

 

 

It's just a little off completely upside down. You can see the seam in the pleating in the second picture.

 

sweet! i got her in the right spot. thanks for the pictures!

 

You bet!

 

i cant believe the sound from the K&N. i drove a friends SS/TC with a bunch of mods and a Injen CAI and it wasnt as loud as this!

gasmilage is definatly going to go to **** lol wooooshh

 

When I first put mine on I got an immediate CEL

Texted Joe 07 - Hey Joe I got a CEL with the new K+N WTF?

joe: Bro, turn the filter upside down

me: 0.o?

Sure enough, fixed the CEL, never got another one.

 

thats cool of him to help you out like that. who woulda thought that if you rotate the filter it would have helped? lol

definatly will miss doin 70MPH and sitting at 10-15 VAC lol with the new K&N it sits at 10-6 VAC while cruising at 70MPH

 

This makes me excited. I just ordered a K&N and Forge BPV yesterday.......then GMS1 and those two items will be going on within the next month! Can't wait!!

 

I going to guess your slight idle blips might be due to the little oil residue on the filter getting on the MAF. Ignore it, eventually the excess oil will go away and the car will be fine. You can clean the MAF if ya want but unless your throwing a CEL I wouldnt bother.

 

trust me,you will smile every time you let off the gas!! sounds ****** amazing!

yea,maybe in a cuple days of driving with the new intake ill pull the MAF sensor and check it and see how it looks. it didnt hunt for an idle this morning when i let it idle for a couple minutes this morning

 

I installed my Typhoon a little over a week ago and for the most part I love mine as well. The only thing I don't like is that when I hit the clutch at high boost in addition to the pppshshsssssshhhh sound it will make a rough grunting noise. From what I've read it sounds like it's just the bpv. What is yall's experience with this?

 

i guess i havent herd that noise. at high boost whe i pushthe clutch in i just hear the 'panda sneeze'. and then smile lol

 

Finally getting my stage kit installed on Saturday. Will be looking for an intake I think. Seems like this one is pretty nice so might have to pick one up. Is it unnecessary to get a hydro shield for this?

 

yeah you dont need that. And yes Panda sneeze is what I think he's referring too. It sounds like your kicking a dog in the abdomen.

 

If you get the SRI you're fine. The only time you'd need a hydro filter is with a CAI. The Typhoon SRI has the filter located near the hood of the car and theres no snorkel or anything like that. It draws in air directly around the filter.

 

i recommend te K&N. ive had a Injen on my old cobalt LS and didnt like it,fitment was ok.

the K&N was so easy to install and judging from my buddies SS/TC i think the K&N makes the BPV louder vs. an injen.

 

Thats sweet, I want to trade my Catless DP for a K&N this summer

 

You don't need a hydro shield. the K+N is well up out of reach of rain or what not and it has a shield. I have the forge BPV. Sounds just like the stock one, made no difference in sound with the K+N.

 

So I have a Injen CAI sitting in its box right next to me waiting for spring... and now I'm considering selling it for a K&N from this thread haha.