k & n filter setup

steve8462 · Post by **steve8462** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:49 am

everybody needs to visit the k & N filter website at http://www.knfilter.com
once there enter your vehicle information. it will tell you that they don't make a filter setup for the fiat spider and will ask you if you want them to notify you when a setup becomes available for your model. if enough of us do this hopefully they will design a setup for the Fiat Spiders. i think it would be awesome to have a direct fit setup. lets give it a try.

JammerX19 · Post by **JammerX19** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:52 am

steve8462 wrote:everybody needs to visit the k & N filter website at http://www.knfilter.com
once there enter your vehicle information. it will tell you that they don't make a filter setup for the fiat spider and will ask you if you want them to notify you when a setup becomes available for your model. if enough of us do this hopefully they will design a setup for the Fiat Spiders. i think it would be awesome to have a direct fit setup. lets give it a try.

IAP's K&N setup works great. Just needs a better mounting bracket setup.

azruss · Post by **azruss** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:31 am

I made my own. did not save any drawings.

JammerX19 · Post by **JammerX19** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:43 pm

azruss wrote:I made my own. did not save any drawings.

What a bummer. That thing looks great but I lack the ability to make one myself.

steve8462 · Post by **steve8462** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:09 pm

i have a 1979 carb model

TX82FIAT · Post by **TX82FIAT** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:00 pm

On the F I cars i think i read someplace where some people used the original box and modified that. Ray

burlybryan · Post by **burlybryan** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:05 pm

Mine has just a bent piece of bar stock in the shape of an L. The lower leg bolts to the lower platform and the upper leg bolts to the two vertically oriented mounts on the engine side of the air mass meter. Previous owner got the kit from IAP so maybe the bracket was part of it.

JammerX19 · Post by **JammerX19** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:07 pm

burlybryan wrote:Mine has just a bent piece of bar stock in the shape of an L. The lower leg bolts to the lower platform and the upper leg bolts to the two vertically oriented mounts on the engine side of the air mass meter. Previous owner got the kit from IAP so maybe the bracket was part of it.

The bracket was too tall to do that on my car. Hood wouldn't shut. Had to cut the bracket way down and now it holds the AFM by only one bolt. Not ideal.

burlybryan · Post by **burlybryan** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:38 pm

Jammer, could you just drill a new hole or two lower on the bracket?

JammerX19 · Post by **JammerX19** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:02 pm

burlybryan wrote:Jammer, could you just drill a new hole or two lower on the bracket?

Tried that. The angle is the problem. Can't get the AFM to sit entirely level given the air intake hose.

Europa · Post by **Europa** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:38 pm

The following thread is worth a read. Not certain if Gus is still manufacturing brackets.

http://fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php ... ter#p42184

http://fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php ... ter#p42255

manoa matt · Post by **manoa matt** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:24 pm

K&N makes filters that fit the stock FI air box and the stock Carbed round air cleaner. They run about $50 and several of the vendors carry them.

If you do the calculations you will find the stock FI rectangular filter element has a larger surface area than a "performance" cone filter (depending on what size cone you use). Also the stock FI air box will draw in cooler air than an un-shielded cone. Same is true for the round carbed air cleaner element and housing versus a square "lunch box" type.

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