At 11:06 AM 5/7/97 EDT, you wrote:
>I also have a '96 and I went with the K&N drop-in (using OE air can)
>about a year ago. It was hard to really detect any improvement in
>perf (they estimate 5HP increase for the drop-in). Beforehand, I
>had tested a Mr. Gasket 14" but did not like the sucking (sort of
>whistle) sound at normal throttle. But I *LOVED* the roar at WOT!
>I'm tempted to give a FIPK clone a try again (I had returned the
>Mr. Gasket for a refund after I briefly tried it last year). It
>sounds like there's a pretty good HP boost with the FIPK.
>
>What do you guys think of the "whistle/sucking" sound? I assume it's
>normal for an open element FIPK. Of course, I may not hear it much
>any longer because I've since put on the MP cat-back system :-)
>
>Rich
>'96 CC 4X4 V-8 auto
I LOVE that sound at WOT! The whistle/suck at initial throttle blip I
could do without but from what I hear it's the throttle body that's causin'
the noise. Someone said they installed a MPI SS TBI and it went away.
Hey, Kendall, any suckin' sounds with your "Ducote Performance" ;) TBI??
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