K&N Air filter intake for 1985 300zx non turbo. Advise Input Suggestions

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luckezz
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I would like to convert my air filter and intake to K&N but they dont have kit specific for 1985 300zx. Anybody have experience here with adapting a universal kit.


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K&N sell a drop in air filter replacement, or at least they did, the universal cone is a simple swap with a small piece of PVC

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PVC works, or you can go to Autozone and buy a section of straight 3" stainless steel exhaust piping, then cut it down... THEN attach the universal cone filter to it. FROM THERE, the cut piece of stainless will replace the resonator, and it will also attach to the stock tubing that feeds to the airbox.Easiest way to accomplish this is to buy:universal air filter ($60)3" piping (stainless is more expensive than PVC... to each their own) (~$5 - $15)2x Ring clamps (~$3) (the kind that you tighten with a flathead screwdriver)


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luckezz wrote:I would like to convert my air filter and intake to K&N but they dont have kit specific for 1985 300zx. Anybody have experience here with adapting a universal kit.
Are you even trying to look? Or did you just not find it in 3 seconds so you gave up? Seriously. It's listed on every website that advertises K&N filters, replacement filters, and filtered filters.

And on any website devoted to the Z31.

Click. Read. Learn:http://z31.com/mods/kn.shtml


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