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Kathy Fisher Looks To New Supercharger To Help Capture PDRA Top Dragster Title

12 mai 2017

A storm system rolled through and pushed back the schedule. The finals will be run in August

Kathy waits out the weather in her trailer at Virginia Motorsports Park

Kathy Fisher has a secret weapon. And with it the Performance by Fisher team plans on dominating the Top Dragster Class in PDRA competition. Except it’s not a secret anymore as the F3-121 Procharger that replaced the F2 supercharger she’d been running is in clear view of competitors and fans. And although they’ve not had the new set-up on the dyno, it’s expected to produce 2,300 to 2,400 horsepower, which is a 200 to 300 horsepower increase over the old set-up.

Nonetheless, Kathy and her husband Kevin, who run the team from their shop in Lima, Ohio, see 2017 as their best opportunity to take the Top Dragster championship in the 1/8 mile PDRA series. Last year Kathy finished fourth in the championship and was only able to attend six of nine races. In addition she’ll be running at NHRA Divisional and National events not just for the 1/4 mile experience, but also to further support her marketing partners.

While she was knocked out in the second round at the first PDRA event of the year, at the NHRA Divisional at VMP she qualified second. The event couldn’t be completed so it will be run as part of the August race. In the meantime, Kathy made it to the semifinals at the NHRA Nationals in Atlanta.

With only an 1/8 mile course, timing is extremely important to PDRA racers

Kathy, alone with her thoughts before her run, planning out each move to the microsecond

For those of you not familiar with Kathy, you’re clearly among the 15% of Americans who don’t own a television (though that’s no excuse). Kathy has appeared in a number of automotive-related programming including the just-wrapped season four of Performance TV, which is currently in the midst of a 26 week run on Saturday mornings on Velocity. Kathy’s also appearing in a 13-week series called Bidding Wars – where the crew follows the bidders instead of the cars. Kathy has also appeared on Inside Drag Racing, World of Trucks, LoCar Car Show Series , Married with Dragsters, and others. You can catch many of the shows online.

Kathy got her start drag racing like most kids – competing in her father’s Nova. While working to establish her career in broadcasting didn’t leave much time for drag racing, but she was slowly drawn back in. First it was racing her own Camaro (on which she installed her first K&N filter), and then through various steps ended up working for Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School. While working for Frank she earned her Top Alcohol license and she was on her way.

Now her sites are set on becoming one of the top 1/8th mile Top Dragster racers in the country. And she has the car to make it happen.

The Top Dragster class is growing as the cars look like T/F but are easier on the equipment

Warming up her Mickey Thompson slicks before a run. Top Dragsters run automatic transmissions.

In a class where almost anything goes in terms of engine configurations, you have to get the sums right, which is why Kevin and Kathy have trusted Stan Ray at Ohio Crankshaft with their engines.

Stan started with off with a Brodix Big Block punched out to 547 CID. Heads are aluminum B3 units from Brodix as well. Pistons are from J&E and the crank is from, of course, Ohio Crankshaft. Air is drawn through a K&N filter by the F3-121 Procharger, and into the engine via a single-blow-through carburetor.

Upon hearing the motor start for the first time a former team member referred to its sound as "thumpy goodness." Some of that is due to Kevin, who fabricates the headers himself out of Borla pipes. As the President of Performance by Fisher, a custom exhaust and repair facility in their hometown of Lima, he certainly brings the skills to the job. Once the welding is done the headers receive an Armor Coat ceramic coating.

Power is driven back not through a direct drive using a series of clutches like a Top Fuel dragster, but rather a heavily-modified Abruzzi two-speed Powerglide with an aluminum torque converter. The chassis is an American Race Cars 272-inch wheelbase dragster out of Millbury, OH (see a trend here?).

Small video cameras are giving non-participants the opportunity to see what it's like to compete

The ultimate selfie. Actually a frame grab off a video of one of Kathy's runs. Trade seats anyone?

As mentioned by Kathy earlier, she started using K&N air filters long before she ever thought of doing more than just racing her Camaro on weekends. The Performance by Fisher team tell us they wouldn’t drive anywhere without a K&N filter protecting the engine. The Top Dragster has a custom filter designed specifically for the application. All the oil in the 547 CID Big Block passes through a K&N billet oil filter. The race car hauler is, of course, fitted with K&N filters as their own personal vehicles including Kathy’s Harley-Davidson Trike.

As performance by Fisher is also a independent repair garage that focuses on performance work, Kevin and his crew install K&N filters on customer cars. As Kathy says, "use ‘em, love ‘em, sell ‘em."

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Travis Miller Wins First K&N Pro Series East Race of His Career at South Boston Speedway

12 mai 2017

Travis Miller, NASCAR, K&N Pro Series East, South Boston Speedway

Travis Miller won the first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race of his career at South Boston Speedway

Travis Miller won his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at South Boston Speedway in Virginia. Miller took the lead on lap 59 and held it for the final 60 laps of the first race of the WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s.

Miller, who started in the second row, passed rookie Chase Purdy for the lead on lap 59 after the only restart of the race. There was one caution for four laps, from laps 55-58.

"I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to work there," Miller said. "That was probably the winning move on our part."

Chase Cabre won the pole and led for the first 19 laps of the race. Purdy took the lead on lap 20 and was out front for 39 laps. Cabre fell back and finished in seventh place. Purdy crossed the finish line in second place.

"He was definitely faster than me at the end of the race," Miller said about Purdy. "He drove me really good and I actually cut him off once or twice. I definitely appreciate him driving me clean even after I did that. All in all it was a good race."

Purdy posted his first top five finish and second top 10 in five K&N Pro Series East races.

"That was down to the wire," Purdy said. "Hats off to my crew. The work they do in the shop all week doesn’t compare to what you see here. They work their butts off. They give me a fast race car and that was just hard racing right there."

Travis Miller led 40 laps of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at South Boston Speedway

Miller has started two K&N Pro Series East races and has finished in the top 10 both times. He said taking the lead on the restart was difficult, but was a move he needed to make to win the race.

"That was the game changer right there," Miller said. "It was really hard to pass on the bottom here. That’s what won us the race, that restart."

Todd Gilliland, the 2016 K&N Pro Series West champion, finished third. Dillon Bassett was fourth, followed by Harrison Burton in fifth.

Burton took a 14-point lead over Gilliland in the K&N Pro Series East race after the first race at South Boston Speedway. Purdy was third, 24 points behind Burton.

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Need More Power and the Ability to Filter Out Lots of Dirt? A K&N Cold Air Intake Can Help

12 mai 2017

K&N cold air intakes are designed to feed your engine more air thus giving it more power

Off-roading in your truck can be a very liberating experience. Being out in nature, the wind in your hair, and dirt and dust scoring the linings of your pistons. Wait, what was that? The last thing you want to worry about when enjoying a nice OHV trail or while rock crawling is whether or not your engine is getting clean air. Besides the inherent danger of off-roading to your body panels, as hard as your engine works, it shouldn’t have to suffer because of a dirty air filter.

The paper OEM filter and corrugated air tube that likely came with your truck from the factory worked well for what the engineers needed. However, enthusiasts are often left scratching their heads and asking, “who designed it like this?” Unfortunately, engineers are under a lot of constraints when manufacturing a vehicle. Everything from time and money limitations to keeping the sound levels and power numbers at the correct levels often plague engineers during the build. That is why companies like K&N Engineering offer solutions like cold air intakes.

The install of a K&N cold air intake takes around 90 minutes and can be done with common hand tools

Cold air intakes, also known as cool air intakes and performance air intakes, are usually made of a plastic or metal tube, an air box or heat shield, and a filter. Together, these components provide a less restrictive, more direct path for the air to the engine. This accomplishes a couple things; first it allows more air into the engine with less effort, and second, it lessens the turbulence of the air. More air with less turbulence can mix more efficiently with the fuel from the injectors. This makes for a more complete burn of the fuel and a stronger combustion in the cylinder. Bigger bang = more power. These systems typically show an estimated power increase of anywhere from 10-15 horsepower. Pretty good for a bolt-on system!

Another part of the cold air intake equation, besides getting more air into the engine, is the quality of the air. As stated before, these systems typically have a heatshield or air box to separate the air filter from the engine bay. The air in the engine bay is quite warm, while the outside air is relatively colder. Cold air has more oxygen molecules than warm air. The mass airflow sensor in your vehicle can detect the temperature of the air and inject more or less fuel as necessary.

One of K&N's newest series of cold air intakes is the Blackhawk Induction line of intakes

Since we are talking about air quality, we might as well talk about the filtration benefits of the filters attached to these cold air intakes. The K&N filter included with most of their intake systems is a pleated cotton filter media. It consists of several layers of cotton soaked in a special type of oil to help trap contaminants before they can do any harm to your engine. These filters are made of a high-flow cotton gauze media, therefore they let in more air. Another great thing about them is that they are washable and reusable. No more throwing away paper air filters after a long trail ride because they are packed full of dirt. The K&N filters are also guaranteed to last with the K&N 10-year/Million Mile Limited Warranty.

K&N offers several different cold air intakes for vehicles depending on individual needs. These vary from a traditional oiled cotton media to a non-oiled synthetic media. The choice is yours. So if you need a boost in power and the ability to filter out dirt and dust before it reaches your engine, check out K&N to see all the intakes and other products they have to offer.

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2014-2017 Les Camions Chevy / GMC Augmentent la Puissance et Avec le Système d'admission d'air K & N

12 mai 2017

Admission d'air K&N sous le capot de certains Chevy, GMC, Cadillac SUV et camions

La puissance et les capacités de remorquage ne sont plus des arguments suffisants sur le marché des petits camions et utilitaires. Pour être compétitif, les fabricants doivent offrir l'efficacité énergétique et la puissance, des intérieurs soignés avec une technologie moderne, le tout sur une plate-forme qui fonctionne bien sur la route et hors route. Autrement dit un pack complet. Certains pourraient penser que ce n'est pas faisable, mais General Motors a fait une entrée remarquée et se bat pour gagner avec la Chevrolet Silverado, Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Suburban et leurs frères GMC Sierra, GMC Yukon et GMC Yukon XL 2014-2017 entièrement repensés. Ces camions ont répondu à toutes les attentes en termes de puissance, d'efficacité énergétique, de capacité de remorquage, de raffinement et de technologie. Toutefois, l'installation d'un système d'admission d'air performant K&N 63-3082 peut amener ces camions à un niveau supérieur et les séparer de la concurrence.

Système d'admission d'air K&N pour certains Chevy, GMC, Cadillac SUV et camions 2014-2017

Le système d'admission d'air performant 63-3082 est conçu par des experts et garanti pour augmenter la puissance et le couple. Il remplace le système d'usine restrictif avec un tube d'admission d'air polyéthylène à libre circulation et haute densité afin de minimiser les restrictions, de redresser et d'augmenter le flux d'air vers le moteur. Plus d'air signifie plus de puissance disponible pour les différents régimes du moteur. Le filtre à air conique RF-1041 de K&N est adapté à l'entrée du système pour fournir d'excellents débits d'air ainsi qu'une excellente efficacité de filtration. Le filtre à air est lavable et réutilisable et peut atteindre 100 000 miles entre deux nettoyages, selon les conditions de conduite. K&N 63-3082 intègre un écran thermique qui aide à laisser entrer dans le moteur de l'air plus frais.

Dyno Chart pour certaines Admission d'air K&N 63-3082 Chevy, GMC, Cadillac SUV et camions 2014-2017

Dyno Chart pour l’Admission d'air 63-3082 K&N Chevy Tahoe

Un design exceptionnel ne vous amènera pas loin dans le monde du camion si le design ne produit pas de résultat mesurable. Le système d'admission d'air performant K&N 63-3082 propose des gains de performance impressionnants en puissance et en couple. Sur la Dyno, lorsqu'il a été installé sur un camion V8 2014 Chevrolet Silverado de 5,3 litres, le système d'admission d'air performant 63-3082 a produit 10,6 chevaux supplémentaires estimés à 5341 tr / min et 8,4 livres-pieds de couple à 4391 tr / min. Lorsqu'il a été installé sur un Chevrolet Tahoe 2015 V10 de 5,3 litres, le système d'admission d'air performant 63-3082 a produit une puissance supplémentaire estimée de 10.6 chevaux à 5341 tr / min et 21,2 livres-pieds de couple à 4390 tr / min.

Le système d'admission d'air performant 63-3082 est une mise à niveau de performance facile à installer, en environ 90 minutes ou moins, à l'aide d'outils à main de base et en suivant, étape après étape, les instructions simples de K&N. Il maintient toutes les connexions d'usine nécessaires et ne demande aucune modification supplémentaire sur le véhicule. K&N soutient le 63-3082 avec la célèbre garantie K&N Million Miles afin que les propriétaires soient assurés que leur système d'admission résistera à des conditions rudes.

Que votre Chevy ou GMC 2014, 2015, 2016 ou 2017 soit votre véhicule au quotidien ou qu'il soit utilisé dans des conditions plus difficiles, le système d'admission d'air K&N 63-3082 offre une performance accrue durable et fiable pour les années à venir.

Le système d'admission performant d'air 63-3082 est garanti pour augmenter la puissance et le couple sur les modèles Chevrolet et GMC énumérés ci-dessous:

2017 GMC YUKON XL 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 GMC YUKON DENALI XL 6.2L V8 F/I
2017 GMC YUKON DENALI 6.2L V8 F/I
2017 GMC YUKON 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 GMC SIERRA 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2017 GMC SIERRA 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 CHEVROLET TAHOE 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2017 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV 6.2L V8 F/I
2017 CADILLAC ESCALADE 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 GMC YUKON XL 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 GMC YUKON DENALI XL 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 GMC YUKON DENALI 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 GMC YUKON 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 CHEVROLET TAHOE 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV 6.2L V8 F/I
2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 GMC YUKON XL 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 GMC YUKON DENALI XL 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 GMC YUKON DENALI 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 GMC YUKON 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV 6.2L V8 F/I
2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE 6.2L V8 F/I
2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 5.3L V8 F/I
2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 6.2L V8 F/I
2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 5.3L V8 F/I

Pour tous les systèmes d'admissions d’air K&N Chevy, GMC, Cadillac SUV et camions, visitez les pages Admission d'air Chevy, Admission d'air GMC, Admission d'air Cadillac sur knfiltres.com.

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Les Filtres à air Lavables de cabine K & N donnent aux Cabines des Camions un Environnement Sain

12 mai 2017

La cabine des semi-remorques est l'endroit où le conducteur mange, dort et travaille. Il devrait recevoir l'air le plus propre possible.

La cabine des semi-remorques est le lieu où le conducteur mange, dort et travaille. L'air devrait y être le plus propre possible La plupart d'entre nous, conduisent pour aller et rentrer du travail. Cependant, certains conduisent pour leur travail. Ces hommes et ces femmes passent leurs journées et leurs nuits dans la cabine de leur véhicule. Il peut s'agir d'agents de patrouille, de livreurs ou de chauffeurs de camions, par exemple. La route est la maison de la plupart des chauffeurs de camions. Ils mangent, dorment et travaillent dans la cabine de leurs véhicules. Ils traversent tout un pays, avec tout ce qui est agréable et tout ce qui l'est moins. Le moins agréable dont nous parlons ici ce sont les pollens, la poussière, les germes, les spores, les champignons, les moisissures et toutes ces pollutions que les conducteurs doivent endurer jour après jour dans l'air de leur camion. Si vous êtes un de ces conducteurs de camion et si vous passez beaucoup de temps dans la cabine de votre engin, pourquoi ne pas la rendre un peu plus hospitalière ?

Grâce à K&N, c'est possible. Dans sa gamme de filtres à air lavables et réutilisables de cabine, K&N a introduit le K&N VF8000. Ce filtre à air de cabine remplace le filtre à air de série dans la plupart des camions Freightliner 2002 ainsi que dans les plus récents, y compris les modèles Century Class, Columbia et Coronado et Cascadia. Les filtres à air de cabine K&N sont les premiers de leur genre à remplacer le filtre de cabine de série par une version lavable et réutilisable. Ces filtres nettoient et rafraîchissent l'air entrant, en éliminant les polluants potentiellement dangereux avant que l'air entre dans la cabine de votre camion.

Ces filtres sont lavables et réutilisables. Lorsque le filtre est sale, au lieu de le jeter et de dépenser de l'argent pour un autre filtre à air en papier, tout ce que vous avez à faire est de le retirer et de le nettoyer avec le nettoyeur de filtre à air de cabine 99-6000 de K&N. Une fois que le filtre a été proprement rincé, pulvérisez-le avec le spray rafraîchissant K&N fourni dans le kit. Ce spray ajoute une propriété électrostatique au filtre qui agrippe et retient les contaminants, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit temps de nettoyer le filtre à nouveau.

K&N est tellement sûr de la qualité de ses filtres à air de cabine qu'ils sont garantis 10 ans / 100 000 mille. C'est la qualité des matériaux utilisés qui leur permet de durer aussi longtemps. Les filtres synthétiques innovants sont pris en sandwich entre deux couches de maille en aluminium recouvert d’époxy. Ceci donne de la rigidité et de la durabilité au filtre. Il est ensuite plissé pour ajouter de la surface et moulé dans un cadre en uréthane pour un niveau d’adaptation OE.

Si vous faites beaucoup de kilomètres avec votre camion et si vous n'avez pas vérifié votre filtre à air de cabine depuis un certain temps, vous voudrez peut-être regarder la gamme K&N de filtres à air. Un filtre à air de cabine saturé peut également mettre une tension inutile sur le moteur de soufflage, et passer à un filtre nettoyable pourrait aider à prévenir les frais de réparation coûteux et des temps d'arrêt. Pour savoir si K&N propose un filtre de remplacement pour votre camion, vous pouvez utiliser la recherche de référence croisée K&N et rechercher votre fabricant de filtre. Si vous n'êtes pas un chauffeur de camion, conduisant un Freightliner dans le cadre de votre profession, sachez que K&N fabrique des filtres à air lavables pour les voitures, les camions et les SUV. Utilisez l'outil de recherche de K&N pour trouver le bon produit pour vos besoins.