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Spending his off-season “Down-Under” sprint car driver, Shane Stewart recently rolled into the Sydney Speedway, at Parramatta, Australia, eager to compete in the Scott Darley Challenge with confidence on his side. The driver and his team were coming off of a couple of wins, and were the defending champions of the event ahead of them.
410 class Sprint Car racer Shane Stewart at Sydney Speedway in Parramatta, Australia
But this season, the Scott Darley Challenge would lend to a different set of circumstances for Stewart. In fact, by the event’s end, the word “challenge” would likely stand out in his mind.
Racing in the 410 class, Stewart started in the fourth position in his heat. at the waving of the green flag, the driver immediately began working his way to the front of the field. But going into the first corner, Stewart got a little close to another driver and ran over his right-rear tire. In turn, damage to his car demanded it be pitted, hampering his finish to ninth place and diminishing his overall points.
Although the miscalculation lent to a fairly significant wreck, Stewart’s car sustained little damage. In fact, the crew was able to work their magic and had the rig ready for the next race in less than one-half hour.
Lining up in the third spot in the C-Main, Shane Stewart went to work immediately when the race was deemed underway. Eager to improve his points standings he took the win and in turn, earned a 16th starting position in the B main.
Again, Stewart wasted no time moving forward in the field, and by the race’s end had managed to make it to third place, cinching a 23rd starting spot in the feature.
Still focused on salvaging his points standing, the driver proved he was one of the fastest at the track. Utilizing a few red flags here and there, he managed to continue forward as the race progressed, and eventually finished in the top five.
“We had to run the alphabet soup, he recalled. “We won the C-Main, ran second in the B-Main and ended up running third in the main event that night. It was a testament to my team. They worked hard to get the car fixed for me.”
Returning to the venue on the following night, Stewart and his crew had high expectations that bad luck was in their rear-view mirror. Taking a second place in his heat, Stewart was locked into the feature event.
Starting in the eighth spot, Shane Stewart’s hopes once again were sidetracked when he experienced contact with another car. Once again, the driver’s car sustained damage, as the drag link was bent into his left-side header. In turn his steering was bound and consequentially caused the car to spin and ended their night.
Although not happy with the outcome, as an experienced driver and a holder of many titles throughout his sprint car racing career, Shane Stewart was more than aware of how to handle an outing that proved less than hoped for.
“You have to not dwell on a bad night,” he explained. “All you can do is keep your head up, keep working hard and hope for the best. Sprint car racing is a tough sport and can beat you up.”
Experience has also taught Stewart that one’s overall success also depends a great deal upon keeping their car maintained. Not only does he and his team strive to ensure everything is in working order, but they are strong advocates of keeping the internal components of their engines contaminant free.
That in mind, they turn to K&N products for their filtering needs. “I have used K&N products for over 10 years,” he explained. “I could not be happier with how well their air filters and oil filters work. Keeping your engine clean is very vital in finishing all races that we run. Our engine builders always praise us when they tear down our motors on how clean they are inside
With the Scott Darley Challenge behind him, one can rest assured that Shane Stewart will be back on track, and will be awing race fans in the weeks to come. In fact, the driver is scheduled to be back in the states by April’s end and is looking forward to experiencing yet another successful season in 2013.
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Cycle Solutions perform an impressive 20 bike tunings per day at each event
If you have been to Bike Week in Daytona or Sturgis, you should be real familiar with the Cycle Solutions traveling performance tent. Part mobile dyno facility and part oil change station, Cycle Solutions works exclusively with K&N performance products, Dyno Jet Tuning devices as well as K&N Wrench-Off Oil Filters and Lucas Oil Synthetic Oils. Traveling to nearly 25 different locations throughout the USA – from Daytona Bike Week in Florida, to Sturgis South Dakota to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – they perform an impressive 20 bike tunings per day at each event.
Cycle Solutions works exclusively with K&N performance products
Installing air filters, intake systems, exhaust and fuel management controllers, and tuning the bike for horsepower and performance is second nature to these guys. Cycle Solutions’ own Kim Waddell explained, “K&N approached us about using their oil filters exclusively on our mobile full service oil changing station. Cycle Solutions offers full service oil changes at performance parts, installation and tuning at over 25 motorcycle rallies each year. This lead to a discussion to also include K&N’s replacement air filters and performance based breather kits. K&N saw the value of putting their product and displays on the truck to be seen by hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists each year.
Cycle Solutions traveling performance tent
“Many of the product lines we sell on our performance tuning show truck features a K&N Air Filter such as Roland Sands, Performance Machine and Horsepower Inc. air cleaners. The benefits of the K&N filters are that they are a lifetime filter! They are a much better quality of filters unlike the paper filters that fall apart over time and can cause damage to an engine. Customers like that they can just wash them out and reuse. There is also a significant improvement in airflow that leads to significant performance gains. Plus K&N stands behind their product. We have very little issues with K&N products on the occasion that we have, K&N was there to resolve the concern.”
Cycle Solutions Inc. impressive travel schedule takes them to 25 or more rallies per year, bringing performance parts and tuning to bikers all over the country. Their truck features a built-in Dyno Jet dynometer allowing them to precision tune each motorcycle. Additionally, their rig carries a large amount of inventory to provide the Cycle Solutions customers with the products they want and need, even performing camshaft swap upgrades and full service oil changes on the spot.
K&N Air Filter for the POLARIS Ranger RZR 170 Side by Side
Kids are smarter than we give them credit for. Sure riding along with dad in his side-by-side is more fun than an amusement park ride, but they recognize when they're getting the short end of the stick, because riding is never as exciting as driving. Combine the best-selling youth ATV with the hottest side-by-side on the market and you get the Polaris Ranger RZR 170.
Polaris Ranger RZR 170 Replacement K&N Air Filter
No one is suggesting you set kids loose on an 88 hp rocket before they're ready, but the Polaris Ranger RZR 170 is exactly the place where they get prepared. Designed for young riders age 12 and older, Polaris has taken every measure to assure that a young rider's first solo motorsport experience is a confidence building journey. With the purchase of a Polaris Ranger RZR 170 you'll get features like a parent-adjustable speed limiter, color-coded pedals (brake pedal is red), two helmets, a Polaris Rider-Training Instructional DVD, and host of other safety features.
The youth Ranger RZR 170 has a four-stroke, air-cooled,cc engine with electric start and an automatic transmission with reverse. Styled after its adult counterpart, the side-by-side has a sporty, aggressive look and carries the driver and passenger comfortably. Although the Polaris Ranger RZR 170 puts out ample beginner power, by merely upgrading to a K&N PL-1710 reusable air filter, you can instantly experience the benefits of the performance air filter designed to increase both horsepower and torque. Following the same straightforward procedure used for replacing the OE filter, you will also receive excellent air filtration and engine protection when you upgrade to a K&N.
The K&N PL-1710 performance air filter is designed to collect a large amount of dirt yet still allow high air flow and a long service life. Cleaning your K&N air filter is an easy task as well with a K&N Recharger Filter Care Service Kit. The K&N ATV air filter cleaner and filter oil, in the kit, will service the PL-1710 so it continues to perform like new. In addition, this air filter is backed by K&N's One Year Limited Warranty.
The K&N PL-1710 will fit the following Polaris Ranger RZR models:
2016 Polaris RZR 170
2015 Polaris RZR 170
2014 Polaris RZR 170
2013 Polaris Ranger RZR 170
2012 Polaris Ranger RZR 170
2011 Polaris Ranger RZR 170
2010 Polaris Ranger RZR 170
Related News Stories:Polaris Ranger RZR Models Breathe Easier with K&N Performance Air Filter. K&N Air Filter for Polaris Ranger RZR Designed For More Off-road Power. Polaris Ranger RZR Side-by-Sides Get Added Performance with K&N Air Filter
Some of our greatest discoveries have been made entirely by accident. Louis Pasteur, the father of pasteurization once said "chance favors the prepared mind," whereby he succinctly made inadvertent innovations respectable. On a list of the top 10 accidental discoveries, which records Penicillin on top, there's now strong evidence to support the view that K&N's 99-0621 and 99-0621EU Power Kleen would be an ideal candidate for the fortuitous find file. Clearly, at the very least, it could hold a responsible position between popsicles and chocolate chip cookies (number 8 and 9 respectively) on said list.
K&N originally released part number 99-0621 for sales in North America. Well that has finally changed for our international customers looking to purchase K&N's Power Kleen with the release of the 99-0621EU. The 99-0621EU meets all requirements to be sold in various European countries.
K&N Power Kleen can even clean grout
Originally designed as a high-performance air filter cleaner and industrial strength degreaser to remove grime and grease from K&N's cotton air filters, testimonials continue to mount praising K&N's Power Kleen virtues for a hodgepodge of various other smudge offenders.
Take Stacy, a York County, Pennsylvania mom who's made a ritual of cleaning air filters in her kitchen sink. "Recently our local pep boys store had a sale running on the K&N air filter Recharger kit, so we decided to buy it for the oil, but the kit also contained the cleaner, which I had never used on our micro sprint or the quarter midget in our past 8 years of racing," Stacy continued. "I sprayed the cleaner on the filter and let it sit in my kitchen sink to soak for the required 10 minutes like the instructions suggested, I got busy and had to run out of the house, so it ended up sitting there for a few hours. When I got home I went on to continue cleaning the filter and low and behold when I picked up the filter there was a beautiful white spot in my very old porcelain sink."
She went on to spray the entire sink surface, and then waited while Power Kleen performed its magic. "I rubbed, not scrubbed, over it with a brush and I now have a very white shiny sink. I have tried everything to clean this sink and nothing would take away those dingy yellow, old hard water stains, until now." Stacy was then inspired to use Power Kleen to polish her bathrooms with the same effortless results.
K&N Power Kleen works great on stains
In another testimonial, one mechanic writes that he buys Power Kleen by the 99-0640 five gallon pale, which he then uses to wash his oily, greasy work clothes. Yet another satisfied customer wrote that he noticed the rope light strung around his patio for years had started to dim from the accumulated greasy black film on the lights. "I used the K&N Power Kleen cleaner and it broke down the grease incredibly well." Power Kleen has been used for everything from getting stubborn stains out of carpets, to cleaning tile grout, to removing oil from concrete driveways, to cleaning dirty tools and gardening equipment, and the list goes on and on and on. Wherever there's smear, Power Kleen should be near.
K&N Power Kleen Saved This Sweatshirt
But, one of the most extraordinary applications of Power Kleen is also a personal endorsement. Having only recently received a new sweatshirt, I almost immediately mucked it up by dropping olive oil smack dab in the middle of the shirt. Then, to make matters worse, I committed an unforgiving laundry snafu, I washed and dried the shirt, setting the unsightly oil spill for all eternity. Having nothing to lose except my wife's disdain, who was the generous giver of the sweatshirt; I sprayed the stain with Power Kleen and let it soak for 10 or 15 minutes before dropping it in the washer. To my relief and my wife's disbelief, the K&N Power Kleen had absolutely removed the offensive, set-in splotch. Power Kleen turned what had been long rumored as laundry hopelessness - into a simple act of spotlessness.
Note: Make sure to always test the 99-0621 and 99-0621EU Power Kleen on a small area of whatever you're cleaning first to insure that delicate finishes don't get harmed
Check out these other great news stories: K&N Air Filter Recharger Kit For a Million Miles of K&N Performance. K&N Air Filter Cleaning Kit Provides the Biggest Returns for My Maintenance Efforts.
Dyno Chart for K&N Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6 Air Intake 63-903
The 2012 and 2013 Toyota Tacoma has a reputation for having a strong build quality, possessing amazing reliability and because of its smaller size making it easy to get around, the Toyota Tacoma can be placed on par with many of its full-size competitors. Then when you add in the optional 236 horsepower 4.0L V6 engine, this truck really stands out. With everything that makes this truck amazing wrapped into one package, K&N has produced a way for owners to make this truck just a little bit more awesome with the 63-9037 air intake system.
K&N Air Intake System for Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6
K&N's 63-9037 air intake system is designed to be easily installed with a few simple tools and a little time. The 63-9037 air intake system comes with all of the required components needed to bolt on an additional estimated 8.6 horsepower at 5100 RPM and 8.5 ft-lb or torque at 3700 RPM to this bad boy without modification to the body or engine bay.
The 63-9037 comes with an aerodynamic air intake tube that is engineered specifically for the Toyota Tacoma V6's computer and mass air sensor setup so the stock mass air sensor can be transferred without hassle or the need to reprogram the computer. The other main components include the K&N RF-1042XD high flow air filter and a powder coated heat shield. The heat shield is designed to help keep the nice outside cold air that helps the engine perform from being heat soaked by the hot under hood temperatures. In addition, the air intake system also comes with application specific brackets, crank case vent hose and fitting, as well as all of the hoses, hose clamps and hardware needed to install.
Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6 K&N Air Intake System
The major benefit of the K&N reusable air filter is that it's designed with K&N's highly efficient oiled cotton media, meaning that this air filter will do the job that is needed to protect your engine from harmful dust in the air. Due to the design of the RF-1042XD air filter, drivers can go up to 100,000 miles between cleaning, depending on driving conditions. To clean the RF-1042XD air filter just follow the 4 easy cleaning steps or watch the cleaning video. If you dive in dustier than normal conditions and find that you need to clean the air filter more often, then K&N also offers the RF-1042DK (black), the RF-1042DL (blue), the RF-1042DY (yellow) and the RF-1042DR (red) air filter wraps. These wraps will extend the filter's service life while adding little additional restriction.
The K&N 63-9037 air intake system fits the following Tacoma:
2015 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6
2014 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6
2013 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6
2012 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6
Related news stories: Simple Performance Upgrades for Toyota Tacoma Pickups. 2005 to 2011 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6 Gains 10HP With K&N 63-Series AirCharger
