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2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show Just Around the Corner

19.10.2010

2009 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show featured K&N's Infiniti G35

Once again the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show, one of the largest automotive specialty products events in the world, is back in Las Vegas, November 2nd through November 5th 2010. This event will bring hundreds of manufacturers, car builders and some of the newest products displayed on some of the most amazing and hottest vehicles in the world.

2009 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Booth

K&N will be attending at Booth 22443 promoting new intakes and products for the newest applications, and looking to show some of the most unique custom vehicles of the year. In the booth, K&N will be promoting all of its product lines, from its high flow replacement air filters to its multiple styles of performance air intake systems and oil filters.

"K&N is excited about SEMA 2010," states K&N Vice President of Sales, Tim Martin. "We will have many new products on display. K&N has continued to expand its market-leading product lines in high flow washable air filters, performance air intake systems, and wrench-off oil filters and SEMA is a great place to showcase the vehicle customization lifestyle and the enthusiast car culture."

Bob Griffith's completely custom racing Dodge Viper

Martin also stated that K&N thinks it is important to be involved in this lifestyle, and SEMA illustrates our long-term involvement; including the many people at K&N that are involved in SEMA councils and committees in support of this industry.

"Most of the exhibits at SEMA are designed to personalize your car, which is very different from the traditional auto parts business. SEMA provides a great opportunity to meet with K&N supporters from around the world and we offer advice and product information, as well as information about product displays, catalogs, website tools, and other information needed." Martin, as well as many other members of the K&N team will be in attendance.

Along with the many new products and systems on display at the K&N booth this year, several cars and motorcycles will be displayed. K&N is looking to include Bob Griffith's completely custom racing Dodge Viper. Built with the aid and talents of fabricator Andrew McClelland, and renowned Viper engine builder Kevin Singleton of Exotic Engine Development, Griffith's visions of this speed performance vehicle have come to fruition. Along with Shane Tecklenburg and Greg Pyles engineering the electrical, this performance specialty Viper required almost 4 years of work to complete but on its initial outing at Nevada's Silver State Mile Shootout speeds in excess of 210 MPH gave this masterpiece vehicle the win. Sporting a custom body paint design, this Viper is designed to turn heads to the real capabilities of such a high performance machine.

SEMA will provide K&N the opportunity to also show off its newly styled truck and trailer complete with displays and vehicles at the SEMA DUB location throughout the event. Along with the star power of the manufacturers and attendees at the show, SEMA will certainly provide an event that will celebrate the very best in the auto industry and the performance-boosting products K&N has to offer.

Find K&N products for your vehicle using the K&N application search then use the K&N dealer search to find a K&N dealer in your part of the world.

Air Filter Cleaner For Heavy Duty Diesel Applications

18.10.2010

K&N Heavy Duty Air Filter Cleaner

K&N's heavy duty line of washable commercial grade air filters are designed specifically for large turbo diesel engines, class 6-8 over-the-road trucks, agricultural and earth moving equipment, and diesel motor homes. To simplify the cleaning process these air filters do not require the use of oil like standard K&N Air Filters with cotton media.

K&N has developed a specially formulated cleaner to be used on its Heavy Duty Commercial Grade air filters. Part number 99-0638 is a one-gallon bottle of this new cleaner. Part 99-0638 includes a 38-inch hose with spray nozzle to help simplify application of the cleaning solution.

K&N's 99-0638 has instructions on the back, which illustrate the simple four step Heavy Duty Air Filter cleaning instructions. As with most household and automotive cleaning products, care should be taken when using K&N's Heavy Duty Air Filter Cleaner. K&N recommends wearing gloves and proper eyewear when servicing your air filter.

K&N's specially formulated cleaner, 99-0638, is recommended when cleaning K&N commercial grade air filters and will help maintain peak performance from your air filter. It will also ensure that your K&N Commercial Grade Air Filter remains covered by K&N's 3 year or 300,000-mile warranty.

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Gary Scelzi's Sons Dominic and Giovanni Continue to Win Championships and Amaze

14.10.2010

Eight-year-old Giovanni got his first ever double this year, successfully defending his 2009 Lemoore Jr. Sprint title, and winning his first championship in Visalia, California.

In a survey conducted by The Racing Report, Gary Scelzi ranked fourth as "The Most Dominant Driver in Motorsports," behind Michael Schumacher (F1), Sam Hornish Jr. (IRL) and John Force (NHRA). In fact, since starting his professional drag racing career in 1997, no other driver has been as dominant as Scelzi in the Top Fuel class of NHRA drag racing.

Racing out of their weight and age class, Dominic and Giovanni Scelzi dumbfound fans with their inherent talents wherever they race.

We recently caught up with Scelzi for another chat about racing, although not about his career, rather a couple of young up-and-comers extremely near and dear to his heart. Scelzi says he's even more flabbergasted by his and wife, Julieanne's, offspring's than outsiders. He confesses that most times he just gets out of the way and let's them roll. K&N sponsored Dominic and Giovanni are racing prodigies by any yardstick you use to measure them. Taking Scelzi's lead we got out of the way and let him roll.

You've seen Gio do a lot of things on the track, heck we've even written about a few, do you ever get surprised by his pure instincts and determination?

"Both my boys surprise me every weekend, how mature they are, their attention to detail and how they watch the competition. As far as Giovanni, a lot of his ability has to do with watching Dominic, the two always talk back and forth on strategy, and how race tracks change, but for Gio to do what he is doing at eight years old, is natural ability and god given talent. I have watched a lot of young drivers and they just don't seem to have the focus that Gio does. He is like that in school, baseball and anything else he sets out to do. It's not easy for me to say being his father, because all parents brag about their kids, but Gio backs up what I think, and it's not bragging if you can back it up."

A perfect example would be what he did in his last 600 class race. What do other people around the track think about his herculean feats?

"It's funny because some parents refuse to believe that he is as good as he is, but when he jumped in the 600 and won his first time out, beating kids older than him, not only by speed but by out thinking them. Now they are finally giving him the credit he deserves."

"His car may be as fast as the others, but in lap traffic he just outsmarts them. Last weekend we put him in the three-quarter restricted class, which is faster than the five-eighth restricted, and he qualified on the pole and ran fifth on Friday night. Then he started sixth on Saturday night and finished third. Pretty unbelievable, and again it was his first time with the three-quarter restrictors."

How's he feel about winning his first championship too?

"Actually he defended his championship from Lemoore, and won his first championship in Visalia. He finished second there last year. This was the first time he doubled. Gio is a great kid, he enjoys his wins, but is very humble and not as excitable as Dominic or myself when we win."

Talk about Dominic, he's continuing with his winning ways as well.

"Dominic is a great kid. Most of the people he runs against are in their late teens to the middle 20's and early 30's, yet all the competitors race him as an equal. Dom is 13, and as we talked about earlier, no one wants a little kid out running with the adults, so he knew from the start he would have to earn their respect, and he has done a great job doing just that."

"Last year Dominic won a total of 16 races, this year he has won three with several top-fives, which is way more than what we expected. The difficult thing is Dominic is mature beyond his age and he wants to win every race, not in a bad way, but he only thinks racing, and sometimes we have to remind him that there is school work and chores too."

In a recent press release you said "I made a corporate decision to make our car ‘normal'" what did you mean?

"We made some special parts to make Dominic's car faster, and we tried to make them work for about seven races, but they made the car very difficult to drive. Sometimes while trying to go faster your program goes backwards, I learned that in drag racing. We were missing pieces to the puzzle, so I felt we had wasted enough time on those parts, and in return we had instant results. The very next weekend Dominic won a race and he ran second the next night."

What's up next?

"We are going to run one more race, the first of November, and then Thanksgiving weekend Dominic will be running a non-wing race at Plaza Park. We are putting Austin Prock in Gio's car for that race. Austin is the son of Jimmy Prock, Robert Height's crew chief on John Force's funny car. The boys grew up together, and Austin is going to spend a couple of weeks in California, so Gio offered him his car. After that it's paint and prepare the cars for the 2011 season - and man am I ready for that."

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Air Filter for White, Sterling, Navistar, Mercedes Benz and Freightliner Diesel Trucks

14.10.2010

K&N engineers designed heavy duty air filter number 38-2012S for use in several White, Sterling, Navistar, Mercedes Benz and Freightliner diesel trucks. These air filters are highly efficient, have enormous dirt holding capacity, do not use oil and protect your vehicles engine while providing excellent air flow.

Heavy Duty Replacement Air Filter for some White, Sterling, Navistar, Mercedes Benz and Freightliner diesel trucks.

Like all K&N HD filters, filter number 38-2012S is comprised of commercial grade materials in order to ensure the demands of professional drivers and their rigs are easily met. HD filter 38-2012S uses a hybrid filter medium which is comprised of a thick non-woven pleated synthetic media that is placed between 2 layers of powder-coated aluminum screen wire. This reinforced medium is held between a steel top and bottom plate. This design helps the reusable filter withstand the extreme conditions present in large turbo diesel applications.

HD filter 38-2012S is a short standard flow radial seal air filter and has a rubber flange that will fit over the inlet tube. Air flow on this hybrid filter media is directional. Air is designed to flow through the red side of the media and come out the white inner side of the filter media before going into the engine.

HD filter 38-2012S can be easily cleaned using K&N's HD cleaner part number 99-0638 and a hose. These filters are so durable that drivers can even use power washers or truck washing equipment with the HD cleaner to clean the filter then use pressurized air to blow the excess water off and immediately reinstall. This means no down time for drivers. These filters are backed by K&N's 3 year 300,000 mile commercial grade air filter warranty. These air filters can replace up to ten disposable air filters.

Due to the numerous combinations of chassis with engines, the best way to determine if this filter is appropriate for your rig is to look for a cross reference with your existing filter.

K&N's HD air filter 38-2012S can replace filters that have the following corresponding part numbers:

Baldwin RS3518
Carquest 88556
Donaldson EAF5069
Donaldson P527682
Fleetguard AF25139M
Fram CA7140
Hastings AF2120
Luber-Finer LAF1849
Napa 6556
Purolator A74700
WIX 46556

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2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 BMW HP2 Sport Motorcycle Gets Simple Performance Option

14.10.2010

Replacement Air Filter for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 BMW HP2 SPORT

BMW's powerful HP2 Sport already produces a phenomenal 130 horsepower, something sure to satisfy most power enthusiasts. For others who aren't satisfied by horsepower alone BMW's HP2 Sport has features that are sure to cultivate the consistent dreamlike rides that motorcycle riders crave. Some of the features that cultivate these types of rides include components such as dual overhead cams and quick shifter technology.

Restriction Chart for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 BMW HP2 SPORT

Restriction Chart for BM-1208 Air Filter

The components on this highly advanced machine are complimented by the aesthetically pleasing and highly functional carbon fiber fairing, race wheels and tires. In addition to the aesthetics and the power of this incredible bike, motorcycle riders can easily read their lap times computed and displayed in the motorcycles cockpit. Riders of this eye catching technologically advanced bike now have the ability to upgrade an already phenomenal motorcycle with a high flow K&N air filter.

K&N engineers designed air filter part number BM-1208 for 2008 through 2011 BMW HP2 Sport owners. This filter was built especially for the HP 2 air box. This rectangular air filter is closed on one end and boasts the highly visible K&N logo. The K&N logo ensures you that your filter is authentic and that your motorcycle is protected from contaminants and debris that are potentially hazardous to your motorcycle's engine. The four layers of high flow cotton media allows the motorcycle's engine to breathe easier which for riders means increased horsepower and throttle response. This K&N motorcycle filter is washable, reusable and provides excellent filtration like all K&N filters. Riders can clean this filter using recharger service kit number 99-5050 this kit includes both the cleaner and the squeeze bottle of oil.

Like every stock replacement air filter K&N offers for street vehicles the BM-1208 is covered by our famous K&N Million-Mile Limited Warranty™ and will be THE LAST AIR FILTER YOUR VEHICLE WILL EVER NEED.

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