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Protect Your Truck with a Premium K&N Drop-In Replacement Air Filter

Whether your truck is for the street or off-road, K&N replacement air filters can help it breath

Whether your truck is for the street or off-road, K&N replacement air filters can help it breathe

From jobsites to off-road trails and everything in between, your truck works hard. Not many people think about all the bad air that their trucks breathe in. When you really start to ponder that question, you might start to think about upgrading the air filter in your truck, SUV, or off-road toy. Whether your hobby is trail riding, rock crawling, mudding, or simply hauling the boat to the lake, your engine is put to the test. It needs to be at peak performance to give you the power you need to maneuver through that rock pile or pull your trailer up that steep grade. One way to help is with an aftermarket drop-in air filter.

All of the dirt and dust that your engine ingests, can rob power and potentially damage the internals of your motor. The OEM filter in cars work well, but OEM’s are often limited to folded paper air filters due to pricing and engineering constraints. These filters are good at capturing particles before they get into the engine, but they don’t do much more than that.

The secret to K&N air filters are the multiple layers of oiled cotton media to trap partic

The secret to K&N air filters are the multiple layers of oiled cotton media to trap particles

Once the paper filter gets loaded up, which can happen pretty quickly when riding down a dusty trail behind some buddies, they are very limiting to your engine. This is where aftermarket drop-in air filters come into play. These types of filters can not only help stop dirt and dust, but can provide performance benefits for your car as well.

Even when a K&N filter gets dirty, it can still flow air and keep harmful contaminants out

Even when a K&N filter gets dirty, it can still flow air and keep harmful contaminants out

Aftermarket air filters like K&N Filters are a good option to give your truck that extra punch you’re looking for for stock air boxes. K&N filters are made of multiple layers of cotton media treated with a specially formulated type of oil. The oil helps trap and hold the particles before they enter the intake tract. Once trapped in the web of cotton fibers and actually soak up some of the oil from the filter. This makes those dirt particles almost part of the filter, capturing even more contaminants. Along with helping clean the air your engine breathes, these filters are designed to boost horsepower, torque and acceleration. That’s because letting in more air means it can mix with added fuel for a stronger explosion in the combustion chamber. In fact, tests have shown that these oiled cotton filters provide up to 50% more air.

An added benefit of these aftermarket K&N filters is they are washable and reusable. Instead of replacing your filter every time it gets dirty, you can just wash it out and add oil to it again. This not only saves you money, but it helps keep paper filters out of our already clogged landfills. Imagine, less landfills means more land for us to go out and enjoy!

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Q&A With K&N Racer Shea Holbrook About Her Upcoming Pirelli World Challenge Season

Continuing sponsors, active management, and tailored marketing are Shea's keys to success

Shea Holbrook's race team and will field Hondas in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge

K&N Filters-supported Touring Car driver, Shea Holbrook and her team Shea Racing, are kicking off another season of Pirelli World Challenge racing, but in a bigger and better way than in the past.

Shea Racing will be fielding four Honda entries this season, Shea and Jason Fichter will compete in their Accords in the Touring Car category. The team will also campaign a pair of brand-new Honda Civic Si race cars in the TCA category.

Shea’s performance on track and her management and marketing skills off track have both brought new sponsorships to the organization as well as secured greater commitments from her continuing sponsors.

For example, just last month the team conducted a two-day test session with suspension partners KONI Shock Absorbers and Eibach Springs at Sebring International Raceway.

The team has also brought aboard a new sponsor, HeelToe Automotive, an online Acura and Honda performance parts specialist that also happens to be a knowledgeable K&N dealer.

On-track success plays a big part in sponsors' attraction to the team as well. In the seven years Shea Racing has competed in the series, the team has earned 11 wins, 27 podiums, seven pole positions and 11 fast laps in the touring car classes.

We were able to track down and chat with the always-in-motion Shea about her plans and thoughts about the upcoming racing season.

Shea Racings is headed into 2017 perhaps better prepared than any previous racing season

Sponsor Koni Shocks along with Eibach Springs supported Shea over two days of testing at Sebring

K&N: Do you have any updates planned for the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge series?

Shea Holbrook: Well, in all honestly, we were running a little warmer than we wanted last season. As in engine temperature. It’s primarily a tuning aspect so for this season we’ve worked on tuning and timing with regards to RPM. We run K&N’s air intake in the V6 Honda Accords which offers an immediate plug and play power advantage. But back to RPM, which is critical for our power band, using what’s a proven power advantage (air intake), and our guys’ mean tuning skills, we should be set for the season.


K&N: Which cars do you expect to be your strongest competition in PWC Touring this year?

SH: I could get into some trouble with this one! Last season, it was obvious we had a couple advantages though many disadvantages. This season we’re trying to narrow up on any disadvantages to aid in stellar competition. So, in short (which I never am!) the BMW and Audi are probably going to be the toughest competition.


K&N: You and some other teams build your cars from a bare shell in your own shop. Other teams compete with cars that are developed and built by the OEM manufacturer. How does that impact your efforts?

SH: I think the hardest component we’ll see will be garage built vs. manufacturer built in Touring Car. Motorsport is evolving toward manufacturer turn-key programs, which is awesome. It’s easier for the series with regards to the balance of performance and we pull in manufacturer support in a big way. Although, many customer/team businesses thrive on having the ability to work technical partnerships with say K&N Air Filters to build and fund their programs. I believe PWC is the best place to have the ability to race both programs at a high level in the most competitive environment.

K&N: Every driver has a favorite track, what’s yours?

SH: I always look forward to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. That place and I have so much good mojo. It’s difficult to be fast there, you’re hanging it all out there for those fast laps. It’s a balls-to-the wall kind of place that demands a lot of respect. Some of us refer to it as a ‘pre lawyer’ track.


K&N: You've basically doubled the size of your team for 2017. Tell us about the TCA Civics.

SH: We're pleased to be the first team rolling out the 10th generation Civic Si to compete in in the Pirelli World Challenge TCA category. We had 25 hours of durability testing in the Civic Si and the opportunity to battle against other manufacturers who will run against it in TCA last December at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill with Honda Racing/HPD and Eibach Springs.

The addition of two Honda Civics will bring to four the number of cars the team will enter in PWC

This season in PWC will be a challlenge for Shea Racing with two cars in Touring and two cars in TCA


K&N: For 2017 you’re continuing with the Honda Accord and many of the same sponsors who supported you in 2016. Does that help coming into a new season?

SH: What I love about the Honda Accord is she makes you work for your results and when you achieve your desired performance the result and reward is just that much greater. With our new alignment with Honda Racing HPD and partners like BUBBA Burger, Lucas Oil, KONI Shock Absorbers, K&N Filters, and so many more we should have one heck of a season ahead of us.


K&N is proud to be a part of Shea Holbrook's racing efforts for the 2017 season. This will be a series you won't want to miss, so be sure to check back for updates as Shea and her team take on the rest of the pack in Pirelli World Challenge.

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Mike Cavanah liebt 1969 Camaros, aber er wollte keinen kaufen, bis er dieses Auto sah.

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Nur sehr wenig blieb von dem ursprünglichen Camaro übrig in Mike Cavanahs Pro Street Maschine.

Während Mike Cavanahs 1969 Camaro subtile aussieht, seine Leistung ist alles andere als das.

Als Mike Cavanah begann, sein ultimatives Pro Touring Auto zu bauen, kaufte er einen 1969 Camaro von eBay als Ausgangspunkt. Während er ein großer Fan von Camaro und vor allem dem 1969er ist, fühlte Mike, dass vielleicht schon genug Pro Touring 69er Camaros existierten und er änderte seine Pläne. Anstatt baute er seinen inzwischen berühmte 1966 Chevelle Grand Sport.

Spulen wir ein paar Jahre voran. Der Chevelle wurde fertiggestellt und Mike genoss, in den Santa Monica Bergen herumzufahren, ebenso wie Rennbahn Tage und Autocross Veranstaltungen. Und dann fiel ein weiterer 1969 Camaro in seinen Schoß. Das Auto war atemberaubend, der Preis war in Ordnung und es fehlte praktisch nichts, und da er nicht mit drei Jahren Renovierung wie bei seinem Chevelle konfrontiert war, kaufte er den Camaro.

Man braucht leistungsstarke Bremsen, wenn man einen starken Motor unter der Haube hat.

15,5-Zoll Brembo Bremssattel mit keramischen Rotoren und Bremsschuhen sind an jeder Ecke dieses 1969 Camaros.

Bevor wir ins Detail gehen – das Auto hat eine Geschichte wahrscheinlich so einzigartig, wie sie zu finden ist. Es wurde von dem Major League Baseball Pitcher Brad Penny gekauft (er spielte dann für die Dodgers) mit der Absicht, es umzubauen und modifizieren zu lassen. Er brachte seinen Camaro zu der Werkstatt von Boyd Coddington, wo es total auseinandergenommen wurde und der ganze Rost und Schäden repariert wurde. Nachdem der Chef der Werkstatt verstarb, übergab Penny das Projekt an Timeless Kustoms, wo es in 2013 fertiggestellt wurde. Pennys Karriere hatte allerdings den Vorrang und er verkaufte das Auto an jemand, der es zurück zu Timeless Kustoms brachte. Timeless Kustoms, die von Mikes Vorliebe für 1969 Camaros wussten, kontaktierten dann Mike.

Neben der 1969er Karosserie war Mike von dem Auto aufgrund der hohen Verarbeitungsqualität und Liebe zum Detail von Timeless Kustoms angezogen, und der Tatsache, dass das Auto fahrbereit war. Mike bestellte ein paar Änderungen nach seinen eigenen Vorlieben, und bald fuhr er seinen Camaro in den Canyons in der Nähe von seinem Haus.

Während der Camaro mit einem kleinen Block V-8 Motor gekommen wäre, ist es nicht wie dieser Motor.

Der Twin Turbo 380 CID Chevrolet LSX kleiner Block ist auf mehr als 750 PS aufgemotzt.

Zurück zum Aufbau: Timeless Kustoms schnitten den Boden des Camaros OEM Firewall-Rückseite Unibody und ersetzten es durch eine Karosserie auf Frame-Konfiguration mit einer benutzerdefinierten fabrizierten Bodenwanne. Das Camaro Gehäuse sitzt nun auf einem Art Morrison 2×4 Max G Chassis, das eine C6 Corvette Einzelradaufhängung vorn und eine Starrachse Mehrlenker Hinterachse hat. Um die Steifigkeit zu verbessern, wurde ein 10 Punkt Überrollkäfig hergestellt und so installiert, dass es nicht viel Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht. An den Ecken sind Corvette Z06 Felgen mit 15,5-Zoll Brembo Carbon Keramische-Bremsen rundum verschraubt.

Unter der Haube sitzt ein Chevy LSX kleiner Block von Timeless Kustoms montiert, der von Twin Turbos gefüttert wird. Der LSX Block hat 380 CID mit einer 4,125 Zoll Bohrung und 3,620 Zoll Hub mit einer rationalen 9.0:1 Kompressionsverhältnis. Eine Nockenwelle was speziell geschliffen, um zu den Charakteristiken des Turbo LSX zu passen. Oben auf dem Block sind eine Reihe von CNC gefrästen LS7 gefrästen Zylinderköpfen. Die Luft wird durch ein K&N 69-Serie Luftansaugsystem mit Verwendung des MAF Sensor Konnektors im GM Motor-Kabelbaum und des E-67 Computers angesaugt.

Nach dem Filter zwei Precision Turbo wassergekühlte Turbolader upgradet auf Kugellager drücken die einströmende Luft zusammen und leiten sie dann durch einen Spearco Ladeluftkühler, um so viel Hitze wie möglich loszuwerden. Die unter Druck stehende Luft trifft den Kraftstoff in den Zylindern gezogen aus der benutzerdefinierten fabrizierten Brennstoffzelle durch eine Fuelab Schub referenzierte In-Tank 1200 PS Kraftstoffsystempumpe.

Unter dem Auto Aerodynamik ist ein beliebtes Feature bei Pro Street Mechanikers.

Schauen sie sich den benutzerdefinierten Unter-Diffusor und Heckflügel an, der dazu dient das Auto bei hoher Geschwindigkeit auf der Straße zu halten.

Ein Tremec weites Verhältnis Sechsgang Getriebe von American Powertrain erhält all den Missbrauch. Zwischen dem Motor und dem Getriebe ist ein Centerforce Twin Disc Kupplung Set-up. Eine Aluminium Antriebswelle überträgt alles zurück zu einem Ford 9 Zoll Teil und trägt ein Detroit Tru-Trac begrenztes Slip Differenzial ausgestattet mit einem 3.50:1 Ring und Ritzel.

Genug über das, was unter der Karosserie ist. Reden wir über das Äußere, denn wenn die Mechanik faszinierend ist, dann ist das Äußere atemberaubend. Wie es heutzutage üblich ist, die Stoßstangen sind ganz nah an der Karosserie. Darüber hinaus wurden die Tropf Schienen für Ästhetik und Aerodynamik verkleinert. Der benutzerdefinierte Heckflügel wurde von Timeless Kustoms fabriziert so wie der Diffusor unter dem Wagen, um eine gute Wagenlage bei hoher Geschwindigkeit zu bekommen. Um die Hitze durch die Ladekühler zu leiten, ein Set von subtilen Luft Extraktoren sitzen in der Haube. Von Detroit Speed gebaute Scheinwerfer Türen sind im Kühlergrill, ähnlich wie die Option an einigen Camaros der ersten Generation. Wenn Sie die Farbe nicht benennen können, machen Sie sich keine Sorgen, die gibt es nicht im typischen Hot Rodder Repertoire. Es ist tatsächlich auf BMWs üppiges Sparkling Graphite beruht.

Wie in allen guten Rennwagen sind alle Kontrollen bequem vom Fahrer erreichbar.

Das Cockpit ist für ernsthaftes Fahren mit unterstützenden Sitzen und eine Reihe von analogen Messgeräten.

Natürlich passt der Innenraum zu den Standards, die die Mechanik und das Äußere gesetzt haben. Eins der ersten Dinge, die Sie bemerken, ist das Marquez Design Armaturenbrett vollgepackt mit vollständig analogen Messgeräten, die praktisch jede Funktion des Autos überwachen. Die Sitze wurden speziell gebaut und sind für schnelle Straßen oder die Rennbahn gedacht. Die Innenpolsterung ist von Eric Thorson, sowohl wie der Wildleder Dachhimmel und Accu-Mat Klangreduzierung. Es wird ein wenig warm von Zeit zu Zeit wo Mike lebt, also wurde eine Vintage Air Klimaanlage installiert.

So beeindruckend wie die Liste der Komponenten und Modifikationen sind, sie sind wenig Ersatz für die Auswirkungen, die das Auto persönlich auf Ihre Augen und Ihre Ohren macht. Vorerst, müssen Sie Mike sehen, wie er durch die Canyons fährt, um das Auto zu sehen, da er sich entschlossen hat, seinen Chevelle Grand Sport zu Shows und Wettbewerben zu bringen. Aber mit einem fantastischen Camaro wie diesem, weiß man nie – er könnte ja seine Meinung ändern.

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K&N is Proud to Support Tim Martin for SEMA Chairman in 2017 Election

Tim Martin was named the 2016 SEMA 

Person of the Year

Tim Martin was named 2016 SEMA Person of the Year

Tim Martin is running for Chairman of the SEMA Board of Directors in the 2017 election. Tim is a Vice President at K&N, and has been a member of the K&N team for nearly 20 years. His goal is to serve SEMA members in shaping programs to benefit the industry. SEMA has tremendous resources that helps companies prepare for changes and threats in the future. SEMA’s mission is to help its members succeed, and the future requires experienced leadership.

Follow Tim's campaign at Facebook.com/TimForSEMA

Tim has served on the SEMA Board of Directors for seven years, and as a volunteer in SEMA programs for many more. He was recently honored to receive the 2016 SEMA Person of the Year award for contributions as a SEMA volunteer. He has been an effective member of the Board, and understands SEMA programs well. Understanding the potential of SEMA to help our industry and the automotive lifestyle, Tim is well suited to serve as the Board Chairman.

Tim has been involved in many SEMA and professional programs, including the following:

  • 2016 SEMA Person of the Year award recipient
  • SEMA Board of Directors (2 terms)
  • SEMA Data Co-op Board of Directors
  • SEMA Youth Engagement Task Force
  • SEMA CBLC Review Task Force
  • SEMA Board Nominating Committee
  • SEMA Garage Task Force and participant in initial SEMA Garage program planning meetings
  • SEMA Business Technology Committee (BTC)
  • SEMA Business Development Working Group
  • SEMA NextGen Working GroupSEMA Health Care Task Force
  • SEMA Fuel Economy Task Force
  • Speaker and participant at SEMA Town Hall Events
  • Speaker at several SEMA Show educational seminars
  • Speaker at SEMA Manufacturers’ Rep Network (MRN) annual meeting
  • Speaker at Performance Warehouse Association (PWA) conference
  • Speaker at AAIA/SEMA Aftermarket eForum conference
  • Speaker at AAIA National Catalog Managers Association (NCMA) conference
  • Member of SEMA PAC Presidents Club, SEMA PAC Redline Club
  • Participant at SEMA Washington Legislative Events
  • Presenter at SEMA Board Orientation
  • Member of SEMA delegation to the SCORE Baja 1000
  • Participant in many other SEMA projects and events
  • Multiple meetings with members of U.S. Congress, staff, and local government leaders
  • Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California Riverside School of Business
  • Member, Business Council, Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Tim Martin is running for Chairman of the SEMA Board of Directors in 2017

Tim Martin is running for Chairman of the SEMA Board of Directors in 2017

Tim is a Vice President at K&N Engineering, and joined the company as a consultant in 1997. He has served many roles at K&N over the past 20 years. His responsibilities have included leadership in sales, customer service, marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, distribution, and information technology. He previously worked as a consultant, and as an engineer for the U.S. Navy for 10 years. He has experience in project management, financial reporting processes, product development, product testing, product information standards, software development, strategy, organizational development, and legal issues.

Tim’s education includes 2 bachelor’s degrees in engineering from the University of Missouri, and a master’s degree in management from the University of Southern California. He enjoys off-roading and other motorsports, and is married with 4 children.

Tim's goals are to help improve SEMA programs that grow and protect our industry. He plans to focus on the following areas:

  • Support the SEMA Show and PRI Show as industry-leading events
  • Grow legislative programs to protect customization and recreation
  • Develop and support youth-engagement programs to grow awareness
  • Create new career development and networking opportunities
  • Improve member services and promote healthy industry collaboration

The election ballots will be emailed to the primary contact for each SEMA member company in May.

For more information about SEMA go to www.SEMA.org

Follow Tim's campaign at Facebook.com/TimForSEMA

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Classic 1965 Comet A/FX Drag Racer Reinterpreted As A Modern Day Street Machine

The construction of Mike Lookners 1965 Comet Cyclone took over two years

Mike Lookner pays homage to the A/FX drag cars of the '60s with an updated street version

In motorsports, there are certain periods of time when huge leaps in technology and performance occur over just a few years. Take the Indianapolis 500 in the early 1960s. Within 5 years of Jack Brabham’s appearance with his Formula 1 style car in 1961, the rear-engine cars had locked-out the Roadsters from Victory Circle at the Brickyard.

At right about the same time, just about the same thing was going on in drag racing. Despite a joint agreement signed by the Big Three automakers in 1957 not to actively support racing, they did so clandestinely.

By the early 1960s, special lightweight, high performance models were “available” to the public in order for the carmakers to win in NHRA’s popular Super Stock category. Having had enough of the automakers’ shenanigans, in 1962 the NHRA created the Factory Experimental class, the most well-known being the top-level A/FX.

The wheelbase was shifted on A/FX cars to provide more transfer more weight to rear tires

One of the original A/FX Funny Cars: Dyno Don's altered wheelbase 1965 Comet Cyclone

It started simply enough with big motors stuffed in small cars with lots of lightweight parts, moved on quickly to the outrageous altered wheelbase cars, the first to be dubbed “Funny Cars”, and then to the 1966 Mercury Comet that featured a fabricated tube frame chassis with flip-top fiberglass body that became the basis of Funny Cars to this day.

There are many who look back at the years between the forming of the Factory Experimental class and the appearance of the first flip-top Funny Car was a golden age of door-slammer drag racing. Count Mike Lookner among them.

Thankfully for Mike, his brother Andrew runs Extreme Machine Unlimited, in their home state of Massachusetts. Together the two conspired to build a 1965 Comet Cyclone influenced by the AF/X cars of the early 1960s, but not be limited by 1960s technology. In essence, they reinterpreted the concept of the AF/X to a streetable car of the 21st century.

Mike's Comet was fitted with mini-tubs to accomodate 12" wide rear wheels and tires

Mike's Comet was fitted with mini-tubs to accomodate 12" wide rear wheels and tires

The result is a stunning car that’s as at home on the street or strip as it is in a car show. An indication of the level of seriousness with which the Lookner brothers took this project, the body was sent to International Show Car Association (ISCA) category winner George Kouthouridis to repair and prepare the metalwork and massage all the panel gaps.

Peter Newell of Competition Specialties sprayed the body in Candy Brandywine that looks like it’s three feet deep, with the bumpers painted in metallic Argent giving them the appearance of the unpolished aluminum bumpers on early A/FX cars.

The four point roll bar provides easy access in and out of the car, yet still protect on the strip

The interior was kept stock looking except for a few safety features plus a full set of gauges

The interior was kept relatively stock-looking, with factory vinyl replacement seats along with door panels and headliner. The only real tip-offs that this car isn’t a stock restoration from the inside are the Autometer gauges, Grant steering wheel, four-point roll bar, and Simpson four-point driver’s harness.

Underneath subframe connectors were added by DMC Racing to strengthen the chassis in preparation of the powerful big block motor. A Ford 9-inch rear axle with 4:10 gears was fitted to accommodate the larger 15x12-inch rear wheels that will reside in the mini-tubs. The multi-leaf rear spring was replaced by a mono-leaf, which now acts more as a locating device.

The rear suspension loads are now carried by QA1 adjustable coilovers. Up front, a Total Control Products dual-adjustable coilover conversion was installed. Brakes are a conservative 11” front disc and rear drum set-up. The Radir wheels selected nicely reflect the five spokes on “Dyno Don” Nicholson’s 1965 AF/X Comet Cyclone.

The FE block was also used in the A/FX Funny Car drag racers of the 1960s

The Ford FE big block was built by Mike's brother Andrew and produces 650 horsepower

But, of course, it’s under the hood where things get really exciting. Brother Andy built the motor from an original Ford 428 FE (same block as used for the 427 Cammer motors in A/FX) from a 1968 donor. He punched it out to 469 CID and it now produces 650 horsepower, delivered through a three-speed C4 automatic transmission built by Monster Transmissions.

The bottom end features a Scat crank and Eagle rods all forged from ultra-high strength 4340 alloy steel, 11.25:1 JE aluminum pistons, and an aggressive solid lifter camshaft from Cam Motion.

Intake air is drawn through the factory hood scoops and into a pair of K&N E-3280 filters into matching Edelbrock AVS 650 CFM carbs, Edelbrock RPM aluminum intake, and into a set of Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads, topped with valve covers featuring K&N 62-1220 breathers.

The process took two-and-a-half years to complete, but even just from viewing the photographs, the results are both stunning and a fitting tribute to that insane era of drag racing.

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