Yesterday I changed my oil and cabin filters by myself for the first time. Everything went smoothly (except that cabin filter is pretty awkwardly designed). However my remaining question is where is the air filter?? The only place I have yet to look is under the engine cover. Thanks for your help in response.

P.S. I have combed the forum for answers but to no avail.

 

under the main engine cover ... there are 2 filters beneath.

 

Thanks a lot. This morning before work I was trying to glimpse beneath it to see. I saw there are two or four phillips head screws attaching? I just unscrew and lift off correct? Thanks andrew.

 

Correct.
Pull the plastic silver cup up.
Turn it over, and as you say, there are screws holding each of the filter cover in place.

 

Oh so the plastic silver cover just slips off without any screws? I thought I saw screws in the corners of it.

 

The engine cover is held on with clips... just lift up. There are 4 torx screws holding the covers for the filter elements.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

This info has been helpful for me. I just need to go get a set of "torx" tools. They couldn't simply use a phillips head.

I am still not sure where I am going to get my filters from. I like the idea of K&N because you never have to buy filters again. Simply wash and reinstall. What is the general opinion from the forum ??

 

You will feel a little (+2-5 Hp) performance change if you install the K&N's and you will realize a 1-3 mpg increase in gas mileage; but the best thing I felt after changing was that the SOUND of the engine changed under full throttle. It gave a subtle Euro Roar that was really cool. I had a '76 TR-6+ Triumph with the inline 6 that had almost the same sound, under power, when I owned it back in the early '80's. That was a fun car with a Jaguar front end that could probably keep up with many of the medium-faster cars today. And it was Screaming Blaze Yellow. Fun car...I miss it. Fade to black and lights up on stage one...The Crossfire I have today kicks A## over most of the previous cars I have owned. It has a drivability and just plain fun response to driving inputs that is so cool. I want to try Autocross with it and I'm slowly gathering data on that sport...

 

Can some one tell me how frequent you should wash and lubricate the K&N filters?

 

Depends on where you live. How dusty it is. bla bla. I clean my k&n's at every fss scheduled oil change.

 

Yeah, that always factors in. I was looking for a typical schedule. It's not very dusty around here, but scheduling it with the oil change makes sense.

Thanks

 

If it isn't dusty you should have no problem going every other oil change. I believe you are actually supposed to clean a k&n every 15,000 miles. Good luck!