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Hi, looking to install an intake in my car and was wondering what you guys would recommened. I am looking at the KKM True-Rev Sport Induction and the SHO Shop Cold Air Intake System, I am undecided on which one to choose. I see alot of people with the KKM but not too many with the SHO shop intake. Just wondering which one is the better of the two. "Although installing the KKM does not officially void your warranty, some dealers may use it as a crutch to refuse certain services." Has anybody with the KKM ever run into this problem??

i have the KKM and had my car at the dealers to replace(under warrenty) a bad IAC valve (moosing)...no problems what so ever.

KKM sounds amazing as well.

Hey, we all know that the aftermarket intakes available for the svt contour are pretty pathetic. There are a couple that are ok, but over all they are pretty pathetic. I would say that the best design is the KKM or the SHO-SHOP intakes. The KKM apparently sucks because they use the wrong type of filter, and the sho shop is way over priced. I am working on building a custom intake right now, consisting of the optimum K&N fitler, maf adapter, and possibly a heat shield. I will be making all the peices myself. After I get mine installed and see how everything goes, if it works well i might be willing to hook you up with one. Just whatever you do, don't get an inverted cone filter. The inversion increases surface area, but also creates turbulance, that decreases the filters flow. This is the problem with the KKM and other similar intakes.

Hey thanks for the tip, let me know when you got it all setup i'd like to take a look. Thanks

Hey no problem. The filter should be in monday, and i'll probably have the adapter made at least by the end of the week. I'll try to take pics too.

I have absolutely no complaint with the KKM on my SVT - it works just fine (and sounds great) . I had one on my '95 SE , and my brother is running one on his '95 SE right now - again , no complaints .
If you're worried about dealer issues , just go with a drop-in K&N filter to use inside the stock SVT housing . That's a nice setup , I had one in my SVT from the first week until about 3 weeks ago when I installed my KKM . I'm gonna re-install that setup for scheduled dealer visits , just to be sure . I never had any dealer complaints with the KKM on my '95 , but I'm a bit more hesitant to do it with the SVT (the way my luck's been with this car ) .

Ben - You can see my KKM anytime you want to , just gimme a call or PM me here on the forums .

I had my KKM in for a long time, and never took it out when I went to the dealership.. They're used to seeing stuff like that from the Mustang crowd, so they didn't care.

99badsvt, where do you find flaw with the filter? I had a dyno proven 10hp jump from adding a KKM, with no heatshield or anything. For $95, you just can't beat that!

Hey guys i'm going to try to explain it. First of all, I can do the k&n set up for $50 bucks using a k&n filter. Actually, just the filter costs that much, but it won't cost me anything to get the adapter made by the guy at our garage. As far as the KKM, I can't really say anything about it, because i've never used one. I just think its an awfull expensive price for an ok filter and an adapter. Also, I've heard from a lot of people that it doesn't flow well. Anyway, notice that the kkm (is it an s&b filter?)has the us of the stock intake tube, going right into the filter. Origionally I was looking to do the same thing with my custom intake. An inversion at the end of the filter not only increases surface area, but provides a spot for the air from the stock tube to flow right into. Also, the filter isn't tappered(which decreases surface area) which is a good thing. I was looking for a K&N fitler with an inversion just like the S&B filters have, becasue that is what I thought would be best, until I did some research. It turns out that inverted filters actually can decrease air flow. As air enters the inversion horizontally, air is also entering the filter at the around the "sides" vertically. As I just described, the air is colliding inside the filter from two different angles, causing turbulance. As a result of the turbulance, the air just kind of gets stuck in the filter, not going anywhere. It can also even force the air back out. Anyway, the K&N filter I'm using has a chrome endcap on the end, eliminating any inversion. I origonally thought this would be bad because the incoming air from the stock tube would hit this cap and be disperesed, and I wanted it to go directly into the fitler. Like I said, as it turns out, it is better for that air to hit the cap and be disperesed, becuase it will go up over the filter and be sucked in at the sides along with all the other air, and will not cause any turbulance. This filter will actually flow a lot better, even up to twice as good, as the round, inverted types of filters. As far as the inversion goes, I took a look at the stock fitler last night. The stock fitler is not inverted, and there is actually non-inverted platic cone at the end of the filter designed to let the air coming in from the stock intake tube flow smoothly up around the sides of the air box, being sucked in by the filter. This works better than just a flat cap, because it keeps the air from smashing into it and causing more turbulance because it is kept inside of the confined air box. This idea seems really well designed to me, even for stock. I think this is why people with a drop in K&N also experience gains very similar the gains from open filters. I will see how my design works, and hopefully I will be able to develope an intake that is cheaper, better(k&N), and better flowing than the KKM. I also want to design a possible heat shield for the setup. We'll see how it works.

Thanks for the explanation, hope everything works out the way you planned it. I'm researching intakes now and other mods I want to do, and the intake is at the top of the list!!