Sporty 2008 2009 Pontiac G8 V6 Sedan Gains An Extra 10 HP With KN Air Intake System
K&N's 63-3072 air intake system for the 2008 and 2009 Pontiac G8 with a 3.6 liter V6 engine
A few years back Pontiac decided to restore its reputation as GM’s High-Performance brand. Pontiac has seen much success with their line of G8 models. A mechanical twin of the highly successful Holden Commodore sedan, the G8 brings back the power and rear wheel drive once missing from Pontiac’s new car offerings. Entry-level G8 V6 models are capable of producing over 250 hp, which means the G8 rivals full size competitors from Chrysler as well as those in Germany. Also helping to restore Pontiac’s performance heritage is K&N Air Intake System part 63-3072 for the 2008-09 G8 with a 3.6 liter V6 engine.
K&N’s Performance Air Intake System 63-3072 helps fire up an already impressive sport sedan with a nearly 11 horsepower increase at the rear wheels. K&N’s Research and Development Department tested a 2008 Pontiac G8 3.6L V6 on our in-house dynamometer. Results showed an increase across the RPM range with a dramatic peak horsepower gain of 10.68 horsepower @ 6,200 RPM!.
K&N intakes are designed to dramatically reduce intake restriction as they smooth and straighten airflow. This results in more power when you need it. With a K&N Performance Air Intake System, consumers can count on extra horsepower whether picking up the kids from school or winding along a mountain road.
This air intake system uses a conical shaped high-flow chrome-top air filter (RC-5138) and powder coated aluminum heat shield in place of the vehicle’s stock air box. The result is an air filter that captures harmful particles, flows air freely, and has a long service life.
63-3072 K&N air intake system installed on a 2008 Pontiac V6 with a 3.6 liter V6 engine
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love nascar. love richie evans. love Jesus Christ. nascar needs to do something immediately and i am counting on you, the voice of the common-folk, to get it done. nascar seems to think that a new spoiler will change the lift characteristics of the car. remember, paid professionals built the titanic. common-folk built the ark. here goes:
add a flat panel, on the bottom of the car, that fills in the area behind the rear wheels to the rear bumper. if you look at the tape, the cavernous air pocket that presently resides there, acts as pulling the rip-cord as a parachute deploys, in-effect lifting the car off as the huge cave is exposed. as it starts behind the rear wheels it needs to have some curvature transition. flat panel will also cause negative pressure and suck the car to the track.
also, they made the greenhouse too high (for michael waltrip). so the air going to both the present wing and the future spoiler is dirty air. this is why you see cars going down the track sideways. smarter crews are trying to get clean air on the spoiler by cocking the bodies. so, no wing will work as intended until 2 things: 1) lower the roof 2) change the angle of the c-pillar. that way, the air the makes it to the spoiler is clean. must be done.
lastly, change the location of the battery farther aft. and, make a concerted effort for 50/50 weight distribution, which will also help lift-offs.
and, yes, you are doing a great job. reporting with passion. that's you. passion.
Glueck hit is on the nose when he said you don't want to pay for non-incremental advertising and that we are in the early stages of measuring ROI on paid search. Unfortunately he ignored those points when he analyzed the performance on brand versus non-brand keywords — the analysis doesn't give us the answer because we don't know the true incrementality of the conversions.
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wtf?? the silvia goes ahead nd the honda still wins??? ((first))
For anyone who hasn't seen the film… my comments below include what probably constitute spoilers, so please don't read them.
I believe it's “Dead Poets Society has ruined a generation of educators.”
I think you're dead on about Frank; in my opinion he was the highlight of the film; certainly the most difficult character to write and protray. In his mind he's taking someone who has little or no prospects and giving them some power over their surroundings; he even takes a genuine pride in his role, blindly acting out the part of a father in a small and incomplete (and ultimately amoral) way. And yet his smoothness makes him in a sense almost more likeable than the roughness of the film's main character, which is difficult to do. I was pleasantly surprised by Epps performance since the large majority of children overact in these sorts of roles and she's very, very restrained, especially compared to Gosling's charged performance.
Unfortunately, I can't say I cared for Gosling's performance or his character much. I groaned internally every time he said “Oh no you didn't!” (Where was the “talk to the hand” gag? Missed opportunity). The political elements were also clumsy and ineffective (most glaringly a randomly inserted rant about the Iraq war and the failed hippy-turned-prejudiced-drunk dad).
Gosling's character is distasteful, which is fine, he's someone with a serious problem and he's supposed to be distasteful, but his sudden miraculous transformation at the end of the film makes the distastefulness feel like plain cheating on the part of the filmmakers. The film seems to be leading up to a its dramatic peak (with the motel scene) and I was optimistic that the film would end on a very negative note for Gosling's character tempered by a cautiously optimistic note for Epps' character; the sequence in which they came face to face and he accepts the exchange seemed in my mind to suggest his acceptance of his fate, and the point at which she would truly steel herself against that fate. In a sense it would almost be the sacrifice on his part that would save her, and would redeem him from all the wrong he had done (most explicitly the scene with the other teacher, of course). I was disappointed by the reversal at the end.
I enjoyed this film OK, but I liked Tristam Shandy and Bubble (and some other movies) more.