K&N Air Filter
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From: six-five-o
Originally Posted by DakarM
waste of money. i actually dynoed it back to back. stock filter first then K&N. actually lost 2hp.
as for the keeping the same car a long time. I can get my stock paper filter for $15. Which lasts 3 years or 60K miles. K&N drop in for my car was $45. That's 180K miles or 9 years. Plus you have to spend money for the filter recharger kit every 50K miles at $15/kit.
Math didn't work out for me.
as for the keeping the same car a long time. I can get my stock paper filter for $15. Which lasts 3 years or 60K miles. K&N drop in for my car was $45. That's 180K miles or 9 years. Plus you have to spend money for the filter recharger kit every 50K miles at $15/kit.
Math didn't work out for me.
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From: Rockland County, NY
Originally Posted by 9600baud
I've one and I improved my mileage a bit. Its good.
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From: Detroit, MI
Originally Posted by dE.fUsEd
i've never heard a bad thing about K&N. :dunno:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/airfilter/airtest1.htm
Not impressive.
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Originally Posted by redgoober4life
I guess a performance air filter doesn't do much then.
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i don't think my k&n did much of anything.. :dunno: however, i can supposedly leave it in for 100k without it requiring a cleaning. i'm too paranoid to go that far; although, supposedly the dirtier it gets, the better it filters.
but again, i didn't notice a change in anything. i may as well go back to a paper filter, but the k&n does look cool.
edit > i lied. i did notice one thing. depending on the weather, at certain throttle positions, i can hear a faint whistle. i never heard this on the paper filter. that's all. i'm a ricer.
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but again, i didn't notice a change in anything. i may as well go back to a paper filter, but the k&n does look cool.
edit > i lied. i did notice one thing. depending on the weather, at certain throttle positions, i can hear a faint whistle. i never heard this on the paper filter. that's all. i'm a ricer.
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Last edited by reno96teg; Jun 22, 2004 at 08:55 AM.
I still like honda's. :-/
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From: Gilbert, AZ
Originally Posted by redgoober4life
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Originally Posted by dE.fUsEd
one persons experience doesn't mean shit. i promise you can find alot more results that are complete opposite. there is no way a stock airbox out flows a k&n filter. hell, even switching from an autozone filter, to a k&n i noticed a tiny difference. it even gave my exhaust a slightly different tone. and i have way better throttle response on both my cars than i did with my stock enclosed crap.
your butt dyno must have a very tight tolerance and is very tightly tuned to notice such a difference. Because I couldn't feel the 2hp loss in my car which dynoed at 223hp (225hp with stock filter).
BTW we are talking about the drop in filter for the stock airbox not the cone filter.
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