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From: central valley California
if you use a paper filter such as a fram then change it every time you change your oil. if you use a k&n filter then clean it as conditions require. I.E. if you are in a dusty area or if you are in a humid area. then clean an reoil sooner.
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From: cheyenne wyoming
I worke at a napa store and had a customer retun a K&N filter he was not happy with it. I use on im my gasser and love it but he had a trbo diesel and drove on dusty gravel roads alot and he had very! fine dust on the clean side of his intake tube and turbo so if I ever get a turbo diesel I may stay with the napa gold and not the K&N.
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From: Bay Area, CA
Originally posted by No_BS
maybe I should invest in one, my gas milege could use a boost.... really bad.
maybe I should invest in one, my gas milege could use a boost.... really bad.
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Originally posted by christaylor
I personally don't understand why anyone uses paper filters any more. Besides the performance gains in a K&N the price is so low that in a year or less it has paid for itself.
Chris
I personally don't understand why anyone uses paper filters any more. Besides the performance gains in a K&N the price is so low that in a year or less it has paid for itself.
Chris
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From: 204 South Stewart
i have a 93 f-150 i-6 300 and the intake was very restricted.
it came in from the front to a box on the driverside then in to 2 tubes to the manafold. i eliminated the box and split the tubes to accomidate 2 of the K&N cone style filters and OMG you wouldnt believe the diff. more power and better gas mialage. lots more power if you run duckting from the front and aim it into the filters.
try it GOOD LUCK!!!
it came in from the front to a box on the driverside then in to 2 tubes to the manafold. i eliminated the box and split the tubes to accomidate 2 of the K&N cone style filters and OMG you wouldnt believe the diff. more power and better gas mialage. lots more power if you run duckting from the front and aim it into the filters.
try it GOOD LUCK!!!
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From: New Jersey
K&N filters allow more airflow by being larger thus more surface area, and also having larger openings in the filter itself, thus allowing more debris into your engine. This is why I won't use one, ever, on anything I own.
If I need more airflow, I either find a larger airbox from a junkyard, or fabricate something.
My soon to be twin-turbo 460 will have two air boxes actually, one for each turbo. They as a pair will flow more air than the factory airbox, and since I have two turbos, two air boxes make sense because its easier to connect up rather than having large airhoses going across the engine compartment.
using two caddy northstar airboxes, BTW, not that it matters.
If I need more airflow, I either find a larger airbox from a junkyard, or fabricate something.
My soon to be twin-turbo 460 will have two air boxes actually, one for each turbo. They as a pair will flow more air than the factory airbox, and since I have two turbos, two air boxes make sense because its easier to connect up rather than having large airhoses going across the engine compartment.
using two caddy northstar airboxes, BTW, not that it matters.