K&N Air Filters?
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I just ordered AEM 's brute force intake because of what i had read about the oil into the turbo. AEM is a dry media fitler and is supposed to filter down to 1 micron , the website is aempower.com if you want to check it out
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K&N is good. BHAF isn't that good for performance because it is very restrictive. I use a $38 Spectre filter from Autozone! It's an oiled filter and there's nothing wrong with it. There's no dirt or oil in my tube or turbo. Some of these guys probably put way to much oil on it or not enough.
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K&N is good. BHAF isn't that good for performance because it is very restrictive. I use a $38 Spectre filter from Autozone! It's an oiled filter and there's nothing wrong with it. There's no dirt or oil in my tube or turbo. Some of these guys probably put way to much oil on it or not enough.
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I had a K&N on my truck,, and I am very careful as to how I oil it (right to the factory specs) My filter got a little wet, and with the stock turbo it sucked itself into about half its size. That was enough for me, I am running the afe now,, no similar problems, been wonderful
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and no it didn't make an *** out of anyone....my experience reflects my opinion of K&N and heck its my opinion! you can't change it.
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what do you base its suckiness on? ive had k&ns on my last two diesels, never had any problems, jsut clean it off every once in a while which consists of me wiping it down with a shop rag... my 99 had one on it for over 250,000 miles never saw anything in the tube that would make me think the filter wasnt doing its job, dad has always run em on his diesels and we run the xstreams on our drag trucks and cant complain( those thing are pretty darn cool!) now im not in now way hating on any othe brand filters, id love to have an afe setup but my money isnt aloowing me to by one right now( havnt given my monthly plasma doantions! haha) but for the guy who jsut wants a better than stock filter and cant throw down a couple hundred bucks on a intake and filter, i think k&n is the way to go....jsut my two cents
K&N is good But i personaly feel that For an Awesomely made vehical like Dodge Cummins needs the best and the best i feel is the AFE Stage2. Just
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From: Okotoks AB
Hows that possible, could you elaborate? The BHAF on my truck is roughly x4 the surface area of the stocker that was in there before. There was a k&n on mine when I bought it. the intake pipe was dirty behind it. it went straight into the trash.
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I use K&N oil on my AFE all the time. Even put it back together wet. And have never had oil or dust on anything past the filter. And I mean nothing. Because I always check.
Question. How could a more free flowing drop in get sucked in when the stock filter, which is more restictive, stay in place?
Question. How could a more free flowing drop in get sucked in when the stock filter, which is more restictive, stay in place?
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From: Sidman, Pa
i have an 05 and went with the AFE stage 2 with the pro guard 7. the afe may be a little more expensive, but from what i've seen and read about them they move the most air when your going to start playing with perfromance boxes (bully dog, TST, etc...) and the PG 7 does an awesome job in keeping dirt out. you still have to clean it now and then but i like it alot. i also noticed a drop of around 200 degrees in my EGT's while towing with the afe and MBRP muffler delete kit. i was told by more experienced people than me that K&N doesn't work well with diesels so i never even considered it. just my 2 cents.