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Originally Posted by pickuprover
mmmmm let me think.... remove a filter that never needs replacing (just cleaning and $1 worth of oil), with a paper filter that costs $12 and needs to be replaced regularily and does not filter as well.... I guess my question would be why?
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Why, because you get a nifty sticker to put on the side of your truck, and call it a Mod.
And $12? If you're gonna pitch snake oil, you gotta have the price to go with it. They start at over $50, and then another $13 for a 'service kit' (detergent and oil, geez, Ole PT Barnum was right)
A K&N filter, dry, isn't a filter at all. If a OEM filter is 50 Micron, then a K&N is twice that. The only thing that makes it a filter is when you coat it with oil, pollen, dirt, dust, tumble weeds, get stuck to the oil and only clean air passes, right? Yup, and that clean air gets less and less since it can't get past the increasingly thickening layer of dust, pollen and tumble weeds (oh yeah, and small children). If you plotted the airflow and time on a graph, it would start off way up the y axis, and head straight down, on a 45 degree angle to the x axis. But it's a good idea (that has too many shortcomings) Cuz it uses an oil as the trapping agent. Wonder where that idea came from? Oh, yeah, I know, an Oil Bath Air Filter.
