time to replace the air filters and am looking for the best deal. any opinions for top of the line filters?

 

K&N.

Google for a good price.

 

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...s-nav-cds.html

Used are just as good!

 

i would like opinions on something other than k&n. i don't buy into all the hype.

 

Factory style there are not a lot of choices....really.
Paper or Gauze.
K&N is "top of the line". If you do not believe the "hype", WalMart has Fram.

 

Top of the line Hype.

K&N Hype Machine Free Flow

 

Dear Administrator: Suggest posting this report as a "Sticky" to demonstrate that aftermarket air filter products claiming better performance is simply a bunch of hooey.

Any seconds?

 

I had to bump this thread.

I just changed my oil and put fram oil filter and I was thinking about throwing a couple K&N filters in because i am sure my filters are filthy. But I saw this while searching..

This post changed my mind. I am definitely gonna go with stock replacement.

thanks for posting this.

 

That is basic filter technology. The less restriction, the less crud caught. K&N has 30% less restriction and catches 3% less dust. K&N makes sense to me.

 

hmm.. the way i saw it, K&N flowed good but allowed MORE dirt into the engine.

 

Exactly, I vote for more flow. I'm sure all the CAI's on the market are even worse at filtering dust, but they make more horse power.

 

I have ran K&N in all my cars, to each is his own i suppose though.

 

I have been running K&N's for a while on many vehicles. I have never had any issues.

 

Go for original equipment replacements. There are a lot of sources out there, http://www.oediscountparts.com/ is a dealer for both Mercedes and Chrysler and has good on-line prices and excellent service (and no sales tax plus free shipping for orders over $50 or so).

As has already been noted, K&N flow well when CLEAN, but if you care about dust infiltration, use OEM quality filters and change them regularly.

 

Me to......never an issue

 

The recomended cleaning cycle on K&N's is 50,000 miles (guess it could be more frequent in bad conditions) - at that rate it's not going to be too onerous to keep them clean. Theres a thread on that topic here

 

I've been using K&N for a very long time. Whatever dust that gets through it, burns up during the combustion. So I get freer flowing and more HP. Never had any engines go wrong. Believe me when I say this, no dust is going to survive the extreme heat inside those cylinders. I'm a performance enthusiast all the way and put all my years of experience into trusting K&N all the way. I clean my filters every 10K miles because it is very easy to do.

 

With the location of the filters i clean mine every few months or each oil change.

 

the way I see it, is a general motors deisel, and a gm owner muraculously finding a gm filter was the best for his gm product....wonder who funded that study? I will stay with my cheap underrated filters from K&N.....btw, buy a gm filter and lay it next to a K&N and tell me the difference....I still had some gm filters left over from the camaro/vette days, and they just about fit the cross....but I have since, switched to needswings intake now...with K&N's...I use K&N on the Harley....with no problems as well...I won't knock gm products, I used them for years, but I don't see them being any different than the K&N regardless of these numbers.....I use fram filters in my semi.....not GM...