K&N filters bad?

[Joshua Van Tol]

A saab 900T air filter from a 1985-1990 or so vehicle works great. If 
you want a pic of mine installed in my 5000QT let me know. It fits 
pretty slick and has much more area than the stock filter.


On Mar 11, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Alan Pritchard wrote:

> Ok, on another similar note, I am converting to megasquirt shortly, 
> and as
> such was going to use a cone filter, does anyone have any 
> recommendations?
> There are $20 specials on ebay, but I don't think they'll do much
> filtering!!!
> Considerations are obviously : cost, filtration and performance (not 
> that
> there is much to gain but I don't want to lose power!!!) also I love 
> the
> 5cyl noise, so I don't mind the volume created.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Alan Pritchard,
> Mechanical design engineer,
> Network administrator.
>
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>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Dan DiBiase [mailto:d_dibiase at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	11 March 2004 15:06
> To:	David; FFGREG32 at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: K&N filters bad?
>
> This is interesting stuff. I know from personal experience that I won't
> use a K&N simply because of the negative impact to gas mileage. I
> installed one in my old '95 Jetta which consistently turned in 30 mpg
> around town. As soon as I installed the K&N, mileage dropped 10% - 
> i.e., I
> was only getting 27 mpg around town. "Maybe" the engine revved better; 
> I
> tend to think it was the power of suggestion on my part.
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> --- David <duandcc_forums at cox.net> wrote:
>> he following information was taken from a posting by Jim Conforti...
>
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