low-flo filters

["Chris Dyer" <chrisdyer@hotmail.com>]

You can punch holes, use a K&N filter, or the Blau gizmo.  In any case, 
you WON'T get any noticeable hp improvement, only potentially worse 
filtering.

These things sell A LOT, especially to the lowered Honda crowd, for 
obvious reasons: they're cheap and any 3 year old can install them.

But from everything I've experienced & read (including many magazines' 
dynometer readings) these things essentially do nothing.  If there are 
real h.p. improvements, it's in the <1% range.  So if your car is rated 
at 130hp, you'll get 1.3 extra hp.  This low figure will be completely 
unnoticeable.

Before I get flamed...

HOWEVER, if going "full bore" on hp enhancements, these filters can be a 
"necessity".  An engine is a pump, so if your adding all sorts of engine 
goodies to make a better pump, one needs more air, hence the lo-flow 
filter.

If all you're doing is the filter, I'd stick with paper.  (Especially 
since I live in LA--wish I had one for my lungs!)

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