Tornado + K&N Air Raid

[maverick]

I'm a little late on this thread but never the less, I've seen 100k on OEM stuff an performance never dropped, spend your money on something that will help your performance, as someone mentioned snakeoil pure an simple, sale's are a reflection of a trend that takes off because some high profile paid person, an notice I said paid, to croke about the product. An everyone brakes down the door to purchase it, while engine builders that know better set back an gaze in wonder at the lack of engine knowledge. Common sence tells the engine builder that regardless how much air you try to toss down an intake fuel injection an carberation are only going to flow what it allows. Thats what tickles me when some kid goes out an buys a 750cfm carb. an does nothing to the exhaust, you can pour fuel down the intake out of a 5 gal. bucket but you are not going to acheive shit without getting it out it is a bottle neck if you would like to call it. Thats why it is called engine tuning an it is becomeing a lost art. An keep in mind Hp does not mean shit without torque, that is another subject, just as R.P.M. @ that acheived torque. So piss on the K.N. an other charms.

 

[BIGWOODY]

But still...no one can answer who makes a decent cone type filter?????

 

[Caver Dave]

But still...no one can answer who makes a decent cone type filter?????

Saw a writeup somewhere (diesel boards?) on a company "A or M something"(?) that was making replacable PAPER filters in a cone config, but haven't seen any data to support them being any better filtration wise than a KN...

 

[RatLabGuy]

I have one of the generic e-Bay $16 cone filters stuck on the end of a larger-than-stock AFM. I wasn't expecting anything out of it, but I got everything super cheap so figured what the hell. It's not real obvious whether it really helped or not in thethrettle response, but to my surprise my MPGs increased by 2-3. After a year the plenum dosn't look too bad, so I feel okay w/ the ilter.
If you're paranoid about the filtration, you can get a foam "pre-filter" that slips over the cone, even oil that up a little if you want, then just wash it occasionally.

BTW I did this ONLY b/c I've also opened the xahsut (headers, bigger pipe all the way etc).

Its a very simple balance -> Air in = Air out.
No net effect unless you keep the equation balanced.

 

[Rich]

But still...no one can answer who makes a decent cone type filter?????

I think AFE's newer foam filters have been given good reviews on the Dodge diesel board?

As few miles as we put on off-road only rigs, I doubt they'll die from dirt ingestion, but that's just an opinion.