The old man

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I decided to get rid of the stock air filter and installed a Fram Air Hog. What a waste....... Guessing I lost 15 to 20 Hp. The car was a dog!! Automatic trans and it wouldn't even bark the tires shifting to second.. Put the paper back in and am smoking the tires again...

Roarin_8

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After reading some Fram horror stories, I stay away from all Fram products.

LiquidFire350

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K&N = performance
Fram = daily driver

on my old 5.0 i use fram, no complains, but when it comes to power, i use K&N on my Z

need-a-z

Only Fram thing I use is the Oil Filter.
Any car I buy, I switch to a K&N Air Filter first. They are great.

ZR2877

I use a Fram Air Filter but never a Fram oil filter. I sold my K&N and got a Fram AF. I would for sure use a K&N oil filter they are great.

sawedoff

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Fram/Allied Signal makes good products. They've been in the game longer than K&N. I've heard people complain about the same things with a K&N. Your computer will have to readjust for any changes in flow. I would trust a Fram unit before a K&N. I've never heard of any airfilter that would plus or minus you 20 something horsepower. It's just not done. If it is there's something else going on.

Benjamin Russick

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K&N conical filters (like on my 5.0), good. K&N flat-panel filters, bad. The K&N showed ZERO increase in HP on the dyno over the Fram paper, so I only use Fram papers now. Fits better, filters better and flows just as good... My $.02

CrazytrainWS6

it seems that nobody mentions the holley powershot filter anymore. fits great and had it for 3 years and no issues

BriancWS6

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Holley Powershot here as well, no problems, works for me.

Nine Ball

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Fram air filters work just as good as K&N on our cars. They also filter better than a K&N. Not sure about their Air Hog ones though, those just look like K&N copies.

Diolar Magnum

i've run the fram airhog for 4 months now. when I installed it, there WAS a noticeable INCREASE in power. little noisier, but worth it. Dunno why a lot of people dont like them?!? also looks awesome under clear MTI lid. yeah I know rice rice rice blah blah blah but I like it alot.

Roarin_8

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How is a clear MTI lid rice?

Diolar Magnum

i dunno but thats what I got whenI posted about it a while ago. ????

TheBlurLS1

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i'll always use k&n filters, i've seen them work miracles. i run one on my 400ex, i've seen it clog up one half completly with dirt, and be eat-off-of clean on the inside. i've also seen some pretty outrageously dirty sprintcars that i've wrenched on, the airfilter look like someone gave it a rhino-lining coat on the outside with mud, and not be a spec of dirt on the inside, or anywhere.

i dont think our pavement pounders will have to worry about air filtration quality much anyway unless someone is doing the Dakar rally in a camaro ss

The old man

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Thanks for all the input guys. I have been fooling with cars and trucks for 40 years (hence the name old man) and I have never seen this before. The motor was a dog. Back to paper filter and it was perfect.

black00TA

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i havent tried the air hog or the powershot but they seem to be similar to the K&N, i use paper now. i had a K&n when i first got the car but when i put a lid on it the k&n didnt fit to well. so i give mad thumbs up to the $5 paper air filter!

CrazytrainWS6

that's the main reason i went with the holley powershot. fits perfect. they also claim to have more air flow then the K&N, but who knows.

ssjunkie

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I'll put a fram in my parents minivan. My SS gets only the best.

Diolar Magnum

Are you still running that paper filter?

TX_SS

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ROFL..@ the old man.. air filter doesnt make that BIG of difference...