Fram Air Hog.... Big mistake
04-24-2005, 10:47 AM
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Fram paper air filter is just as good as K&N. With my Camaro SS, I got rid of K&N in favor of paper filter, no performance difference at all, also, I'd rather stick in a new filter every oil change rather than cleaning/re-oil reuseable filter.
04-24-2005, 12:51 PM
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Anyone use a foam air filter? I run an amsoil 2 stage foam air filter. When I first ran with it I did feel better throttle response. But now I'am going to remove it and go with reagular paper air filter, because people have said after awhile you get oil on the maf and the car can stumle acceleration. I just havn't got to buying the paper filter and cleaning the maf, to see how much oil is on the maf, if any. Has anybody with an oil air filter cleaned their maf and found some oil on the maf?
04-24-2005, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Russick
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
PLus you dont have to worry about oiling your MAFS
04-24-2005, 07:42 PM
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Dunno about the whole K&N air filter vs others, cept for what the companies claim. I bought my car with the K&N, so I'm stickin with it. But have any of you compared the inside of a Fram oil filter to a say K&N oil fitler? It's a night and day difference. The Fram oil filter is completely dated and inferior to even an AC Delco oil fitler as far as design and materials used inside the filter. Plus I've read some horror stories about the Fram oil filter, thought i saw a post on LS1tech about it, maybe not. I know I'm not puttin that **** in to filter my oil. 
04-24-2005, 09:40 PM
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I have a holley powershot. I dynoed 338hp then the very next pull, removed the airfilter completely and pulled a 346hp and gained 7ftlbs. not sure if a paper air filter will restict THAT much. is that too much of a loss? should i go back to paper?
04-24-2005, 09:46 PM
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I run a K&N FIPK, and I'll see how diry my MAF is next oil change. I cleaned my MAF last time(i think the first time its ever been cleaned, and my car started to run all messed up once it was clean cuz my tune was so off), so we'll see how it goes. Personally I don't think theres much difference between any of them besides personal preference.
04-24-2005, 11:20 PM
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again I reitterate, when switching from a fram regular old paper filter to the airhog I DID notice a considerable positive difference in throttle response. Its strange that effects are so varied from engine to engine.
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04-25-2005, 08:33 PM
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i went and picked up some of the weather stripping used in the package a while back after i realized i didnt have it and it still didnt fit right, so i decided to just leave it and the stress from it cracked my air lid........ so i had to buy a new lid...ill take the paper filter to avoid the many problems associated with K&n air filters, but i would not hesitate to use them on any other vehicle i own....just not my TA