Highbeam removal vs rain

[der affe]

^^ I've got the K&N drop in as well, but I don't think it filters quite as well as the paper ones. If I lived in arizona or something, I would probably switch back.

i live in AZ, with the "outerwears" (that is the "water resistant" sock/prefilter) the actual cone filter really doesn't get that dirty at all. maybe i'll get a making the isolator box this weekend. it had to be somewhat custom because of the ford maf or i would have just bought a drop-in.

[cferb]

1-2hp isn't enough to be statistically relevant. Extra tire pressure from warmer tires could easily cause that alone, not to mention other variables (like a warmer engine). Ever seen a dyno graph without smoothing enabled? it's not smooth..



yes, it's my favorite past-time :p

and yeah, a cone with a shield is definitely better than sucking air right off the radiator. but come on guys - these aren't hondas, you honestly aren't going to gain any power by putting in a magic air filter.

I agree, my point is that you don't necessarily lose power. Personally I like the sound mine makes;) and I didn't pay much for it. It's also nice to get that massive box out of the engine bay. I also don't have any '2 inch' openings in my intake, and I'm not sure how an m30 AFM would work without a cone filter.

BTW since we're talking about how well they filter. K&Ns are known to get a lot of grease and junk in your throttle body, it gets dirty a lot faster with that filter, and I can attest to this.

Bottom line is the difference between cone and stock is negligible, it's certainly not a bad thing with the heat shield, but also not good, if you wanna do it anyway, why not?