Should I buy a K&N air filter?

[kenratboy]

My air filter could use replacing, and I am thinking about getting a K&N. Should I? Will there be any difference (even if it is tiny)?

Thanks!

If it means anything, here is the part number: 33-2145-1

[cAmRyrAcR619sD]

i really dont think that there would be a difference it just an air filter but maybe im wrong plus you spoce 2 chage yer oil every 3,000 miles plus if ur like me and drive alot 3,000 isnt alot

[kenratboy]

Damn, thats some good stuff yer smokin, hook me up

My car gets Mobile 1 5w30 and a new Fram every 3,000 miles - good enought for a Camry!

[cAmRyrAcR619sD]

aah okay ill hOOk it up yer lucky hah im 2 busy 2 change my oil and the filer i usually wait till 6,00 miles but yea your lucky at lease you can get a rear sway bar they dont make them for my car i got a 93 camry

[Phi]

I have one but that's only 'cause I got a deal on it. You won't gain anything in terms of performance. Furthermore, it's a pain to clean and re-oil, not to mention not as cheap as you think. Because of this, most ppl never clean their filter and actually decrease any positive effect it may have had. Bottom line, unless you simply wanna add another "mod" to your list, stick to stock paper filter and change it regularily.

[kenratboy]

Sounds like a plan - I will get a new one tomorrow, or the day after or something like that.

[userlain]

i saw this one website one time that actually dynoed the performance of a k&N filter versus all of the other filters. they all sucked up the same ammount of air per second.

K&N is nothin' special. you are pretty much paying for the rights to have a K&N sticker on the side of your car. but you dont need the rights to do that anyways(see ricer in the dictionary)

[kenratboy]

Yeah, I'll get a Fram or something tomorrow.

[Erbe]

theres really no difference in air filters....the only reason to buy a k and n is for the name...other than that...if its 5 bucks more to get a k and n go for it....but if u can find a filter for aorund 15$...get that instead

[eecc]

this site mite help u decide:

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/airfilter/airtest1.htm

[smoky723]

Only if u want 15 more hp and it helps in acceleration

[Sportivo Concepts]

Actually like oil filters not all air filters are the same, yeah they may suck up the same amount of air, but the real question is how much dirt and other pollutants are geting through into your system?

If your looking for something that is gonna help keep the air clean and not full of pollutants go either K&N or TRD.

Like Phee Phi Pho Phumb said it can be a bitch to clean especially if your lazy, so keep that in consideration.

As for the TRD, I believe that they have an easier system to clean and manage, I forget been a while.

[smoky723]

in other words yes!!!!!!!!!!!

[Erbe]

^yo....you might wanna downsize your sig there....

[SmokingTires]

Originally posted by userlain
i saw this one website one time that actually dynoed the performance of a k&N filter versus all of the other filters. they all sucked up the same ammount of air per second.

K&N is nothin' special. you are pretty much paying for the rights to have a K&N sticker on the side of your car. but you dont need the rights to do that anyways(see ricer in the dictionary)

I don't know what site you were looking at, but there is a difference in filters. I was actually present at a test where air was run through both filters. There was a ball on the other side that would float with the air flow. The K&N worked a lot better.

But the engine can only suck in so much air. And the way the Camry intake is designed, it gets that amount with a stock filter. On many other cars, you can get as much as a performance change as a little Short-ram filter(you only buy those for the sound anyways. whats the difference?).

And K&N unlike other filters are reuseable. Always nice. And it will save you money in the long run.

Unlike standard filters (which are made of paper), K&N use oil to trpa dirt. Which over all works better to clean the air.

Either way, you want your engine to stay as clean as possible. That's what matters. Who care about performance when your engine isn't running?



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And too all the noobs out there, and everyone else who still doesn't have a clue, Intakes don't give you jack for perfomance. The most I have ever seen added (dyno tested) was 9hp and 6 ft/lbs of torque. That's nothing! You wont even feel that. You don't start feeling a difference until around 30hp.

The only something like a CAI is good for, is getting cooler air to the engine. And that onlymakes your engine run more efficent. It doesn't add anything.