Just did an oil change and decided it was time to replace the air filter as well. Picked up all my supplies at Wal-Mart, which only sells Fram air filters. But since i have used them before with no issue i picked one up. Anyway i do the oil change, then go to put the new filter in, and i notice it looks COMPLETELY different than the one i had in there (also a fram). So i think i may have bought the wrong one, until i notice a note in the box that says they have reworked the design, and a guarantee that it flows just as well. Well, looking at it I wonder how this can be true. There is a very large rubber "hat" on top, and the filter itself is much skinnier. It seems like to save money, they just moddified the bottom of another existing filter so that it would fit in the SVT's pipe. Anyway, i put it in, trusting their expertise, and i can plainly see that the new "hat" is blocking way more of the intake off than the old filter did. Startup the car and i notice somethign is funny. After a day of driving, i definitely notice some minor hesitation when i first hit the gas at low rpms, and when i let off the gas. Since i changed nothing else from my previous configuration, and I have no CEL's to speak of, I gotta go with the filter as the culprit.
