Originally posted by livinsvt:
I am certified through ford motor company and have been through a lot of training. If your trying to tell me I know nothing then your getting no were. I not a performance guru but we have had many disscussions about k&n filters in my classes. I used to be convinced of the air filters capability. But defintely not anymore. My instructor is ASE certified master,Ford certiied master and has 20-30 years of experience. It was fought out constantly. I never said it didn't flow more air. I said it flows more air, but the oil can is not effective as u think. I work at a dealer and an the k&n voids warranties. It was not the oil we cleaned it was obvious dirt. The oil filter maybe differnt. I just need the hard facts in front of me to believe.
livinsvt,
The K&N does not void warranties, as stipulated by the magnussen-moss act, and if you and/or the dealer you work for are voiding warranties simply by the presence of an aftermarket filter, then you are violating federal law.
Further, the K&N air filter for an SVT Contour flows pretty close to the same amount as the stock paper filter, as long as the paper filter is brand new and perfectly clean. The K&N just doesn't lose flow nearly as quickly as dirt builds up on the filter.
I will also re-iterate that the problem w/ the K&N filters is not with excessive dirt getting through, but when the filter is re-oiled w/ excessive oil. The oil can build up on the sensor wires of the MAF, dirt just really doesn't build up on the sensor wires, and it would take an awful lot of dirt to clog the MAF, more than could flow through any filter.
And finally back on topic - The "tests" on the different oil filters are all a bit misleading, because all of the tests are done at different specifications, like the ~14gpm for the K&N and the 3gpm for the motorcraft filter are tested at unknown pressures, if the Motorcraft filter gets 3gpm @ 2psi, and the K&N gets 14gpm at100 psi, I'm gonna take the motorcraft any day of the week, provided filtering level is equivalent.
All that said, I think the general consensus on previous discussions was that they are all decent except the Fram which is supposedly crap.
