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Anyone know if there are differences between the GL, SE, and SVT stock air filters?
The reason I ask is because mine needs changing, and the air filter my dealership recently gave me and the one that came with the car are different colors. The one I just recieved is white, while the stock filter is this yellow-orange color. There is a long number on the stock airfilter qualified by "Motorcraft", but it's fuzzyish and I can't read it.
I know it doesn't matter (a high flow air filter wouldn't add jack, horsepower-wise) as long as it fits, but I'm curious if I have the right part for my car.
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Color of frame may only be a manufacturer's preference. My last FRAM for the '97 was orange. My '98 has an after- market black one. Both fit OK and I think that's what counts.
98 Mystique LS v6 atx 110,000km
97 Contour LX v6 atx 125,000km
stock CD on LS, cass on LX
spoiler, tinted windows on LS only
4 wheel discs on LX only
All other available options on both
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The SVT has a conical filter. Non-SVT's have a panel filter. No possible way to get them mixed up!  Should have just bought a K&N drop-in and never worried about buying new filters again.  (being as you seem to not like open air filters???)
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Non-SVT's have a panel filter? I didn't know that.
I thought about the K&N, but I don't like the idea of an open-element airfilter during the winter.
I do like the idea that it'll last for "a million miles", if you take care of it.
Hmmm....does a K&N fit in the stock air box?
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K&N makes a filter that drops right into the stock non-SVT airbox. You can get the part number from K&N's website.
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Originally posted by PA 3L SVT:
[QB]K&N makes a filter that drops right into the stock non-SVT airbox.[QB] Hence, "drop-in". Gotcha. All the ones I've seen are the open kind. I checked the K&N site and got the part# of the one that'll fit in the SVT air box, and then checked an online dealer to get a idea on the price- about $65. Quite a bit of money, but worth it, I suppose, since I plan on having my car for a long time.
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Ha ha on me, I just noticed you have a SVT. At least you were smarter than me and realized that my answer was right either way. Hey, I drove 660 miles today from Kalamazoo, so I can be expected ot be a little off.
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