Was the person that told you it would cause premature wear a reliable source? Are you sure?


Revving the car to redline will cause "premature" wear over somone that shifts at 8,000RPM and even more over someone that shifts at 7,000RPM. It's called entropy and EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD is subject to it. Basically it means that everything is decaying all the time. NOTHING lasts forever. Modifry has an S2000 with a supercharger on it, that flows WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY more air into it than a CAI ever could and he just rolled over 100,000mi. (And is still running, BTW) Now, he has not had the supercharger on it for the life of the car, but he has had it for over 30,000 mi I believe (I could be wrong on the number of miles PM Modifry for details.)

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ruexp67

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ruexp67

 

well I agree with all of this- and am myself probably just going to keep on purchasing the OEM filters, but what is to say that you can't use a paper element filter on a comptech CAI (or any other for that matter). The real benefit of the CAI is added HP through the lack of heat synch - Cold Air- as opposed to stingy hot air travelling over the radiator as in the stock box. Wouldnt it be possible to achieve a comprable HP improvement and engine longevity with a CAI fitted with a paper filter?

 

I use a foam filter on my turbo car and i can lick the inside of my intake piping. I always run a stripe of clean grease down my intake piping simply to TEST if any dirt/debris is getting by my filter, after about 500+ miles you could use the grease to cook with, its perfectly clean. Mind you this type of filter is even more free flowing then a K&N. Of course my dirtbike runs almost the exact same filter....in the dirt. If you look down the intake boot on the bike you'll see its spotless as well.

its really about the proper amount of oil. You must saturate it completely and then wring out the excess oil as it does nothing but restrict air flow. You want a oil that "sets up" as little as possible without being sucked outa the filter and down the intake pipe. For me i use maxima which is a dirtbike company, ive found it ALMOST leaks out but stays nice n wet to catch all the dust etc. Of course these are high maintainace filters, go check out a class 1 or a trophy truck... basically your trading filtration mileage not necessarily quality. If you change your foam filter OFTEN you'll be fine, it must always appear wet/sticky for it to work. A oem for example doesn't have to worry about this because its more like a paper coffee filter. A k&n is somewhat of a mix of the two, while it uses oil it also acts like a paper filter that can stack dirt/dust/debris so they do better with higher mileage.

still the flow patterns of the oem are good, i'd still change it out if it was me though. K&N is a good product, I've found they do let "more" dust through however....were not talkin about alot.

 

holy 38 month bump

 

Not to jack the thread but how do you know if you got a later model 02 with the fix?

I didn't realize this was so debated.

 

 

WHY do old threads pop up like they're new for me? it was on the list at the top like it was new...and its happened before. odd. This is the ONLY forum ive had do it too.

 

love this idea for those who hate oil and the idea of oil getting into the intake system

http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=32