View Poll Results: Which intake filter is superior?

HKS Super Power Flow

7.02%

Apexi

40.35%

K&N

52.63%

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Which intake filter is superior?

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Sep 5, 2003 | 11:01 AM

Chief_MC

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Which intake filter is superior?

Which intake filter kit is superior on your opinion?

Sep 5, 2003 | 12:45 PM

spunks

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I like k&n because of their variety of filter's,rather it be stock,universal,or custom.

Sep 5, 2003 | 01:28 PM

Davidov

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I have heard other filters can outflow K&N, but K&N keeps the most dirt out, therefore prolonging your engine's life.

I just have the drop in, stock replacement filter, not the cone K&N for clarity's sake.

Sep 5, 2003 | 01:35 PM

renagade_rotary

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my brother put in a stock k&n box filter and we certainly noticed a difference. I havent felt any other intake filter.

Sep 5, 2003 | 01:42 PM

eViLRotor

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I use K&N because its the only one that didn't melt in my engine bay.

Sep 5, 2003 | 03:11 PM

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APEXi here... seems great to me, however I have not tried the K&N.

Sep 5, 2003 | 04:41 PM

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Apex here as well. Revspeed tested out a array of filters a while back and the Apex filter ranked highest when it came to filteration ability with the K&N at a close 2nd. Difference between the two is the K&N is a wet type filter and Apex is a dry type. HKS ranked worst.

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Sep 5, 2003 | 04:45 PM

Liquid Anarchy

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Best Filtering, Apex'i

Best Buy, (filtering per dollar) K&N

Sep 5, 2003 | 05:45 PM

ProjectRESuperG

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Oops...I have HKS..crap!

Hmm..I guess it's time to change to Apexi.

Anyone tried Amemiya?

Sep 5, 2003 | 05:49 PM

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I like the K&N because they will custom make a filter for you for a reasonable price which is still cheapper than the apexi and the desing is extremely similar. I think that best bang for your dollar is K&N but i do think that the apexi does yeild an extra horse power in tests however... so is the extra $35 worth 1 possible HP?

Sep 5, 2003 | 08:10 PM

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Driv300mph

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How about the Blitz filter???? Looks nice, and it's more expensive than the APEXi...

Sep 5, 2003 | 08:48 PM

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had greddy airinx, now K&N w/ alum TID... definitely an improvement.. but it's probably the TID

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Sep 5, 2003 | 09:10 PM

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http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/

Based on the Revspeed article the Apexi is the best in everything, even if the Apexi didn't filter as good as the K&N, I'd still buy it just based on the fact that its way easier to clean.

Sep 5, 2003 | 09:47 PM

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Ni5mo180SX

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Originally posted by Driv300mph
How about the Blitz filter???? Looks nice, and it's more expensive than the APEXi...

The blitz metal mesh filter ranked fairly low as far as filteration ability.

Sep 5, 2003 | 09:52 PM

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I had owned K&N, HKS and K&N drop in filter. I Liked the K&N cone the most out of it because it didnt get that diry compared to the HKS.

Sep 6, 2003 | 02:53 AM

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I Use a 96 Akimoto K&N ram air filter with velocity stack

Sep 6, 2003 | 09:34 AM

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Mark'sMazda

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The blitz one flows great, but it doesn't filter vrey well. I went with a K&N because you can get them in preatty much any shape/size, and they are cheap conpaird to the Japanese brands. I have a street car, not a race car. Therefore i would not pick the best filter based only on HP.

Sep 6, 2003 | 10:47 AM

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K&N

Sep 6, 2003 | 04:23 PM

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Ryde _Or_Die

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A'PEXi or K&N. None of the foam filter things. Those things feel like the thing my girl uses to take a shower.

Sep 6, 2003 | 04:45 PM

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Bonez here. But K&N's patent ran out, so now others can make air filters with the same cotton filter media technology. So please guys don't think that K&N are the ONLY ones that can make a cotton type filter. there are more flowing filters on the market, but the filtering capacity sucks. For every day use you can't go wrong with a cotton media. My schools engineering dept is doing research on this. It's direct application is to the Piston reciprocating aircraft engine.