fuel mileage - whats your F150 get?
#51
Harley Davidson puts K&Ns in their Screamin' Eagle motorcycles from the factory
and they are the top of the line big $$$$ Harley's.
I off road a LOT in my truck and have sent in for an oil analysis. This is using a K&N drop in filter is extremely dusty/dirty conditions. When I spend a day off road under-hood will have piles of dust/dirt about everywhere and the filter is filthy. The report shows the filter did it's job.
Here is the report. This is first hand experience, proof, not something I read somewhere.
Last edited by vindex1963; 09-25-2011 at 08:16 PM.
#52
Do a google on "Turbo Dusting". Lot's of articles on turbo damage from the dirt/oil
a K&N passes.
Here is an article stating that a K&N will pass 100 micron dirt particles, a paper filter is 20 microns:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w211...r-filters.html
This photos of paper vs K&N filter media confirms that:
OEM Paper Filter Media:
K&N Filter Media:
And more proof. I did this experiment a few years ago. I covered a plexiglass tube with K&N filter media, and OEM paper media. I used carbon resistors as a
smoke source, and as you can see the smoke passed right through the K&N
media, but the paper media blocked the smoke:
Besides, as Kris has stated, there isn't any performance advantage of using a K&N filter. You could use chicken wire for a filter, and there wouldn't be any performance improvement over OEM paper filters.
a K&N passes.
Here is an article stating that a K&N will pass 100 micron dirt particles, a paper filter is 20 microns:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w211...r-filters.html
This photos of paper vs K&N filter media confirms that:
OEM Paper Filter Media:
K&N Filter Media:
And more proof. I did this experiment a few years ago. I covered a plexiglass tube with K&N filter media, and OEM paper media. I used carbon resistors as a
smoke source, and as you can see the smoke passed right through the K&N
media, but the paper media blocked the smoke:
Besides, as Kris has stated, there isn't any performance advantage of using a K&N filter. You could use chicken wire for a filter, and there wouldn't be any performance improvement over OEM paper filters.
Last edited by Takeda; 09-25-2011 at 08:29 PM.
#55
Quick bump since its been a while since I posted on here, I got the Edge evo tuner and my mileage has gone up quite a bit and my truck doesn't feel like a dump truck like one member mentioned. The average mileage displayed by the Edge is usually around 16-18 highway and when I drive in town it drops to low 15s.
Overall I'm very happy with this purchase and I'm getting 720km+ to a tank which is much better than under 500km I was getting stock. The biggest difference I think is that I drive normally and I'm not in a rush to mash the gas, I pay a lot of attention to the APP senor/engine load.
Sean
Overall I'm very happy with this purchase and I'm getting 720km+ to a tank which is much better than under 500km I was getting stock. The biggest difference I think is that I drive normally and I'm not in a rush to mash the gas, I pay a lot of attention to the APP senor/engine load.
Sean
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