Air Filter Reviews

I first encounted K&N air filters over 25 years ago when I owned and raced a Brabham formula car. In all that time, no one has yet to match K&N for construction quality or free flow of air. Maintenance is simple, and these filters will last forever. When you compare then in price to a basic paper filter, they quickly become a bargain since the K&N can be used over and over, saving money. And I notice an immediate throttle response improvement with a K&N goes in. I also think that, being reusable, it encourages keeping a clean filter far more often than when you hold on to a paper filter to avoid buying one. Any way you cut it, this is THE filter to have, and serious racers swear by them. The added performance boost is worth the price alone.

I purchased this filter to use with a cold air intake that came with a poor quality filter (think wire mesh screen). The build quality of this filter is excellent. I have piece of mind knowing that dust and dirt have very little chance of making it into my engine. It looks great to boot!

I HAD CONSIDERED AN AFTERMARKET AIR INTAKE BUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH REALIZED THAT MOST OF WHAT WAS OUT THERE WAS "EYE CANDY". UNLESS THE SYSTEM REALLY BROUGHT IN COLD AIR FROM OUTSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ALL YOU HAD WAS A BUNCH OF NICE LOOKING PIPES. I REPLACED MY STOCK FILTER WITH A AFE PRO-DRY FILTER ( NO NASTY OIL) KEPT MY STOCK AIR BOX BUT REMOVED THE PUNY PLASTIC INTAKE THAT WENT INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND REPLACED IT WITH 3 INCH PLUMBING WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE WHEEL WELL. THROTTLE RESPONSE IS MUCH BETTER AS IS EXCELERATION. NEXT PROJECT IS TO REPLACE THE STOCK EXHAUST WITH A PACESETTER MONZA EXHAUST FROM THE CAT BACK WHICH I HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED... JUST WAITING FOR THE SNOW TO MELT!!

I bought this unit to actually rotate with the original that came with the Injen CAI. If you're unfamiliar with the Cobalt SS Turbo CAI filter placement, let's just say its involved (therefore the "poor" rating). In all fairness, slipping the filter onto the intake tube is the easiest part of the replacement process. I took the older one off & replaced it with new. I'll clean the older one later this week at my place of business but in the meantime, I can immediately drive the car. This filter unit is a little different than the original - slightly shorter & red filter element vs blue in the original. Happy motoring!

I bought this filter because I didn't want to mess with an oiled air filter. Now, I don't really notice any difference in performance from the filter that came with the Volant CAI I bought off of eBay, but I can be confident that this filter will capture nearly everything and last 100,000 miles.In addition I bought a Filter Minder because I figured that for a filter designed to last up to 100,000 miles, I would buy it so that I wouldn't have to take the filter off occasionally to look for dirt because the filter is a very tight fit. I had to remove the intake tube so that I could get it on (I put my hand in the box tube to help get the filter on).