« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: Air filters  (Read 2749 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

drunkencityworker

  • Guest
Re: Air filters
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2009, 03:06:18 PM »
bout the most noticeable mod I have done was the tb swap.
Logged

TrailsLessTaken

  • Guest
Re: Air filters
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2009, 07:26:22 AM »
I'm using an AEM Brute Intake on my truck and will be switching the jeep over to one also as soon as I get the current projects on it done.  It does alot better job filtering then a K&N and I like that you don't have to oil the filter, which just helps attract more dust to it.
Logged

Offline chardrc

  • Member
  • Posts: 3535
Re: Air filters
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2009, 11:10:22 AM »
Quote from: TrailsLessTaken on April 07, 2009, 07:26:22 AM
I'm using an AEM Brute Intake on my truck and will be switching the jeep over to one also as soon as I get the current projects on it done.  It does alot better job filtering then a K&N and I like that you don't have to oil the filter, which just helps attract more dust to it.

the hole point of an air filter is to filter out dust and other airborn crap.. so i don't see why people compail about oil attracting dust to air filters when thats their job.. and it doesn't attrack the dirt it just makes it stick... not saying k&n is better but just throwing out my observation...
Logged
1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

Offline stan98tj

  • Empty Wallet Wheeling Since 2007®
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1816
  • Wheeling New England
Re: Air filters
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2009, 06:02:21 PM »
Quote from: TrailsLessTaken on April 07, 2009, 07:26:22 AM
I'm using an AEM Brute Intake on my truck and will be switching the jeep over to one also as soon as I get the current projects on it done.  It does alot better job filtering then a K&N and I like that you don't have to oil the filter, which just helps attract more dust to it.
im def happy with mine. i dont think too many ppl on this forum run that intake but it def is worh it in my opinion. i got more of a result from that intake then i did when i put in the 62mm TB-hardly felt a thing with that on-though i guess it grunts and gives me a bit more oomph but nowhere near the results others are posting about it-guess myTJ is destined to be a slow, low HP, gas sucking (13mpg on 31s baby!), pig lol. I used to suck down half a tank on a 60 mile trip to NYC-highway!!-put in the AEM, drank just a quarter of a tank. put in the TB and mpg went down a hair but no where near suckin half a tank on a 60 mile trip.....so i def think AEM is a good filter
Logged
98 TJ 35"Maxxis Trep.Old Man Emu 2.5""+1"BL,IronMan Fab control arms,4.56gears,Ford 8.8+ARB,Currie/IronMan steering, WARN VR10,HP D30 sleeved+ RCV,Body Armor Rock Rails WISHLIST:TDi.Girlfriend hates it :) If you can read this don't flip me over i dont have any $$ left to fix it

Offline oldjeep

  • Member
  • Posts: 1800
    • www.Oldjeep.com
Re: Air filters
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2009, 05:54:54 AM »
Quote from: chardrc on April 07, 2009, 11:10:22 AM
the hole point of an air filter is to filter out dust and other airborn crap.. so i don't see why people compail about oil attracting dust to air filters when thats their job.. and it doesn't attrack the dirt it just makes it stick... not saying k&n is better but just throwing out my observation...

Problem is that so much dust sticks to a K&N that your motor stops running.  That and the K&N lets some of that junk through.  Their better performance is usually because they don't filter as well as a stock element.
« Last Edit: April 08, 2009, 05:55:41 AM by oldjeep »
Logged
Chuck P
The clowns'? Oh, yeah, the clowns. We fight them too — entire armies, spilling out of Volkswagons. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending 'em in!
94 YJ - gone
98 ZJ - sons truck
97 TJ - daughters project

www.oldjeep.com

TrailsLessTaken

  • Guest
Re: Air filters
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2009, 06:58:35 AM »
One of the diesel magazines I read, can't remember which one, but a while back did a comparison of the filters and the K&N was one of the worst at actually filtering stuff out.   Yeah it lets in a lot more air, but its not blocking anything from the filter.  I noticed that when I was washing out my AEM filter the other day that when it started filling up with water, the filter actually started filling up with water, where the K&N filter emptied the water out as quickly as it went in.  Which this kind of helps lead me to believe that it doesnt filter as well
Logged

YJmechanic

  • Guest
Re: Air filters
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2009, 12:52:42 AM »
well a couple of things,  just my two cents,  kn filters are designed to work with oil and most people mess that part up/  oil bath filters have been around for ever and always worked/  two i run a prefilter on my kn (just like most of the old oil bath filters had)/  the only thing i can say about the aem 4cyl intake was that i sent mine back/  its fitment was terrible/  the metal surround was not shaped well for the cavity and multiple things had to be relocated to make it fit/  the worst for me was the the couplers did not seat far onto the pipes (meaning the pipes went into the couplers very shallow) and that made me think there was a good chance of them coming apart,  cause i have had it happen before,  so in not so many words,  i was displeased with the aem and sent it back where it came from
Logged

sbspence

  • Guest
Re: Air filters
« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2009, 01:22:31 PM »
I remember reading a JP article years ago that did a dyno for each of the different kinds of set ups and the stock airbox with a good clean filter (they recommended Mopar) performed as well as the high dollar set ups.  fwiw, ymmv
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »