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Old 07-08-2012, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by FUNFER2 View Post
A friend with a chassis dyno has done some tests with air filters. The fabric type like the K & N was fine until they used the instructed amount of the supplied oil. The numbers fell down dramatically. The common paper type produced the best results. So, if you're gonna use the fabric type, keep the amount of oil down.
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When I dynoed my SBF engine (472 hp), I brought along my air filter, open element 3" X 14" plain jane AC Delco paper element filter bought at Auto Zone, after the last pull, we took the "bell" off the carb and I put the air filter on, made a couple of pulls, lost all of TWO hp!!!!!!!!!!!!

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