damadom Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hey all going to buy a panel filter and was just wanting to know which one is best. As the price can differ about 20-30 pounds with k&n being the most expensive. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I know K&N are 'the world's finest', but there's got to be a point where a paper filter is as good as it will get? Stand to be corrected on that tech though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damadom Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 thats what i was thinking as my car is only an n/a seems daft spending alot of money and getting a kit that will just suck cold air in anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 There will be absolutely no performance gain over the stock type paper element filter. There may well be poorer filtration though, leading to excess engine wear. HKS elements seem particularly poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 The difference in power between the HKS and the other will be negligible. I'd use a filter with a paper element for best filtration ie. stock, TRD or K&N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 As above, stick with a stock filter, you'll gain nothing spending on an after market one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 as above totaly correct...ive ran both k&n panel filter,k&n induction kit and the standard panel filter and the best set up (which im now running) is standard filter..... induction kit...no real difference apart from noise and fuel consumption k&n panel filter.....no difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2soops Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 as above totaly correct...ive ran both k&n panel filter,k&n induction kit and the standard panel filter and the best set up (which im now running) is standard filter..... induction kit...no real difference apart from noise and fuel consumption k&n panel filter.....no difference If you don't mind me asking, how is fuel consumption affected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 If you don't mind me asking, how is fuel consumption affected? when i fitted the induction kit it just drank fuel!!!! i did a trackday with it on....never again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Quite an old article, but here you go! http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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