mooncake2

Guys

Has anyone tried using a drop-in K&N Air Filter? Any performance increase that justifies the price?

I'm thinking of dropping in one of those for my 2004 1.7 Civic.

Appreciate your feedback.

orion_squall

I heard that it is really bad, also its filtering power is below OEM standards.

Please refer to Gearbox's thread.

In Catalyst

Well **** I just dropped one of those in. More info on this would be a great help. Wheres gearbox's thread?

ctv

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this was my first mod, and noticed alot more HP in the upper rpm's

zen_master

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man...

this topic...........a lot of discussion back then....

i'm still end up using the filter though........

i don't exactly believe the issue.....i think it should be fine as long you don't mess up the oil on the filter...

and about the filtering power, the K&N filter is indeed suppose to allow more air flow into the engine.......which should explain why the filtering power probably lower than the OEM...however, that's the good thing about K&N, whic is it's unique filtering system with that oil on the filter..

from what i remember back then....gearbox suggest using NAPA gold filter.....or the OEM Honda filter....

if ur filter still new....then don't bother....use it till 10K miles or more...than u prolly should start thingking about replacing them...(even though it says to re-use them)

JesterMasque

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I got 58k on my 02 and I like the style of the stock intake. I was thinking about doing the drop-in, but now I'm not so sure. What are the risks of using it?

Civicman1988

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I just installed one and u can tell there is more horsepower in the car. I also did it to me Saturn and is is faster.

zen_master

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hm....don't want to discourage people...but....that's probably just ur feeling..

there's really no gain on this thing.....well, about 1 hp....but i bet u shouldn't be able to feel it.....

that's probably a good feeling after puting the filter down on ur car... =)

JesterMasque

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So then what is any reason to buy it?

zen_master

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i guess it has a better filtering capability.......and air should flow better....

but im not looking for a performance thingie on it though....

other than that.....prolly just to do something with the car?

JCiv03

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I got one because it's reusable.... Saves money in the long run

Civicman1988

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Well I got better gas mileage in my car by 3 miles so they do work. You can feel the difference in the gas pedal you dont have it hit it so much

JesterMasque

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Hmmm... So it makes it a little more responsive. Seems like a good deal. Is maintaining/cleaning it hard?

zen_master

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just put it in and....that's it? lol......that's it for the next 10~30K

dxray

I dropped one in last year. It worked OK but not worth the price imo.

orion_squall

Ok,

from Gearbox's thread, the K&N filter has less filtering capacity.

Knowing that it won't increase hp neither, there is basically no reason to get it at all.

I guess the only good point is that it is reusable.