K&N Oil Filter???
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^ K&N doesn't actually make them. They are made by Champion labs and are essentially a Mobil 1 filter with a nut welded on the end. They're good filters, little on the pricey side sometimes compared to the same specd other filters, but are one of the best none the less. Depends on availability and pricing in your area.
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They're nice but pricy .....
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^ K&N doesn't actually make them. They are made by Champion labs and are essentially a Mobil 1 filter with a nut welded on the end. They're good filters, little on the pricey side sometimes compared to the same specd other filters, but are one of the best none the less. Depends on availability and pricing in your area.
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Always heard K&N oil filters to be good. I have a Mobil 1 on now, looks good. Can't beat a Motorcraft though, you'll be fine with one. I use Motorcraft FL-1A on my big block, synthetic oil and they work great!!!
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I am using an FL-1a on the Cleveland in the Mach I with Amsoil. I've used K&N but I think there to much money. I've also used Wix in all my vehicles.. In my truck I usually use the FL820s..
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Yet another oil filter thread. And the answer is the same, all oil filters, no matter who makes it is a compromise. K&N, like any of their products, will sacrifice filtration for more flow. Cutting one open tells you only that you are a moron for doing it. There is zero to be learned about the efficiency of any oil filter from a visual inspection. You can't tell the porousness of the media or it's capture rate or it's capacity. More pleats tells you what......it has more pleats as that is meaningless info if you don't know the efficiency of it. Any filter, regardless of media has a capacity and once at capacity it goes into by-pass meaning it's full and ain't working anymore. Filters that have better filtration will go into by-pass sooner than one that doesn't filter as good. So which is better? The one that filters fabulously but fills far too quick rendering it useless or one that doesn't filter as good but keeps on working. Research Beta Ratio of a filter but that's also not a good yardstick in my book. They do not specify the viscosity, temperature or flow rate of the fluid, jeez, they don't even specify the fluid. For a Ford engine, use a Motorcraft filter and know it's designed for a FORD engine. And no synthetic media media offers anything normal paper media doesn't except to empty the wallet faster. A particle of 40 microns will damage an engine so as long as the filter you buy filters at 40 microns absolute, yer good to go. Motorcraft and Purolator filters at 15microns single pass. Most of your "premium filters are 20 microns multipass meaning it takes the fluid several trips thru the filter before it gets close to the efficiency of a Motorcraft or Purolator. So chose wisely grasshopper.
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Yet another oil filter thread. And the answer is the same, all oil filters, no matter who makes it is a compromise. K&N, like any of their products, will sacrifice filtration for more flow. Cutting one open tells you only that you are a moron for doing it. There is zero to be learned about the efficiency of any oil filter from a visual inspection. You can't tell the porousness of the media or it's capture rate or it's capacity. More pleats tells you what......it has more pleats as that is meaningless info if you don't know the efficiency of it. Any filter, regardless of media has a capacity and once at capacity it goes into by-pass meaning it's full and ain't working anymore. Filters that have better filtration will go into by-pass sooner than one that doesn't filter as good. So which is better? The one that filters fabulously but fills far too quick rendering it useless or one that doesn't filter as good but keeps on working. Research Beta Ratio of a filter but that's also not a good yardstick in my book. They do not specify the viscosity, temperature or flow rate of the fluid, jeez, they don't even specify the fluid. For a Ford engine, use a Motorcraft filter and know it's designed for a FORD engine. And no synthetic media media offers anything normal paper media doesn't except to empty the wallet faster. A particle of 40 microns will damage an engine so as long as the filter you buy filters at 40 microns absolute, yer good to go. Motorcraft and Purolator filters at 15microns single pass. Most of your "premium filters are 20 microns multipass meaning it takes the fluid several trips thru the filter before it gets close to the efficiency of a Motorcraft or Purolator. So chose wisely grasshopper.