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Is this air cleaner any good?

Michaeljp86

Michaeljp86

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Anyone seen this air cleaner setup before? I was just wondering if its better then the stock filter.
 

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Looks like the DIY Kits you can Buy at Autozone.

The Piping is good, but I'd run a Higher Quality Filter. My Experience with the Autozone Filters is the Screen Mesh on the Filter will start to Rust after a few Months.
 
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It can suck hot air out of the engine compartment. Higher intake air temps bring higher exhaust temps. The 97+ k47 with amzoil nano filter is the way I'm going.
 
bk95td said:
It can suck hot air out of the engine compartment. Higher intake air temps bring higher exhaust temps. The 97+ k47 with amzoil nano filter is the way I'm going.
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That's the way I went and I couldn't be happier. I got the box used and bought the Amsoil filter from "Wrecker", who is a site Vendor. He gave me a good deal and fast service.
 
The short answer is yes, but that doesn't really give you any information you can use does it?
If it doubled the HP but halved the engine life, would it be better?
If it halved the HP but doubled the engine life, would it be better?
If it doubled the HP and the engine life, but made twice the noise, would it be better?
If it doubled the HP and the engine life, but cut your fuel economy in half, would it be better?
If it made absolutely no change in HP, engine life, noise or fuel economy but required no routine maintenance, would it be better?
If it made a 10% gain in HP, engine life, noise and fuel economy but required daily maintenance taking 1 hour, would it be better?
If it made absolutely no change in any type of engine performance, but 1 out of every 100 people that saw it thought it looked "cool", would it be better?

Its really hard to know if its "better" without knowing what you are trying to achieve.

Without knowing the flow & filtering characteristics of this particular filter, I cannot comment on how it may or may not affect engine performance. I can say it appears to draw warm air from the engine compartment and that is not what most would call "better". Its probably much noisier. Some may like that but I would not call that "better".

I think its really hard to beat the later round filter boxes. It doesn't look flashy or show off like polished aluminum or chrome, but it works very well. With an aftermarket filter in the stock box, its probably as good as you will ever need for most trucks. You might be able to increase one area of performance, but at the detriment of others. The round GM filter fits well, is reasonably quiet, seals great and flows more air than required for stock and even most modified engines. It has a telltale to alert you when the filter needs to be changed. If you have an older truck, you can buy a used one for $100-150 and it bolts right in. What exactly are you trying to improve on?
 
bobbiemartin said:
The short answer is yes, but that doesn't really give you any information you can use does it?
If it doubled the HP but halved the engine life, would it be better?
If it halved the HP but doubled the engine life, would it be better?
If it doubled the HP and the engine life, but made twice the noise, would it be better?
If it doubled the HP and the engine life, but cut your fuel economy in half, would it be better?
If it made absolutely no change in HP, engine life, noise or fuel economy but required no routine maintenance, would it be better?
If it made a 10% gain in HP, engine life, noise and fuel economy but required daily maintenance taking 1 hour, would it be better?
If it made absolutely no change in any type of engine performance, but 1 out of every 100 people that saw it thought it looked "cool", would it be better?

Its really hard to know if its "better" without knowing what you are trying to achieve.

Without knowing the flow & filtering characteristics of this particular filter, I cannot comment on how it may or may not affect engine performance. I can say it appears to draw warm air from the engine compartment and that is not what most would call "better". Its probably much noisier. Some may like that but I would not call that "better".

I think its really hard to beat the later round filter boxes. It doesn't look flashy or show off like polished aluminum or chrome, but it works very well. With an aftermarket filter in the stock box, its probably as good as you will ever need for most trucks. You might be able to increase one area of performance, but at the detriment of others. The round GM filter fits well, is reasonably quiet, seals great and flows more air than required for stock and even most modified engines. It has a telltale to alert you when the filter needs to be changed. If you have an older truck, you can buy a used one for $100-150 and it bolts right in. What exactly are you trying to improve on?
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This is the setup on one of my trucks, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about these kits. Ive never seen one before. I dont like the stock setup on my other truck because I found dirt on the turbo side of the cleaner and I had a mouse issue. As far as noise goes this one is just as loud and the stock setup.
 
Somewhere there are independant studies that concluded the OEM air box with an AC filter was the best set up at that time. The filter gave ample flow while catching the most dirt. Baldwins were graded good overall as well. The Amsoils were not out yet at that time.
 
I've used universal filters and one of them got gouged and the turbo sucked up a wire and bent some blades on the compressor wheel,you cannot let the filter rub any thing. Some filters have a steel grid for suport instead of wire, the gm canister filter would be a good example.
 
Michaeljp86, if you already have it. It looks good to me. You can fab a shield for it. I have had mine similar to your (simpler using existing part plus a metal elbow) open like that with an Amsoil filter and it has not given me any trouble. May not be a cool air intake but it is fine.

Thumbs up!!!
 
Michaeljp86 said:
It was the flat filter, I think they went to the round one in 98 or 99.
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The flat filters had their problems, that is what our Suburban came with. It may have been a little earlier on the round filters and they are the ones I was referring to. The round filter setups are a very good upgrade. If the 506 blocks were as good an upgrade as the round filters to the flat panels, you would never see a crack in one!
 
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