Does anyone know which style of airfilter flow's better? The two popular ones that come to mind are the typical cone style (K&N) and the mushroom style (HKS). I'm not going to say what setup they'd be on b/c airflow is airflow. Thanks guys

 

I don't know for sure which is better, however I usually only see the mushroom type on forced induction applications.

 

yeah.....me too....thats really why I'm asking. Is there a reason for it? The only REAL difference i've heard (and I don't know how true this is) is the mushroom style filters tend to get dirtier.

 

Bump

 

I had a foam filter on a previous car. I prefer the cotton gauze (K&N) type filter. The foam type let dirt through. It was in my carborator (on the butterfly plates).

 

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/fil...t/2/index.html

 

Which kind was it? Would they ALL let in the dirt? I'm just wondering b/c I always see this style filter used on expensive Turbo setups and just wondered if there is a benefit w/ this style for us NA guys.

 

Well, damn....that was probably the most usefull thing i've learned today. lol

I was actually gonna ask if the mushroom filters were cleanable