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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 08:29 PM
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well today was oil changin day for me..and i bought the high mileage oil for a little bit more money, and i purchased the k&n oil filter, which was a tad more was the filter worth the extra 10$? i know it says all that crap on the side, but realistically.. hit me up.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 08:44 PM
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I just use AC Delco. When I go to the track, that is what I see all the sub 12sec guys running.

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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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There is no real way to make an oil filter for performance, I don't think you can really make it flow more, without taking out the filtering aspect. That is my opinion so I may be wrong.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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Hell, I'm running one. I don't know the benefits, but what the hell. It'* a K&N.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 10:24 PM
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k&n= m ore power
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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The first oil change I did in my car I used a fram, the next I used a K&N. The K&Ns seem to give you slightly higher oil pressure, at least it did for me. I now always use K&N. (Which is alot cause I change my oil monthly)
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 10:27 PM
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we go with NAPA Gold, (same as the best Wix), and we never have any problems. There used to be a link to a study of oil filters, but i didnt save it into my link archive sorry.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 11:49 PM
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willwren Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

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Hell, I'm running one. I don't know the benefits, but what the hell. It'* a K&N.
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..the guy at autozone told me you can use it twice in a row? ..anyone here disagree with this? didnt sound too right to me, lol.
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I stopped using Fram and switched to K&N a few months ago...no noticable change, but I hear they are much better than the average Fram.
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 01:01 AM
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I personally can't see how an oil filter could be worth an extra 10 bucks, but that is strictly opinion based on no fact other than the thickness of my wallet.

I remember the thread and link about oil filters from a month or two ago. No more Fram for me. I have to cruise all the way out to Fleet Farm instead of the local WalMart to get my filters now, but it'* worth the extra time.
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