O/E or K&N or Pipercross ect.. air filter

[stocious]

What filters are people using in yere airbox's .

have no real exp with aftermarket filters to say whats good and whats not.

for an ABY airbox, do they really flow that much more than the original paper ones?

i thought all those filters were a myth ? or is that just the cone filters ?

[K Simmonds]

For anything other than a track car I'd stick with the OE paper one and change it every 10K max. Our MAF's don't like anything with oil on and turbos aren't all that keen on fine particles.

[stocious]

For anything other than a track car I'd stick with the OE paper one and change it every 10K max. Our MAF's don't like anything with oil on and turbos aren't all that keen on fine particles.

ive already made an imrovement with a step up from the 3b box, i was thinking same as you in regards to the filter, cheers for the tip about the oil and MAF never even crossed my mind

[UrS4boy]

What filters are people using in yere airbox's . have no real exp with aftermarket filters to say whats good and whats not. for an ABY airbox, do they really flow that much more than the original paper ones? i thought all those filters were a myth ? or is that just the cone filters ?

Over here in NAmerica, we have been through the K&N fad and, after reflection and testing, we like the OE paper filters better: They flow as well as the K&N, trap more particulates, make less intake noise and eliminate the issue of oil getting on the MAF wire and gumming things up.

You might want to read this filter comparison: http://12v.org/audi/afcompare/

[stocious]

Over here in NAmerica, we have been through the K&N fad and, after reflection and testing, we like the OE paper filters better: They flow as well as the K&N, trap more particulates, make less intake noise and eliminate the issue of oil getting on the MAF wire and gumming things up.

You might want to read this filter comparison: http://12v.org/audi/afcompare/

thanks

reading that it had a MANN filter in it, i put it there , theres a nice step up with the original item in terms of flow.

minds made up

[UrS4boy]

thanks reading that it had a MANN filter in it, i put it there , theres a nice step up with the original item in terms of flow. minds made up

Flow isn't everything (hence forget K&N) but the MANN does not flow as well as the OE Audi filter:

K&N: 732CFM (521 miles)
AUDI: 728CFM (0 miles)
MANN:678CFM (0 miles)
MAHLE: 662CFM (0 miles)
FRAM: 622CFM (0 miles)
PUROLATOR: 618CFM (0 miles)

[macspring]

For anything other than a track car I'd stick with the OE paper one and change it every 10K max. Our MAF's don't like anything with oil on and turbos aren't all that keen on fine particles.

As K said. oem paper.

Regards.

[M_GORDON]

P/C since long time ago.


The MAF is perfect