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Originally posted by Landshark
a little info about K&N air filters.....
i currently own a Porsche 928 and had a K&N filter for it. i removed it after learnng that a 928 performance dealer dynojetted 928's with and without K&N's and found that the K&N filter gave no gain or a LOSS of gain. this may be a different story for the SVX, however here was the kicker....it was found that the K&N allows fine dust through the filtering element. even if it would give a 5hp increase for the SVX, is it worth letting crap into your engine? yeah, its re-useable, but filters aren't THAT expensive. i'm not gonna gamble for a tiny potential hp gain. Your miles may vary...
Alan
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I file K&N stuff in the same drawer as Duralube and other snake-oil type products.