Air Filter

[Doug Watson]

If your looking for an air filter for your S650 and haven't found the right ones check these out. Purchased a set very easy to install as there shorter then the factory and other aftermarket ones.


Ramair Pleated 127mm (5inch) ID Neck Large Universal Cone Air Filter - Ramair Filters, Inc.

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[Wiley Marmot]

Are they oiled or dry? TY! Just curious.

 

[robvas]

Are they oiled or dry? TY! Just curious.

Oil. Can't believe this air filter crap gets so much attention.

 

[GrabThatBlue]

Oil. Can't believe this air filter crap gets so much attention.

I would like some critical feedback instead of just critics without feedback.

 

[robvas]

I would like some critical feedback instead of just critics without feedback.

Shorter filters mean less surface area and that means less flow than a longer filter.

 

[Doug Watson]

Are they oiled or dry? TY! Just curious.

Dry

 

[robvas]

Dry

The filters you linked are oiled.

Ramair filters owe much of their dirt retaining properties to the unique advanced polymer treatment with which they are impregnated during manufacture.

 

[Doug Watson]

The filters you linked are oiled.

Ramair filters owe much of their dirt retaining properties to the unique advanced polymer treatment with which they are impregnated during manufacture.

Not according to Justin at RamAir

 

[robvas]

Not according to Justin at RamAir

Should probably update the website then. And why would they sell a kit to clean and re-oil the filters?

 

[Doug Watson]

Should probably update the website then. And why would they sell a kit to clean and re-oil the filters?

I will get back to you after I call them tomorrow

 

[Cucurú]

All this $$$ we spend on filters CAI stuff. I bet stock works just as good if not better than all these gimmicks.

 

[MAT1955]

@Cucurú ...... back in the day when the family had our own dyno and built car and boat HP engines we tested a lot of air filters. The crap ones (think family hardware stores) could collapse at high induction rates but, for example, the Motorcraft OEM air and oil filters were just as good as any aftermarket filters (Ford at one time used Wix) and we could find NO dyno performance differences. If you want to "pretty-up" your engine bay with see through air boxes and colored filter media air filters that's fine as long as they are equal quality to OEM. BTW we stopped installing any type of "oiled" filters (dangerous as most people do not know how to clean them, after a while the filters don't clean properly no matter how hard you try and too many were just plain forgetting to clean them at all). So we wouldn't touch them. Rule number one of racing performance: there are no inexpensive ways to develop horse power. Rule number two: If it looks too good to be true is is. Rule number three: the best way to maintain a high performance engine was to use good oil and air filters and use FULL synthetic oil and change it a lot. Rules four and five: Done cheap, done fast, done right - pick one. BTW Ford Motorcraft FULL synthetic oil is among the very best on the market. It used to be made by Conoco Oil to enhanced Ford specs and it's VI package was from S-Oil - one of the best in the world. If you feel better dumping Royal Purple or Amsoil or X in your engine that's great but our dyno pulls showed different as was confirmed by the data from my late uncle who was VP of Chemical research at one of the big three oil companies. I am ocd service guy and I am 100% confident in Ford air filters, oil filters and FULL synthetic oils.

 

[IFFV68]

@Cucurú ...... back in the day when the family had our own dyno and built car and boat HP engines we tested a lot of air filters. The crap ones (think family hardware stores) could collapse at high induction rates but, for example, the Motorcraft OEM air and oil filters were just as good as any aftermarket filters (Ford at one time used Wix) and we could find NO dyno performance differences. If you want to "pretty-up" your engine bay with see through air boxes and colored filter media air filters that's fine as long as they are equal quality to OEM. BTW we stopped installing any type of "oiled" filters (dangerous as most people do not know how to clean them, after a while the filters don't clean properly no matter how hard you try and too many were just plain forgetting to clean them at all). So we wouldn't touch them. Rule number one of racing performance: there are no inexpensive ways to develop horse power. Rule number two: If it looks too good to be true is is. Rule number three: the best way to maintain a high performance engine was to use good oil and air filters and use FULL synthetic oil and change it a lot. Rules four and five: Done cheap, done fast, done right - pick one. BTW Ford Motorcraft FULL synthetic oil is among the very best on the market. It used to be made by Conoco Oil to enhanced Ford specs and it's VI package was from S-Oil - one of the best in the world. If you feel better dumping Royal Purple or Amsoil or X in your engine that's great but our dyno pulls showed different as was confirmed by the data from my late uncle who was VP of Chemical research at one of the big three oil companies. I am ocd service guy and I am 100% confident in Ford air filters, oil filters and FULL synthetic oils.

SPEED COSTS MONEY,
HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?

 

[GrabThatBlue]

SPEED COSTS MONEY,
HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?

I noticed you like to use this sentence a lot.

 

[Cucurú]

SPEED COSTS MONEY,
HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?

I'll find out when a nice day arrives and I take out the 700A east of the DFW.

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