Aftermarket Air Filters

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BailOut

My K&N drop-in panel filter offers no better MPG, either, but I like it for the reusability and lifetime warranty. I clean it every 6 months (I just cleaned it yesterday, in fact).

People love to jaw about filtration and often rag on K&N for supposedly letting in too much stuff but my throttle body and fuel injection housing are as clean as the day I got the car 40k miles ago.

So do you think an AFE Stage 2 dry intake would improve gas mileage? I know when I went to a stock box from a SRI on my GTI, I lost 2-5 mpg.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

So do you think an AFE Stage 2 dry intake would improve gas mileage? I know when I went to a stock box from a SRI on my GTI, I lost 2-5 mpg.

With a little engine like ours where breathing is never a problem no filter or aftermarket intake is going to help with mileage or power. A blocked filter can certainly impede air flow but any clean filter and system will do.