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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Are you the guy from the cx5 club fb page?
Are you the guy from the cx5 club fb page?
Anyway, last weekend, washed the AEM dryflow air filter and put on the OEM air filter for a day, until the dryflow filter was dry and it was put back on.
They finally unblocked the mazdas247 site at my work. I couldn't get on for a month or two. Anyway, last weekend, washed the AEM dryflow air filter and put on the OEM air filter for a day, until the dryflow filter was dry and it was put back on.
What's the difference between these filters? Just that the one is washable and reusable?
For the most part.
The AEM does allow the engine to breathe better too. No decrease in power/mpg for sure. Take it from a guy living in the desert- Actual Filtration is good. The MAF, inside of tube piping, and air box post filter is clean.
Every oil change I just tap a couple times to remove dirt. Every 3 oil changes I wash it. Mines are 2 and 5 years old respectively. I believe its a made in USA product. Should last the life of the car.
Is the filter REALLY a restriction on a 6100ish rpm redline 2.5L engine? Call me doubtful. I've had cars making nearly 300% this much power, and at 1000rpm higher, and their filters weren't much larger.
Eh I looked back on my tuning laptop for old datalogs.. I found a file from apr 2015 referring to a panel filter (likely was the JBR at the time). Max g/s airflow was 154. I couldn't find a file for the stock panel so it's useless. Maybe sometime soon I'll do a retest and log them again, back to back.
That number was from a file I found called "longpanel" which was around the time I was sending an email about comparing them. Problem is I don't remember and I didn't really label it well, so I don't know exactly what panel filter that is.Is that actual or theoretical?
Is the filter REALLY a restriction on a 6100ish rpm redline 2.5L engine? Call me doubtful. I've had cars making nearly 300% this much power, and at 1000rpm higher, and their filters weren't much larger.
Is the filter REALLY a restriction on a 6100ish rpm redline 2.5L engine? Call me doubtful. I've had cars making nearly 300% this much power, and at 1000rpm higher, and their filters weren't much larger.
For me it is more a convenience than a power mod (which it isn't). Washable means I don't have to keep buying new paper air filters. If it helps the engine breathe better, that is a bonus.
For me it is more a convenience than a power mod (which it isn't). Washable means I don't have to keep buying new paper air filters. If it helps the engine breathe better, that is a bonus.
I don't trust washing to remove the small particulate that truly harms an engine and/or cuts down on flow rates in a filter year after year when you get it wet, etc. It's also very fast for me to just change out the filter, and I'm more about my time. Oilable filters are the worst, though. My favorites are replaceable synthetics like the Cosworth filters, although I don't think they make them for the CX5.