K&N's website
http://knfilter.com/
>From: "Herold Faulkner" <faulkner@redshift.com>
>To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>, <wsthompson@thicko.com>,
<Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
>Subject: RE: K& N filters ( - ask a lawyer )
>Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:12:48 -0800
>Reply-To: "Herold Faulkner" <faulkner@redshift.com>
>
>Daniel et al,
>
>I haven't been able to locate a web site for K&N but in the appendix
to
>David Vizard's Book (capital intentional) he lists their US address as:
>K & N Engineering Inc
>561 Iowa Ave.
>P.O. Box 1329
>Riverside, CA 92502
>(714) 684-9762
>
>They also have a UK address. I don't know which is world headquarters
but
>if any one wants that I will e-mail it off list.
>
>Hal
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Daniel1312@aol.com
>Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 11:50 AM
>To: wsthompson@thicko.com; Spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: K& N filters ( - ask a lawyer )
>
>
>Hi Listers,
>
>One Swallow doesn't make a summer. I for one never form an opinion on
a
>single piece of evidence . I have read lots of detailed magazine tests
on
>air
>filters. Usually the argument related to whether foam is better than
K&N or
>whatever.
>
>The landcruiser tests do not appear very scientific. Were the filters
the
>right size, were the filters oiled properly, did the filters need
cleaning
>more often than usual, what did K&N say about the results,etc?
>
>Do K&N have a web site? I only have details of a UK rep but think that
if
>the
>list wants to consider the landcruiser comment seriously it ought to
seek a
>2nd opinon. Maybe the lawers that own Sprites ought to comment on
forming
>an
>opinon based on a single source.
>
>I will stick with K&N filters on the basis that: My engine did the
first
>20,000 miles with regular (every week at least) high rpm usage
(7,500rpm)
>and
>when the engine had an unleaded head and freshen up re-build the
pistons
>were
>re-rung as a matter of course and both pistons and bores were ok. I
doubt
>that I would have achieved this if the K&N filters are as bad as the
>landcruiser comment maintains. Also I have seen dyno readings with and
>withou
>a K&N filter and the BHP was the same.
>
>Unless the landcruiser comment has more details and specifically
evidence I
>won't be looking for paper elements for my 45DCOE , nor foam either.
>
>BUT, if i get to drive my Sprite in a coal mine on a daily basis I
might do
>some investigation.
>
>Daniel 1312
>
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