K&N Filter Idea

waahehe94 · Mar 6, 2012

I've been racing ATV's for the past 18 years and have always used a K&N filter on them with what I call an outerwear (K&N calls them a Drycharger) to keep dirt, gravel, mud, sand and water from clogging up my filter during a race.I've always wondered how well they would work on a car because my K&N seems to attract it's share of bugs and other things that are in the air when I drive it so I finally broke down and bought a new filter with one that was made for it from K&N today for my Mustang.I know that a Mustang and a couple of ATV's don't really seem like a good comparision but the ATV's that I race are very modified, one of them runs 7.80@79 MPH in the 1/8th mile and the other runs 8.40@73 MPH in the 1/8th mile.

Here's some pictures of the car with a regular air filter and one with a Drycharger on it.Has anyone else tried this before and if so how did it work?

Here's some pictures of my ATV with one on it

joekd · Mar 6, 2012

I had a buddy try the wrap on a CAI setup I had built him for a Chrysler before, same exact power but gave him piece of mind so I guess it was worth the $25 to him

ram360 · Mar 6, 2012

looks like a mesh bag? I guess it will keep some of the bigger debris out of the filter and doesn't look like it will inhibit any airflow. I'm sure it will make the filter a little easier to clean when that time comes. I know I find some pretty big things lodged in my filter when I go to clean it and I could tell this would help with that. Never heard of it before.

waahehe94 · Mar 6, 2012

Thank's for the input joekd, I was hoping that someone had tried this before on a car and would post results.I know that the ones that I use on my ATV's seem to be water resistant and will keep the air filter dry even if you spray it with a water hose.