Re: K&N increase gas mileage?
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: It will take an awful lot of driving to make up the price of the filter in gas alone, but the fact its cleanable and reusable will also save money in the long run. On the downside, the K&N will allow more dirt particles to enter your engine both causing a *slight* amount of extra wear plus causing your oil to become dirty and worn quicker. This is only an issue if you're interested in extended drain intervals, if you're changing oil at 3k miles this becomes a nonissue. On the topic of oil, follow Mitsu's oil change interval recomendations in the owner's manual, changing at 3k/3months is WAY overkill and wastefull unless you're really agressive with the car (which it doesn't sound like you are). A few extra PSI in your tires will help increase gas mileage, I generally run about 1-2 above the recomended in all my tires since I do a lot of highway driving and feel cornering performance improves with the stiffened sideway (the con will be a slightly rougher ride...but you'll also be extending tire life which is good).
Regarding stock paper filters, shaking them out every few thousand miles isn't a bad idea. This will get the larger surface pieces of dirt particles, bugs, etc. off allowing better airflow and extending the life a bit.
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I agree with Kracka.
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Last edited by Kracka; 08-13-2005 at 01:22 AM..
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