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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (213591)	7/31/2009 6:14:34 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Huh? I lose what? I thought we were done with this, but then you started keeping score. First of all, I use a K&N filter on my car. I use it for the added horsepower, replacing the factory airbox with a cold air intake system. I don't know if it gives me better mileage. Second, I never said it WOULDN'T increase mileage, I said it "might" and linked to K&N's own comments on the subject. I did that for YOUR benefit, so you would know what the manufacturer has to say about it. The reason I don't know if the filter increased my mileage is that I never did a before and after comparison, recording the miles and the gallons of gas used, and then calculating it out. And I doubt many people actually do that. It's easy to say "I get better mileage" when you haven't painstakingly kept records and are just doing it by "feel." Besides, the increases aren't like 10 percent or anything. As for horsepower, K&N only says that the increase for my car is 3.6 percent. (8.66 hp out of 240). Using a drop-in K&N filter with a factory airbox is going to be even less. It's hard to detect a similar increase in mileage unless you really keep records. A 4 percent increase in 25 mpg is only 1 mpg.