Well, I finally got my UOA numbers back from my last oil change. here once and for all is a direct comparison between a K&N panel filter and the FIPK cone filter. there were the same number of miles driven on each filter, and all wear numbers went down once i switched the filter set up
Old numbers with K&N stock panel:
Iron13,chromium<1,nickel1,aluminum4,lead2,copper3,tin<1,silver<.1,titanium<1,silicon14,boron14,sodium10,potassium<10
New numbers with FIPK 77 intake kit:
iron11,chromium<1,nickel<1,aluminum3,lead2,copper2,tin<1,silver<.1,titanium<1,
silicon7,boron5,sodium7,potassium<10
what's clear here is that the FIPK provides proper protection and reduced all wear metal numbers from the oil sample.
the fact that the silicon content went from 14 to 7 is an indication of just how poorly the stock air box seals, regardless of what kind of filter is in it.
Old numbers with K&N stock panel:
Iron13,chromium<1,nickel1,aluminum4,lead2,copper3,tin<1,silver<.1,titanium<1,silicon14,boron14,sodium10,potassium<10
New numbers with FIPK 77 intake kit:
iron11,chromium<1,nickel<1,aluminum3,lead2,copper2,tin<1,silver<.1,titanium<1,
silicon7,boron5,sodium7,potassium<10
what's clear here is that the FIPK provides proper protection and reduced all wear metal numbers from the oil sample.
the fact that the silicon content went from 14 to 7 is an indication of just how poorly the stock air box seals, regardless of what kind of filter is in it.
