my mistake on the k&n...i for sure thought it was a dry system...guess i need to do more research! sorry bout that!

 

its ok mistake can be made i would just like to kno what is gonna be best for my trucks so any advice is good

 

The K&N is an oiled system, however, your reading has led you astray. The oil actually collects more impurities and keeps them from getting into the motor. Most "lazy guys" are getting away from them because they don't want to perform the maintenance on them. They are going dry to avoid the mishaps from "misusing" the oiled filter.

 

http://home.stny.rr.com/jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm
Read all if this, it explains all you need to know

 

Not a lot of experience here but I installed a K&N air filter on my Ford several months beforethe dieselblew. I ran mostly highway but under sometimes dusty conditions and I was loaded heavy all the time. When I pulled the filter housing the intake behind the filter was coated black all the way to the turbine. From what I've read it's not the large particles that do the damage to an enginebut mostly the particles in the 10 to 20 micron range. I didn't have a method to measure the dirt particles collected behind theK&N filter but I believe they represented a small portion of what passed through the filter.Before I switched to the K&N the turbo had been in service over a 150,000 miles using the same size dry filter and the chamber behind the filter was clean when I pulled the turbo. I switched to the K&N to gain power and it seemed to help but because of the black coating that passed through the filter I'll stick to the best dry filter I can buy for the 06 Cummins and change when the filter minder pegs over.

 

If you want good air flow then use the new Amsoil Nano fiber drop in air filter, its good for 100K and it can be cleaned with an air hose. Also it should be a lot cheaper then a BHAF set up or K&N.

 

http://home.stny.rr.com/jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm

^^^^ It would appear not.

 

No sense in comparing apples to oranges here. That study was for replacement drop in filters for the OEM air box.The original post asked about cold air intakes and I referenced the K&N FIPK system.

 

I have the k&n kit. This post is kind of making me worry, so i am going to put my stock airbox back on. What drop in filters are good filters, and also the infamous BHAF how much is this and how good does this work.

 

If there is no oil on your compressor wheel or intake elbow, then your not pulling the oil out of the filter and theres no need to worry. As long as you maintain your filter correctly your not going to have any problems. However if I were to do the filter setup again, I would go with the BHAF setup because I'd rather just replace insted of clean (don't get me wrong, I love my AFE setup.) I may go buy another AFE filter so I can have one clean one and swap it out when the other gets dirty. It takes me probably 4hrs to properly clean the filter and sometimes I don't have the time to wait.