I don't have an aftermarket air cleaner on my truck so I don't speak from experiance. The general concesus seems to be that unless you are makeing some big HP #'s the stock works best ?

 

go aem fits good and its simple

 

Yeah, I know stock is always the best, however I do love the sound of that turbo whistle under the hood. I see the AEMs are very well priced, but I believe they only have one layer whereas the AFE have 2. Is this correct? Mind you, I havnt had an AFE fit right and they are way overpriced, so maybe it doesnt matter, just go with the AEM...

 

I got the AEM and haven't regreted it, I like the look, the price, the fact it's a dry element as opposed to a oiled one. I also like the sound of the aftermarket filter, seemed like a little quicker spoolup, defenitely not huge improvements over stock, and that's why I couldn't justify spending the money AFE wants for one as it seems to mainly be just for looks and sound.
I have checked for dust in my tube and haven't noticed any dust or residue in the tube and although I guess the real test would be to check the oil I just haven't done that, but at least visually it's doing it's job and don't throw lights in the dash like the 500$ AFE.

 

i have an aem on my gasser and noticed a big difference in power compared to a k&junk

 

I ma sure that there is good points to all, but I like the pro 7 because of the filtering layers and the better it does with filtering. I do a lot of off roading and I want the air coming in to be clean air. Just my 2 cents:Thumbup:

 

My truck sees plenty of off highway miles with camping, hunting, fishing, atv riding, scouting for hunting. Needless to say my truck sees lots of miles in dusty conditions on logging roads and haven't had any problems with dust getting past the filter, according to AEM they do filter quite well and actually claim better filtering the dirtier it gets. I defenitely don't need dirt getting past my filter and am confident in my AEM.

 

better filtering the dirtier it gets. I defenitely don't need dirt getting past my filter and am confident in my AEM.

wouldn't that be true with any filter?

 

Anyone else use one of the AEMs or another brand? Does the dry AFE have more filtering capability than an AEM. I am curious because they say the AFE has a higher efficiency, however that is the COARSE dust test, not the fine dust test, which the AEM claims a much higher-than-average percentage (still not as good as stock mind you). For the guys that have a dry-flow, how do you find the filtering capabilities, do you trust them as much as say oiled or stock? I'm slightly worried about the dry flow, but I really want it due to price, convenience, and peace of mind if it really is as good as advertised...


P.S. I just cleaned all my AFE filters tonight, what a pain in the ace. Anyway, I take about three days to get the oil to penetrate properly before putting on the prefilter, then on the truck - I had a filter collapse once when the prefilter becme saturated with oil and drenched the prefilter, thus clogging up with dirt. Not good. But I'm paranoid that I'll underoil it like how i got my filter (AFE says not to oil it - what a joke, I took many miles off my brand new Dodge because this - OIL THE FILTER WHEN GETTING IT< ESPECIALLY ON THE ENDS!!!). Damned if you and damned if you don't with the silly cotton filters (but I love the sound too much!).

 

My truck came with a K&N intake on it and have been happy with it so far. But I have heard many good thing of the Airaid system with putting out good hp #'s, but don't have any personal experience with one.

 

I have used alot of differnt aftermarket setups and I like the AFE stage 2 XP the best. Of course they can't filter as good as stock because the stock one is 1 foot thick and weights 20 lbs, lol. I have never had any problem cleaning my AFE either it always goes really easy and I am always suprised with how much dirt I get out of there. The AEM have the polished tubes which get extremely hot under the hood because they asorbe so much heat, That is why molded plastic is better even though it doesn't look as good. ME personally I would never go with K&N on a diesel I have seen them cause alot of problems. Yes there is always a few guys out there that say theres are fine and thats great but I don't belive you should be happy that your intake hasn't failed, it is something that should just work and thats why I stay away from K&N. You do get what you pay for thats why I always go with AFE, some did have problems on the 6.0's with setting a code but they made a new tube that they would send you for free if you had that problem. That is kinda my 2 cents on the intake subject.

 

So if the old addage you get what you pay for is true, then why is no one running BANKS in there trucks, because they are way overpriced and are not the best bang for anyones buck.
AEM also makes a non polished tube version, and you could also have it powder coated to any color you wanted and still come in under the price of the AFE, and also never worry about oiling another filter again. But then again I can't see paying that much for something in the end that really don't do squat for performance or help your truck. If I had 500$ burning a hole in my pocket and wanted to help performance and keep my truck running good I'd throw the money and a Fluidampner and a crossover line kit, both are gonna help keep your truck run better and longer. But that's just my :2cents

 

Point taken!