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Graeme
22-03-12, 10:31 PM
What is the best panel filter for the e16se. Are they all the same basically? Anyone got one for sale?
bazil
22-03-12, 10:36 PM
K+N, I had mine for 4 years, never missed a beat and regularly washed
Stuart
22-03-12, 10:38 PM
Paper filter from halfords/Vauxhall.
Graeme
22-03-12, 10:39 PM
There made in Warrington, used to be able to get them cheap, wouldn't mind a second hand one ideally
bazil
22-03-12, 10:54 PM
You don't want to pay £30 for a brand new one lol
Graeme
23-03-12, 07:11 AM
Yeah just seen how cheap they are on the bay, pipercross one for less than 25 quid delivered
Stuart
23-03-12, 08:42 AM
I can think of cheaper ways to hate your engine....

a proper paper filter will be better and flow better than the sponge tat.
Royston
23-03-12, 09:29 AM
K & N on all my cars, no Pipercross foam, don't do it, I still remember stripping a friends XR2 carb after bits of foam were pulled into it!
John
23-03-12, 01:49 PM
I can think of cheaper ways to hate your engine....

a proper paper filter will be better and flow better than the sponge tat.
Really? The paper filter "looks" restrictive by its nature? Surely the air will flow more freely through the less dense Foam no?
:)
Stuart
23-03-12, 02:06 PM
You'd be surprised what a Paper filter will flow and you almost can't beat it for filtering performance VS flow either.
brucer
25-03-12, 02:44 PM
ive seen a couple articles that indicate that the aftermarket panel filter is better than a standard one.

http://www.tomstickland.co.uk/astra/astradata/gdata.htm#afilter