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How dusty is your filter getting? I change mine every oil change and it still looks pretty new, and I live and wheel in an extremely dusty area. My cabin filter gets filthy though.
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Snorkel for long term and change the filter fairly often if you run low grades. Some like to keep a handful of filters on hand for wheeling then a higher quality one for when they’re daily driving. I get STPs for wheeling and have a K&N for normal driving. I’ll judge the filter after wheeling as to if I throw it away or not.
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Yeah. Snorkels are known for finding clean air and often used more for that than deep water crossings.
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BlueScapegoat
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K&Ns are not good for dusty conditions. Track car, sure.
If you want to run a snorkel run one with a centrifugal dust separator like a Sy-Klone. Otherwise theoretically snorkels can pull cleaner air further up but I kind of doubt it's very measurable when the alternative is under the hood.
I like paper filters. Washable ones are good. I've run AEM Dryflow filters on my Jeeps for well over a decade now. But I don't think anything beats a good paper filter if you're worried about maximum filtration, regardless of where you're drawing the air.
I've got 45k miles on my Gladiator with a snorkel and Sy-Klone prefilter utilizing an AEM dry cone filter in the airbox and it's still clean.
If you want to run a snorkel run one with a centrifugal dust separator like a Sy-Klone. Otherwise theoretically snorkels can pull cleaner air further up but I kind of doubt it's very measurable when the alternative is under the hood.
I like paper filters. Washable ones are good. I've run AEM Dryflow filters on my Jeeps for well over a decade now. But I don't think anything beats a good paper filter if you're worried about maximum filtration, regardless of where you're drawing the air.
I've got 45k miles on my Gladiator with a snorkel and Sy-Klone prefilter utilizing an AEM dry cone filter in the airbox and it's still clean.
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