"Ted Kaplan" <the_busmaster@msn.com> wrote in
news:Czf3g.12436$i41.1794@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net:

> I hate to admit it, but my son, the car enthusiast was right. I have
> an 05 civic hybrid with about 4600 miles on it. And although it runs
> reasonably well, I still felt it could use a little help in its quest
> to drive like a "real" car. I just installed a K&N air filter, and
> this seems to have been the trick. The car now accelerates and gets
> the kind of gas mileage I assumed it should have when I purchased it.
> In mixed city/highway, it's getting in the low to mid forties as
> opposed to the high thirties before adding the filter. Furthermore,
> it is smoother and accelerates on a par with most of the othe cars I
> tried to match up to today. In any case, I think it's worth the
> investment.
>
>
>


How long do you intend on keeping the car?
http://home.usadatanet.net/%7Ejbploc...011/SPICER.htm
Abrasives in your combustion chamber are not conducive to engine
longevity.

Also, yhere have been reports of IAC motors and throttle bodies sludging up
with the particulates allowed through by K&N-type filters.

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