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I decided to order a Green Filter off Amazon, since my stock paper one was starting to look pretty bad. Per my previous thread on the subject, it looks like no one on the forum has installed one yet, so I thought I'd be the guinea pig and take some photos while I was at it.
The filter is item number 7201, and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PXWZRPI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On to the install...
It arrived in a box with some stickers and a warranty card plus the filter maintenance instructions.
It was nicely wrapped in plastic.
The fit and finish on the filter is nice. It looks well-made. It's sturdy, the rubber is high quality and the filter material has a nice feel to it.
Here's a shot of the filter held up to the light on my kitchen ceiling. You can easily see the light shining through both sides of the filter material. It looks like it's quite open.
Here's the stock paper filter still in the airbox in the car:
This filter went into the car just after Jan 1 of this year. It's looking pretty ill. Lets yank that thing and clean up the airbox while we're at it.
The removed filter. Nasty.
Here's the inside of the stock paper filter, for the sake of comparison:
Looks kinda cheap.
Here's a photo of the stock filter held up to the sun. Yes, the afternoon sun is directly behind the paper filter in this photo and you can't even tell:
As a comparison, here's a shot of the Green Filter in the exact same spot. You can clearly see the sunlight through it, no problem:
Green filter before installation side by side with the paper filter. Man, that paper filter is gross.
Here's a flash photo in the garage of the new filter in the airbox:
And finally, a shot of the filter in natural evening sunlight, after I cleaned up the airbox with some Ultimate Tire And Trim Guard Plus:
Thoughts And Subjective Impressions
The filter material on the Green Filter is vastly more open than the stock filter. Even though this filter is shorter than the stock one, there's no way in hell you're not getting better airflow through it.
You'll notice in the above photos, especially the side-by-sides, that the Green Filter is wider at the base. It's not quite a perfect fit in the airbox, you have to wrangle it a bit to get it in there.
You have to pull every one of those silver bolt things from around the sides of the bucket and on either side of the pipe where it connects in order to replace the filter to begin with. (A 10mm racheting box-end wrench or a 10mm deep socket will save you an hour here.)
Take the hose clamp off the filter to attach it to the pipe, it makes life easier. When attempting to fit the filter over the pipe, try to push on it only from the base of the filter closest to the pipe. If you push from the top you can cause the filter to bend in on itself.
Once back in, this is where you have to do the wrangling to fit the top part of the bucket back on and screw it back down, because the base width of the filter hits up against the bottom of the bucket. It's not enough that it doesn't fit, but it's something to be aware of.
Once it was on I took the car for a quick spin around the block. Does it breathe better? I'm sure it does. Is it enough to make a noticeable difference? Dunno, maybe. It kinda felt like it. I don't have any roads close to my place where I can thrash the car anyway and I don't feel like driving around at the moment.
My car's an Ecoboost with the Ford Performance tune, which comes with the GT350 intake. I don't know that the car sucks in enough air for me to notice. Maybe an actual GT350 does.
At any rate, I think it looks pretty spiffy in the engine bay. Way better than that shitty yellow paper thing.
The filter is item number 7201, and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PXWZRPI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On to the install...
It arrived in a box with some stickers and a warranty card plus the filter maintenance instructions.
It was nicely wrapped in plastic.
The fit and finish on the filter is nice. It looks well-made. It's sturdy, the rubber is high quality and the filter material has a nice feel to it.
Here's a shot of the filter held up to the light on my kitchen ceiling. You can easily see the light shining through both sides of the filter material. It looks like it's quite open.
Here's the stock paper filter still in the airbox in the car:
This filter went into the car just after Jan 1 of this year. It's looking pretty ill. Lets yank that thing and clean up the airbox while we're at it.
The removed filter. Nasty.
Here's the inside of the stock paper filter, for the sake of comparison:
Looks kinda cheap.
Here's a photo of the stock filter held up to the sun. Yes, the afternoon sun is directly behind the paper filter in this photo and you can't even tell:
As a comparison, here's a shot of the Green Filter in the exact same spot. You can clearly see the sunlight through it, no problem:
Green filter before installation side by side with the paper filter. Man, that paper filter is gross.
Here's a flash photo in the garage of the new filter in the airbox:
And finally, a shot of the filter in natural evening sunlight, after I cleaned up the airbox with some Ultimate Tire And Trim Guard Plus:
Thoughts And Subjective Impressions
The filter material on the Green Filter is vastly more open than the stock filter. Even though this filter is shorter than the stock one, there's no way in hell you're not getting better airflow through it.
You'll notice in the above photos, especially the side-by-sides, that the Green Filter is wider at the base. It's not quite a perfect fit in the airbox, you have to wrangle it a bit to get it in there.
You have to pull every one of those silver bolt things from around the sides of the bucket and on either side of the pipe where it connects in order to replace the filter to begin with. (A 10mm racheting box-end wrench or a 10mm deep socket will save you an hour here.)
Take the hose clamp off the filter to attach it to the pipe, it makes life easier. When attempting to fit the filter over the pipe, try to push on it only from the base of the filter closest to the pipe. If you push from the top you can cause the filter to bend in on itself.
Once back in, this is where you have to do the wrangling to fit the top part of the bucket back on and screw it back down, because the base width of the filter hits up against the bottom of the bucket. It's not enough that it doesn't fit, but it's something to be aware of.
Once it was on I took the car for a quick spin around the block. Does it breathe better? I'm sure it does. Is it enough to make a noticeable difference? Dunno, maybe. It kinda felt like it. I don't have any roads close to my place where I can thrash the car anyway and I don't feel like driving around at the moment.
My car's an Ecoboost with the Ford Performance tune, which comes with the GT350 intake. I don't know that the car sucks in enough air for me to notice. Maybe an actual GT350 does.
At any rate, I think it looks pretty spiffy in the engine bay. Way better than that shitty yellow paper thing.
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