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MG MGB Technical - K & N Filters

Anybody got the part number of the K & N air filters that fit the Original "saucpan" intakes for a 1.8 BGT 1978.
I seem to remember their was a thread about them but search has not found anything.
Rgs to All
Bob
R. C. Elwell

Bob

The oart number is KNNE-2400

It is MOSS 372-395.

I got my pair from LBC Co for $30 each in May 2003.

Regards,

Barry
B.J. Quartermaine

K&N E-2400

Still available for $25.50 with free shipping (US) from:-

http://www.ajusa.com/cgi-bin/stores/details?vendor_code=KNF&ajr_part_number=KNF%20E-2400&source=lookup

Derek Nicholson

Speaking of which... try wading through this techy stuff. You may not be so hot to find those K&Ns

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=180100&postid=1864002
Peter Caldwell

Peter, Interesting, our loved and more expensive K & N and Amsoil filters didn't do very well in this test.

Clifton
Clifton Gordon

FWIW, You can go to this site and see just how much crud acculated after over a year on my daily driver MGB GT: http://www.cibolas7.net/27301.html . I offer this simply to show what a real world experience can be, regardless of tests. I don't doubt that there are better filters, but there is also a bit of mythology about just how bad they are in actual use.
Bob Muenchausen

Pretty interesting, and confirms my idea that the stock B filters are hard to improve on. Wonder if AC Delco makes B elements? Or something that would fit the SUs on a RB car? Gotta be the best thing Delco ever made!
I must say though, that on other apps the problem may be that the filters are simply too small for extended use.
And in reference to Bob M's pictures. you have to remember that if the relative flow rates are lower than the test ones, you can expect the filters to do better. I've long thought that in cases where K&N are fitted as replacement units, rather than elements, the main improvement is the increased size and lower flow speeds/pressure drops
Thanks for the link, Peter.
FRM
FR Millmore

FYI,
The K&Ns I removed were the direct replacement units for the stock Coopers can air filters. Nothing fancy, no racing filters, not pancakes, but just the simple replacements for the OE paper filters. I recall running my fingers around the mouth of the carbs to see if I could feel any grit that was not readily visible, and there was none. However, when I installed them, they were sealed with rubber gaskets on both ends in addition to their own and a liberal application of vaseline to help keep stuff from bypassing the actual filter media. And, if you read the blurb I wrote with the photo, these were NOT new K&Ns, but well used ones, maintained as per their instructions.

I mention all of this NOT to get anyone to run right out and buy them but simply to demostrate that at least in the non racing world of every day driving, they appear to be at least as effective as the paper units, and certainly a bit better than they are sometimes given credit for. The real test is how big, in microns, are the particles that any filter lets thru, if that is our main criteria. I am quite certain there are several other designs that can trap smaller particles, but at what cost? Air flow? Air speed? I am not sure we are at a point in our technology where we can have it all with no sacrifices.
Bob Muenchausen

This thread was discussed between 15/03/2007 and 17/03/2007

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