"I was thinking of all the guys down at my local dirt track… "

No foam at our track either. We do use Outweares with the filters.

 

In a pinch Underoos will work too

 

These headlines are all within the last three weeks. Where are the foam and paper filter headlines?

K&N Drifters Share Formula Drift Pro Championship Podium at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California

Australia Dominates World Speedway Grand Prix Series Race at Sweden

NHRA Junior Dragster is 2007 Western Conference Finals Champion

Travis Kvapil NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Victory at Nashville

K&N Sponsored Racer has Seventeen Top Five Finishes and Tweleve Top Three Finishes

Greg Anderson Gets Pro Stock Win at NHRA Nationals and K&N Horsepower Challenge Cash

Near Perfect Run for K&N Filters Pontiac Grand-Am at NHRA Nationals

If you compare performance, durability, filtration and longevity, I don't know how you can NOT go with K&N.

 

True. True.

Also true that they are K&N sponsored drivers and teams. So in my mind anything they say is suspect. I work with an independent racing team regularly and they were joking one day that they would thank Satan and talk about his good work if he was as sponsor.

Hey it's your car, your choice. All I'm saying is do your own research & don't believe corporate shills.

I'm still pissed that AEM doesn't make a CAI for the MINI. They have an awesome proprietary filter that is better than both paper and foam. Plus it's dry so you don't have to worry about the filter oil screwing up your sensors.

 

 

Yes they do. I have 1 on 1 of my cars.
And it would be very nice if AEM made a nice CAI for us.

"In a pinch Underoos will work too" Obe, I'll need to do some research on this. Could be you're onto something.

 

http://www.knfilter.com/MAF/massair.htm

I have also read many other threads on forums about K&N filters and people having problems with their MAF sensor. Sounds like these people are drenching the filter in oil, then expecting their car to run smoothly. As long as you service the filter correctly, it will not cause any problems. I suppose if that is too much to ask, then an OEM filter would be a better choice. Some people want a maintenance free car, but I enjoy keeping it up. Diff'rent strokes.

I guess the point is, when you have so many people using your filters, some are going to do it incorrectly. Like this:

 

http://www.dcsports.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=93

Just buy an Alta or K&N and put their filter on it. Easy-Peasy.

 

Easy-Peasy? AEM does not make a CAI for a Mini. You can buy an AEM filter but that's as far as it goes.... Some time ago I posted the merit of the dry AEM filter.

 

And I was thinking of my local dirt track guys too........lol.

 

Funny......all of those are from the K&N site

Let's try to get back on track with the OP original question.......

 

I don't think it should be some great feat of engineering to put this on:


And then switch the filter for this:


Just get the rights size and length. What's not easy?

 

No doubt, it's easy to just install a filter. The point is, AEM does not make a CAI kit that is designed for a Mini. The Alta & M7 are designed to replace the existing air box as well as some of the existing OE components. It would be a plus if there was a "like" product for the Mini.

 

I thought I would share my CIA modification with you.
I have the ALTA CAI. I replaced the foam filter with a K&N Reverse Conical Air Filter with a the cap in BLUE














My MINI is "Alfie", a '05 S who lives outside in a dirt/gravel driveway. Note, I am a bit obsessive with keeping the engine bay clean, and detail it every time I wash my car.

 

Wow, clean.

So it's not so hard to switch filters on an intake. You can go to a K&N, AEM, HKS. . . pretty much anything. Just because the company doesn't make the whole apparatus themselves doesn't mean you can't make it happen.