Air filters

[thornogson]

Hi guy's,
what is the best air filter to put on the Essex engine. Are the after market filters better than the Ford item, even though they will be drawing in hot air. Would it be better to stick with the larger ford filter housing and duct it to the front gril?

[thornogson]

Just an update, I decided to keep the standard ford housing with a replacement k&N filter inside it. I altered the shaped inlet pipe to a 51mm round dia pipe and ducted this to a rectangular inlet attached to the grill. I will not know how effective it is until the spring as I have had to remove the ducting from the filter housing as this very cold weather was causing it to cut out.