Recent content by CharlieBauer

Your standard response after misunderstanding someone is that they weren't clear when it was your own need to be seen as the expert that leads you to misinterpret. It is a pattern that repeats itself many times with you and your responses are entirely predictable. Amusingly, in this thread...

The word "only" was used in the context of not being as good as 99%. I was (obviously) talking solely about the rating at 50 microns since I had already made the point that the OE filters made for Japanese and German vehicles are only nearing 100% efficiency at that micron rating. I did not...

You were making a different point yet opened by saying:

I think you may have misread my post because your graph is pretty much confirming the point I made.

If you consider that OE filters for Japanese and German vehicles seem to be 99% efficient "only" at the 40 to 50 micron range, then at least we can say there is a consensus that you don't want particles larger than 50 microns getting through the filter. Thus the problem with a Fram that leaks...

Lubrizol found that Performance Polymers, aka VIIs, helped reduce wear caused by the particles that get pass the air filter.

The area under those curves are scary.

I wonder if this will last: https://textar.com/usa/service-products/#ceratec https://pagid.com/pagid-ceratec/ https://www.brembostoreusa.com/brembo-b-quiet/#heat-resistant-lubricant It says it's "Permanent". Up to 1000c, metal free, no solids. Metal to metal use only.

I tested 2 that were made in Aug 2022 (9 months earlier than this one) and they both leaked.

Yes, tires stop the car. So when the OP said the EBC brakes had more stopping power (during street driving), what does that mean?

There are Ultras with both color media. Check the Walmart website to see the range across many applications. Also, yellow does not mean oiled.

Is this with an OE air filter (or something you believe is identical to OE)? I have seen an excellent report on a Honda OE air filter. I do agree that we still need to see testing on aftermarket synthetic filters. As we know with oil filters, synthetic media can be extremely efficient (Fram...

There is a lot of marketing blurb on EBC's website and easy to see contradictions about how they describe their pads. In terms of dust; Ultimax2 dust rating 7/10 - "gentle on rotors, low on dust" "minimal dust" Yellowstuff dust rating 8/10 - "These are not low dust pads" Greenstuff dust...

Yes but while the brake fade on the Passat was excellent, the Malibu and Accord had noticeably shorter stopping distance in a panic stop. I get that there is more to "performance", even on the road (and depending on how one drives), but in a panic situation, what is the benefit of having better...

Interesting results in this testing; https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15143696/the-power-to-stop/