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K47 Hi Capacity air cleaner for GMT900

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Zebrafive Enthusiast

Zebrafive

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I noticed the Z71 Off Road pkg includes the K47 Hi capacity air cleaner. GMT900 trucks is what I am asking about

 

Has anyone compared this to the standard air cleaner? Worth swapping in? I would think they would be plentiful in the salvage yards.

 

If anyone has done the swap, what was needed, just the air box and filter?

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

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Just the element is different,its just a little thicker..(IE-more filtering media)

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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I took mine out and put in a K&N

 

Yeah a lot of guys just do that,I installed the GM performance parts CAI on mine,so I have a whole different setup now anyway.

I don't even stock the regular non-K47 air filter at the dealership,when someone asks for an air filter for a GMT900 they get a K47 high capacity filter.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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Yes its only the element,and I noticed in the parts catalog that GM now only has the high-capacity element listed,no more "non" high-capacity element.

BIGBurton13 Enthusiast

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GM superseded the number to the high capacity only. I know because I was the one to do it in our system.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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GM superseded the number to the high capacity only. I know because I was the one to do it in our system.

 

Well how 'bout doing all the other numbers to make my job easier!

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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I had a K&N air intake kit on my 98. Don't think ti caused any problems since it wasn't over oiled, but being that the factory filter on my '14 Z71 last 45,000 miles according to the manual maintenance schedule I'm just going to keep the factory box and filter so I know it's being filter right instead of hoping with an oiled or dry filter. Aftermarket drop in filter I figure just make sure to get one that says it's made for high dust situations or something similar. I haven't even looked into a factory ACDelco filter but I will now.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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Wish it was that easy. Would make sense wouldn't it?

 

Been in the business 25 years,nothing GM does ever seems to make sense! we see things at the dealership level all the time that makes no sense,and it seems like its getting worse the last few years.

I can tell you one thing.....they are running themselves back into bankruptcy if they are not careful.

Badbird2000 Enthusiast

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I dropped in an aftermarket dry filter in my Z71...works great so far. I had a K&N oiled filter on my F150 that i got real tired of cleaning and oiling

 

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BIGBurton13 Enthusiast

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Been in the business 25 years,nothing GM does ever seems to make sense! we see things at the dealership level all the time that makes no sense,and it seems like its getting worse the last few years.

I can tell you one thing.....they are running themselves back into bankruptcy if they are not careful.

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes we do not make the right decisions and lose focus on what's important...the customer. And that includes the dealership. But I actually feel we are turning it around. We still have clean up work to do but it will smooth out in the end.

 

 

*Disclaimer* Anything I say is merely my opinion and does not reflect those of General Motors.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

SouthernSilveradoGuy85

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I dropped in an aftermarket dry filter in my Z71...works great so far. I had a K&N oiled filter on my F150 that i got real tired of cleaning and oiling

 

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The filter can go 50,000 miles of heavy dust conditions and 100,000 miles of normal conditions without cleaning. Were you aware of that? Someone from K&N told me that as long as you can see the metal mesh around the filter element it doesn't need to be cleaned. I had the K&N intake kit on my 98 for a few years and almost 75,000 miles and still didn't need to be cleaned when I got rid of it. The main reason I got the kit was that fact of lasting that long, but now they make regular paper filters that can last 45,000 miles so that's why I say I'm going to stick with factory and make sure it's for heavy dust conditions. Not going to mess with an oil or dry filter with this one. I'm thinking about the Airaid MIT tube though.

Badbird2000 Enthusiast

Badbird2000

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Yeah, i was just a little crazy with keeping the engine bay clean. I actually have the Airaid MIT and drop in dry filter on the Silverado, made a slight difference in throttle response. Plus cleans up the engine bay...the sound baffle on the factory setup is crazy

 

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