While the OEMs overwhelmingly opt for paper air filters, cotton gauze filters are a staple of aftermarket induction systems. So what makes the cotton gauze medium so much more conducive to airflow?

If you drive a car with an internal combustion engine, which is most modern vehicles that run on fossil fuels, then your engine requires a precise combination of fuel and oxygen to function properly.

In its purest form, an engine is nothing more than an air pump; it takes in air and then returns it, although in a slightly modified form. Maximizing an engine's ability to process air will also ...