[mshac]

I did what I had to do because I'm not going to allow this shortage to ground my aircraft. The same decision was made by many Bonanza owners over on the Beechcraft forums. There have been no reports of any difficulties using the filters I described in the previous post in this thread. I personally feel the K&N high performance filter is the best choice. It has listed performance that is superior to the aviation filters we normally use. The K&N filter is designed for auto racing and accepts safety wire. These auto racing engines can see north of 8000 RPM with geared cams. Our engines will never see north of 2800 rpm. The K&N auto filter lives in a far more demanding environment than any aviation oil filter.

I may or may not have put one on my plane but if I did it's working perfectly. ;')