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While $125 is expensive, if you have any late model specialty car (Corvette), the current air filters can get pricey and that is not for a $40 year old car.



I paid about the same for performance air filters for my MB AMG.

While $125 for an air filter seems expensive, it is all relative. Restoration. High performance. Daily driver. What are you willing to pay for a good quality product?
It would be great to go into my local (insert favorite auto parts store) and purchase a new FRAM CA332v. I tried that several years ago. No luck any where. Some people had luck and were able to find from some hidden warehouse.
This priced filter might not be for everyone. It sure beats a $3-400 NOS air filter from the auction site.
Will it out-perform (air flow through the paper element) a comparable high performance one (K&N $65), I don't know. Maybe someone can test air flow through different filters.