Okay, I heap some verbiage to it

They both have a place and function, and both are commercial enterprises.

Opinions and internet studies and your own designated labs are like armpits, everybody has one and they all stink

Now you gonna go through the labor to get there, your options are simple, keep it simple, don't fight the bad fit, don't create more labor(washing/oiling)just grab that $40 piece of paper, shove it in there and forget about it for 40K miles or thereabouts.

You would do the same with the KN, albeit with a bit more labor and probably equal in cost.

So the winner is?

Yup, you figured it out, peace.