Home made intake

I had a K&N on my 2004 (similar set up on the 05+), and it did not get the air from the stock location (fender). Instead it came with some lame "heat shield" that did nothing since the air it was taking in was being drawn from under the hood.

Unless the filter is sealed around the fender opening, your still going to be drawing in hot under hood air. A heat shield isn't going to accomplish much, if anything.

 

So you have a SC. Have you seen dyno results for stock vs CAI with an SC to show what the difference is?

Either way, he doesn't have a SC so why dump $300 into an intake right now if it's not going to be that big of an improvement?

Also, do you have a URD Y-pipe to eliminate the first set of cats and a full cat back exhaust to help get rid of the extra air the SC crams into the engine? URD MAF calibrator to further tweak the AFR and have the whole setup tuned for best result? Or is it just sort of "rigged"? (and by "rigged" I mean "still in progress".)

I guess if you have 4 grand to dump on an unnecesrary item another $300 is a drop in the bucket. I could use 4 grand to pay my mortgage for 6 months, or my other bills for a year. Not to mention the added cost of having to run premium gas.

 

wow... You really aren't reading anything anyone is posting are you? Do I need to refer you to what I posted earlier? Should I highlight so it's easier to see?

Do I really need to keep repeating myself?

This whole discussion is pointless anyway as none of us know if it's going to be a sheet metal shield like the K&N, or if he's gonna fab up a box like the TRD, Volant, etc to seal it up and suck only from the wheel well. And quite frankly, if he's already going to fab a shield it wouldn't be that hard to have it wrap around and be covered.

 

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I read it as it was origionally posted. He never mentioned anything about cutting. You did. Your not the OP. In his current design, such as it is right now, and NOT with your assumptions, it's still going to draw in air from under the hood.

ETA: However, good on him for doing it himself.

 

I for one give the guy credit for trying and I am sure he understands the concept of a CAI and will build to try to accomplish it.

To spend $300-$400 on a CAI is a rip off! I guarantee they are making rediculous profits from these things just because some people want to try to get a small percentage of increased performance

 

Mis-information? I speak from experience my friend. I've done the CAI thing and found they are no more effective than the removal of the secondary and installing a better drop-in. I keep good records of my gas mileage. As previously stated: "a total ripoff"...all I found they do well is sound loud and lighten ones bank account.

 

FYI for everyone, total cost...$0 dollars. These are just parts that I already had in my garage. The only that's different from the $300 ones, technically is the heat shield. Where do you guys thinks the expensive stuff draws air from? From someone's head!! Guess where, the same place. By the way I took me months to figure out what works best. Looks is one thing, but power that this intake gave my truck is trully satisfiying regardless of anyone's opinion.

 

I have done that drop-in secondary removal deal a month after I got my truck. I was ok. Not as good as the one I have now. I bought my truck April06. And also where the original air filter box was, attached to it is a primary air box located in the fender well. That has been removed to let cool air pass through.

 

Kudos to you man. That's an awesome rig since you are using parts just laying around. That takes some effort and time to accomplish. Don't listen to any naysayers. It's your truck, you do whatever the hell you want to with it!

 

Hey, I think it's really great that you've done for "0" $$ what everyone does for 250-300$. I personally never saw an advantage to my CAI. I got better mileage only because I didn't like the noise, so was really light of foot What really riles me about them is that the mfg'rs make such a big deal (15 hp, 10# torque) and for a really high price you get but a few dollars worth of plastic tubing and some clamps. You've proven that that if you want one, it can be done without being ripped off.

 

If I may ask advice...

I haven't looked at what all can be done, but I'm really interested in sticking a Kinetiks power cell (basically it looks like a battery) in the exact place where your big ol' red filter is. Do you think it's doable to re-route, or should I keep with the idea of the URD CAI that routes in front of the grill? I'm happy enough with the HP/torque I'm getting - if you haven't already heard me say, I graduated up from a 96 horse engine.