intake?

Mike42488 · Jan 20, 2011

whats a good intake? ive been hearing alot about k&n am i paying for the name or is it actually that good???

shadow11 · Jan 20, 2011

I love my KN cai. However I would never pay $350 for any intake brand new. I found mine for $80 on CL. Try to find one used and you will save yourself a ton of $$$

BAMA BOY · Jan 20, 2011

i got my bcp on e boy for 23$

Mike42488 · Jan 20, 2011

shadow11 said:
I love my KN cai. However I would never pay $350 for any intake brand new. I found mine for $80 on CL. Try to find one used and you will save yourself a ton of $$$

i should just message you directly, you know your stuff about these trucks haha.

shadow11 · Jan 20, 2011

Mike42488 said:
i should just message you directly, you know your stuff about these trucks haha.

Haha. Most of us on here know are stuff about these trucks.

0212353 · Jan 20, 2011

vararams kick ass!

OlDirtyJohn · Jan 20, 2011

you can go to home depot and buy some ******* tube and a can of spray paint and make one. then grab a spectre or k&n filter and you are set. itll cost you less than $100 and perform the same as most other $300+ intakes out there.

personally though, i just run the stock airbox with a k&n filter, and an airraid tube that deletes the "hemi hat" tube was like $50 and i feel it is sufficient for my needs.

Mike42488 · Jan 20, 2011

OlDirtyJohn said:
you can go to home depot and buy some ******* tube and a can of spray paint and make one. then grab a spectre or k&n filter and you are set. itll cost you less than $100 and perform the same as most other $300+ intakes out there.

personally though, i just run the stock airbox with a k&n filter, and an airraid tube that deletes the "hemi hat" tube was like $50 and i feel it is sufficient for my needs.

alright, you pretty much answer my question....i jus wanted to know if its neccesary to spend 300+ dollars on cai.

Ram Man · Jan 20, 2011

Yep they have proved that k&n and other big names vs ebay or no name vs diy and they are all very similar...But dont expect any huge gains. More noise and exhaust note changes

AWE Daniel · Jan 20, 2011

Ever since I got my ultra-gauge I have been convinced to never spend money on a fancy intake, while cruising the Intake Air Temp is about 2-3 degrees above the ambient air temp, so unless an intake is getting more air into the motor, which I doubt anything out there short of a turbo or S/C is doing, it aint helping much, maybe a little, not much.

Mike42488 · Jan 20, 2011

thats what i figured lol.....ok jus bought a 40 dollar intake from ebay.....will post pics next week when it comes haha

OlDirtyJohn · Jan 20, 2011

the only thing i suggest about those is to make sure it has a good filter on it. if need be, buy a spectre or k&n and slap in on there.

glass3222 · Jan 20, 2011

I LOVE my Vararam Hemi Under Glass intake

If you have never seen a Vararam, here are some of my pics

Mike42488 · Jan 20, 2011

glass3222 said:
I LOVE my Vararam Hemi Under Glass intake

If you have never seen a Vararam, here are some of my pics

wow ive never seen something like that before. looks pretty cool...performance wise?

glass3222 · Jan 20, 2011

Mike42488 said:
wow ive never seen something like that before. looks pretty cool...performance wise?

I cannot compare to other intakes, I went from stock to the VR. JJ can comment on that, he had a few different ones.

Here are my thoughts:

Not much difference from a standing start, but once moving it has much better throttle response.

Performance wise, it pulls a lot harder from 40mph and up.

Biggest surprise, it is not loud like other CAIs. It is a little louder when you get on it in the 40+ mph range.

0212353 · Jan 20, 2011

I had 3 CAIs on my 08.

Airraid - made a lot of noise........thats about it.
BFI - :flipthebird:

sorry.......I sold them for a while. Performance was great, but the ....... nevermind. Company sucked.
Vararam - the BIGGEST competitor to the BFI, so......what better way to spite the old boss than to buy the competitor. And it looks f'n awesome. Performance was awesome, especially after 36.7 mph. All the air getting shoveled into it - VERY nice!

Now, they aren't cheap! The Vararam will set you back 300 bucks.

The Assassin · Jan 20, 2011

An intake, is an intake. Like stated above...you're not gonna see any huge gains from an intake alone. Combine an intake with exhaust, headers, a programmer, and a 180 thermostat, you'll see a bigger difference.

In short, go with what you can afford, and what looks good to you.

bigbadram1500 · Jan 20, 2011

Trupiano · Jan 20, 2011

Chaz Michael Michaels said:
Volant is intake! BAM!

Redtruck-VA · Jan 20, 2011

OlDirtyJohn said:
you can go to home depot and buy some ******* tube and a can of spray paint and make one. then grab a spectre or k&n filter and you are set. itll cost you less than $100 and perform the same as most other $300+ intakes out there.

personally though, i just run the stock airbox with a k&n filter, and an airraid tube that deletes the "hemi hat" tube was like $50 and i feel it is sufficient for my needs.

John, I always considered that to be a excellent setup. I'm a little surprise more folks don't do it that way.

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