Better flowing intake for 5.7 w/Ecodiesel lower airbox

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NICE COREY!!

Wonder if i should try this to my airbox....[emoji848][emoji41]


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[Hemi395]

NICE COREY!!

Wonder if i should try this to my airbox....[emoji848][emoji41]


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

Thanks! It should work the same for you too. Let me see if it gets the air filter dirty quicker before you try it.....

 

[Matts175]

Check out this video at the 3:45 mark (and throughout the video). Is that factory?

 

[Hemi395]

Check out this video at the 3:45 mark (and throughout the video). Is that factory?


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NICE FIND! It does look factory and if that's the case I'm making my cut bigger[emoji106]

 

[pacofortacos]

Trying another little free mod. The factory air intake gets it's air from the fender but there isn't a real good flow into that part of the fender except around the passenger headlight and from under the truck. I pulled the grill off and saw a spot I could cut a hole into that would feed it fresh air going down the road. The Cummins trucks take air from around the same spot. Pretty simple to make the cut with a Dremel. Yes I know my cuts suck but it won't be seen unless the grill comes off[emoji4] Keep in mind with the honeycomb grill this could be a LOT more obvious.

I'll post later if this actually helps with intake temps or not.

Where is this cut you made?
On the passenger side, lower half of the grille cover??

If so, my 16 has that cut out from the factory.

 

[Matts175]

Check out this video at the 3:45 mark (and throughout the video). Is that factory?


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Yup. It's factory. I went out and looked. So, I'm guessing that the factory decided to start doing this in 2014? Cool. One less thing I have to do. Hahaha.

 

[Activate]

Does it work with the factory shutters?

 

[Hemi395]

Yup. It's factory. I went out and looked. So, I'm guessing that the factory decided to start doing this in 2014? Cool. One less thing I have to do. Hahaha.

Yeah mines a 13 so it must have been 14 they started cutting that out. Cool thanks I'm going cut mine like your pic [emoji106]

 

[PumpkinStealer]

I don't know how I never noticed that on my grille considering I've pulled it off like 100 times messing around with my headlights.

 

[Matts175]

Does it work with the factory shutters?

See my above post. Your 2015 might be already cut out. I have a 2015 with active shutters and it's cut out.

 

[JB1]

Yes my 2017 sport has that opening too

 

[Hemi395]

So it's pretty much confirmed that 2015 and up have this opening and 2013s don't. Anyone with 2014 that can that their grill??

 

[Matts175]

So it's pretty much confirmed that 2015 and up have this opening and 2013s don't. Anyone with 2014 that can that their grill??

I think that the one in the video is a 2014.

 

[Hemi395]

I think that the one in the video is a 2014.

Yup you're right that is a 2014

 

[Hemi395]

Where is this cut you made?
On the passenger side, lower half of the grille cover??

If so, my 16 has that cut out from the factory.

Yeah on the passengers side lower corner

 

[Tim Garceau]

My 14 does not, maybe that is why Jon’s truck can’t be trans tuned through Diablo but mine was fine?

Obviously reaching but hoping there is a common denominator in rewriting the 8 speeds.

 

[Hemi395]

My 14 does not, maybe that is why Jon’s truck can’t be trans tuned through Diablo but mine was fine?

I just realized he put a grill on from another truck so 2014s might not have this cutout...

 

[pacofortacos]

They are only about $14 from the dealer if you just wanted to put the factory piece in.

 

[Hemi395]

They are only about $14 from the dealer if you just wanted to put the factory piece in.

Yeah not bad and its pre cut with that opening

https://www.ebay.com/p/RAM-CHRYSLER...-Right-68197700ab/1341221506?iid=233199271516

 

[kad]

I just realized he put a grill on from another truck so 2014s might not have this cutout...

I just took a look at my 2014 (through the grill with a flashlight) and that area seems to be blocked by a cover of some sort. I'm not sure if it's part of the active grill shutters or something else. I'm planning on having the grill off in the next couple of weeks to do some headlight work so if this hasn't been definitively answered by then I'll post on what I find.

-K