made a deal with the wife

[badfish888]

I buy her a 300 dollar patio table, i get 300 for the truck.
must incude shipping.

i have the headers, exhaust, and love the way my truck looks on the outside, but she is still inhaling through the stock hat, so my question to the RAM gods out there, if you had 300 for a intake, what and y. i was leaning towards the k&n, but nots sur the diff between metal and plastic. and i told her id make one, and she replied youd relly put poop pipe on ur "favorite woman" Thanks again

 

[AF_Hemi]

if you wanna blow all $300 on just an intake, get a vararam. If it were me, i'd use some on a homemade intake and use the other $250 on something else.

Do you not have a programmer?? I'd be usin the $300 on a used programmer if it was me. screw the intake

 

[0212353]

Vararam!

 

[badfish888]

can get a vararam for 300? and im suprized how expensive so many places are for the k&n all over 320ish, but i looked at the airram sight its only 260 not bad, or spend 160 on a spectre and put a k&n on it, and my buddy at work, hees on here some were, xpstt500, or sumthin like that is lettn me use his sct 3865 till he can update it to his 09, i tried the 93, (awsome) but i drive ALOT the mileage tune does nothing and the barley noticble diff with the 87 tune isnt enough for me to buy one, maybe one day, but for now i realy wanna intake

 

[AF_Hemi]

you'll see better mileage from the 93 tune actually. the 87 is only good for the rare chance you're stranded for gas and can only fill up with 87.

What are you looking to gain from an intake? better mpgs? better performance? Either way the tuner will be a much better investment than the intake. The intake will only give you maybe .5mpg increase at best. A tuner is known to give between 1-2 mpg along with a bunch more power.

 

[badfish888]

lol, just sound realy, next will be a raceland cutout, then i promise i will get a tuner

 

[shadow11]

Keep your eye open for a good used intake. They pop up every once in a while and will be half the cost of a new one.

 

[Redtruck-VA]

Ditto, buy a used one. But for a 4wd IMO the drop in K&N filter and I think it is a AirRam pipe kit to remove the Hemi Hat.

 

[0212353]

Vararam Hemi Ram Air - 2002-2008 Dodge Ram Hemi [VR-Hemi] - $399.95$298.00 : MarylandSpeed.com- Your First Stop on the Way to Performance!

I don't know what Duane sells the Vararam for - but its hard to beat 298 shipped. I got mine from these fellas too - very fast shipping!

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

How bad is the Varam to pull off for maintance?

 

[onebadbee]

i have a used one but its your call

 

[glass3222]

How bad is the Varam to pull off for maintance?

It's not bad at all. For most maintenance you don't have to remove it

 

[onebadbee]

i have a homemade vararam

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

From memory it would look like the oil fill is covered and changing plugs would be more of an issue. Im assuming it dosent have a whole lot holding it in place and the tubes come off pretty easy just havent had my hands on one to know for sure.

 

[glass3222]

From memory it would look like the oil fill is covered and changing plugs would be more of an issue. Im assuming it dosent have a whole lot holding it in place and the tubes come off pretty easy just havent had my hands on one to know for sure.

Have to take it off for plugs. Oil fill you just need a funnel, no need to remove

 

[badfish888]

hmmm lol 298 shipped huh, i think ill look into that. im still not totaly sold on the loooks of a vararam, it hides all my purty red plug wires. i love the mopar intakes, not the price though, im stuck between a vararam or a spectre painted w, a mopar sticker? and with the money saved, some new fishin stuff

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

If you like the Mopar one then just pick up a Specter with the heat sheild and swap the filter and paint it like you already said. You will prob be more happy with that in the end if you want to still be able to see the engine.

 

[Ares]

you'll see better mileage from the 93 tune actually. the 87 is only good for the rare chance you're stranded for gas and can only fill up with 87.

What are you looking to gain from an intake? better mpgs? better performance? Either way the tuner will be a much better investment than the intake. The intake will only give you maybe .5mpg increase at best. A tuner is known to give between 1-2 mpg along with a bunch more power.

If your engine is not built (internally at least) then putting 93 octane in your tank is a waste of money. You may see a couple extra MPG but its not worth the 30+ cents per gallon your putting in. Your truck is made to run on 87 Octane, keep using 87 and save yourself the money.

93 octane is for high performance...... 4.7L is not a high performance engine unless you put plenty of money into it. You will not detonate with 87 octane, so honestly thats what you should be using. If you tune your truck to a 93 octane tune and you go into sayyyyyy Arizona, where we dont have any 93.....what now??? Better have your tuner on you or a lot of octane booster.

There was an article/test about this, I will have to find it then post it. Pretty much your truck is made for 87 octane, putting 93 will not increase power output.

 

[Ares]

Is High Octane Gas Worth the Money? | Wanderings

Just something I looked up, kinda a gee wizz info. Still looking for an article about octane.

 

[Ares]

This is from the Dodge Ram owners manual.