I have a 2001 F-150 Supercrew with 99,000 miles thinking about a cold air intake , trottle body spacer or both has anyone put either or both on their truck and was it a positive or negitive? the intake is made by airmax and the spacer is made by Helix looking to improve horse power and gas mileage or if you have any other tips that would be wonderful i plan on doing a tune up this summer and changing the fuel filter next weekend thank you for any help


Ryan

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Thanks agian

 

intake...

don't waste your money on a tbs they are worthless

 

Neither!

The truck already came with a cold air intake that gets air from the inner fender. Not to mention, a CAI WILL suck in more dirt and you will most likely have roblems with your MAF getting dirty. And the TBS is better used as a paper weight...they are junk.

 

same here don't know about a cold air intake but my spacer did no good at all.

 

The cold air intake maybe, but id stay away from the throttle body spacer.

 

the tbs makes a cool whining sound like you're running a supercharger though! yank yank

 

I was going to say that but then everyone would go and buy em goosin it everywere makin people think they had forced induction lolol...

 

I have a K&N CAI and love it. I generally clean it/recharge it every oil change (except during winter) and have never had a problem with it.

 

thanks everyone. what about the roll on bed liners you can do your self like the hurculiner or the duplicolor? i cant afford $500 to get line x sprayed but i want something that will be good in hot and cold conditions bucause if anyone knows South Dakota you know it gets cold and i don't want it to crack or bubble

 

my MAF has never been an issue with my K&N Series 77.....never.
guess people need to and learn how to oil it properly.

 

I agree. I have had a K&N filter in my Mustang since it had 9000 miles on it. It now has 161,000 miles on it and I still hven't had to clean the MAF.

 

true that with the K&N. it says right in the vehicle owner's manual not to use oil-type air filters, but i've run them in every ford i've had. Don't notice much if any power gain, but it's just one less thing to maintain. I'd like to get the polished 77 series just cuz it looks cool, does it give you any extra power? The tritons already have a pretty effective CAI system on them from the factory. I noticed back when i was shopping superchargers for my V10 that the majority of companies utilized the factory system with their charger systems.

 

The key to making the DIY bedliners work is prep, prep, prep! A friend of mine put Hurculiner in his Jeep and it's all chipped and flaking....but, he didn't do any prep work. You have to sand down all surfaces with coarse grit sandpaper, and then wipe everything down with rubbing alcohol.