Title says it all...

5.0 efi no money upgrade - YouTube

Anybody think this will actually benefit anything?

 

No.

Want free power. Bump up the timing.

 

They are correct about the 5.0/5.8L intake air tube. It is a poor design. The I6/7.5L design that draws in fresh air from behind the grille is a much better design.

Flipping the filter box lid is not a good idea, it draws in HOT air from the engine compartment. I would not recommend it to 4 out of the 5 dentists that I know

 

i tried something similar, just didn't flip the box. great off the bat when the truck is cold, but once your truck warms up its worse than before. however, if you look at the snorkel removed from the box, the opening is tiny in comparison to the rest of the snorkel as well as the opening it snaps into on the filter box. so before i reinstalled it i cut off the end that is inside the box where it narrows down with a box cutter. feels better, but that could just be in my head but it sounds better and that enough for me

 

Just another HOT air intake....

 

I did think the idea was kind of stupid but wanted to hear others' input, just to keep me from going out and doing this lol

 

does it make my truck run hotter??? YOU BET IT DOES!!!! LOL sorry had to get that in...least we know how to get more hot air into the engine....LOL, just get the snorkle that goes behind the grill and your good to go honestly, best improvement there...I still need to find one tho

 

So can you install the inline 6/ 460 style snorkel on my 5.0 was there a purpose putting it on top of the radiator support

 

Iowan, I'll bet if you go to the junkyard you could find one. I'm sure it's the same as the 5.0's snorkel, except for the fact that it's probably shaped differently/longer so it can sit behind the grill.

- lol Jaime that made me laugh

 

glad i could give you a laugh

 

I'm wondrin why the two designs

 

if you mean the snorkel ive also wondered that my self, also having a hard time finding one at the local pull yards and the JYs around here dont even know what they got, they tried to give me a snorkel from the same truck I have that goes above the grill.......im about to see if anyone here has an extra they could trade me or I pay for shipping on it...

 

More hot air vs less cool air. The snorkle is BS, maybe just a cheap re-design of the inlet.



BTW we PSD owners do something similar when we ditch the air box and add a cylindrical filter underhood.

 

^^^^^^^^^ This^^

 

X2.....