Air intakes
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Im ur man, iv tried all kinds of intakes on many fords, even made a few custom ones. Now if ur wanting alittle more power and MPG with out doing a full aftermarket intake, Just get a K&N filter replacement. But if u want something a little more then get a spectre round style filter and them get a adapter for the MAI i think its called. And just take off ur old air box. If you go with the round style dont get the K&N get the spectre there waay cheaper and work just as good. The one on my truck has seen it all with no problem. And then the next step would be to get the steel tubing to replace the hose. And if u want EVEN more u can make a custom direct intake thats what i did on my f150
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yeah I know of one...........The one that came stock in the truck............
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Air intake
I'm with Power on this. I'll try to find the link to a guy who builds performance 2.3L (found it a long while back when researching bolt-on items that might boost power and mpgs). In short, to get improved intake, you'll need to do what Dutter has done: create one-off custom intake solutions. Cold-air from under the hood with a hot engine; well, it's somewhat self explanatory. From that perspective, you have to scavange true cold air via custom built air intakes. The link I'm thinking of has an example or two where the owner used a reciprocating saw to hog out steel next to the radiator to plumb in lines to route cold air. Or, as already suggested, use the stock intake which already scavanges cooler air and if so inclined, buy the K&N replacement filter (not sure if this will improve anything as all the reading I've done is speculative and the only known data is supplied by K&N).
That being said, I'm always interested to hear what the community here at FTE has found or has experienced. I'm always trying to tweak the performance of my Ranger to get more mpg's.
Kevin
That being said, I'm always interested to hear what the community here at FTE has found or has experienced. I'm always trying to tweak the performance of my Ranger to get more mpg's.
Kevin
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Rangers come from the factory with a cold air intake & air filter thats not restrictive & with a working IAT & MAF sensors, fuel trim is going to be adjusted to the intake air temp & flow volume, so no need to spend your gold fixing what aint broke!!!!
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Thanks, "powersmoked," "Rackster," and "pawpaw'" collectively. You say what I have long suspected, namely that Ford has designed and built the air intake system to give the best combination of power and fuel economy possible. I've tried a few things, an "improved" air filter and not noticed any improvement. The only time perormance and fuel economy improved noticably was when I cleaned the throttle body and upper manifold. That just brought the engine back to performing as it was designed.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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Intake Links
OK, I was able to find the links -
Intake Modifications - HotRodHigh.ca
Intake Air Temperature Sensor - HotRodHigh.ca
Ram Air - HotRodHigh.ca
There's quite a good deal of information at this site, especially for the 4 cylinder Ranger owners trying to tweak their engines. I've never tried to look to see if there are similar sites for the V6s, but they may be out there.
Kevin
Intake Modifications - HotRodHigh.ca
Intake Air Temperature Sensor - HotRodHigh.ca
Ram Air - HotRodHigh.ca
There's quite a good deal of information at this site, especially for the 4 cylinder Ranger owners trying to tweak their engines. I've never tried to look to see if there are similar sites for the V6s, but they may be out there.
Kevin
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I think it's funny people waste so much money on Cold air intakes for these rangers when in fact they are already installed from the factory.
I was a sucker when I first got my ranger in 2000 and fell for the cold air intake rip-off scam and bought an expensive one for my ranger. Did nothing except empty my pocket. I even bought an after market MAF. Can you say RIP OFF
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Dupped!!
We've all been dupped at one time or another Greeny. I bought the MSD Ignition System for my Escort GT - same results. Emptied the pockets up front and required me to keep buying plugs and wires every 15K or so (especially the wires which cooked brown). Back then though, forums like this didn't exist, so we were less informed then.
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