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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Hello all. I have a 98 f250 ld 4x4. I am looking to get a cold air intake system. I was looking at the banks cold air intake, and a few others. Does anyone have any input on this?Should I spend the money on banks or just get a different kind that is cheaper?
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:59 PM
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Save Your Money. Do The Gotts Mod. Do A Search for it on here.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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All new vehicles come with a cold air intake system. Like Scalemandave said, do the gott's Mod and remove the major restriction in the stock system.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by roddog101
Hello all. I have a 98 f250 ld 4x4. I am looking to get a cold air intake system. I was looking at the banks cold air intake, and a few others. Does anyone have any input on this?Should I spend the money on banks or just get a different kind that is cheaper?
I bought one from here: Cold Air Intake, Programmer, Performance, Tuners, Bill's, Custom Intakes after I found him on eBay. The price on his website is $165. I got the one with a dry AEM filter. I did it to clean up my engine bay more than for performance. It has a shiny aluminum 4" intake tube. I've had it maybe a month, and have seen only slight gains in power. Again, I did it more for looks because I got tired of looking at that faded plastic dirty accordion. If you're going for performance go with the gotts.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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i have a spectre cold air intake in my 2001 king ranch and it sounds awesome, if you wanna save up i would say get a k&n
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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i have a spectre cold air intake in my 2001 king ranch and it sounds awesome, if you wanna save up i would say get a k&n
Sounds pretty but helps performance...................NOT!
 
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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K&N will do only one thing and that is lighten your wallet. You will get no gain in HP in normal driving, and no gain in MPG. The factory setup is cold air.. the aftermarket systems allow more intake noise to come out and it "sounds neat", leading some to think they are getting more power.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 08:41 AM
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thank you all for you your input. Do you have any other input for a super tuner for my 98 f250 4x4 4.6l light duty
 
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