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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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cold air intake question

My truck has a S&B cold air intake on it and I swapped it out for the 6637 system I made using 4" piping. Was that a bad idea?
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Nothing wrong with S&B. They make a quality product. Your S&B was likely the washable kind. The 6637 is the disposable kind. I'd say drive it around and see if you notice any difference. Go with whichever one you like better.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Honestly IMO, an intake is an intake as long as it filters the air getting into the motor... Just like an exhaust is an exhaust.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 08:30 AM
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The only differnce I have noticed from the two is the S&B is quite loud. I don't know why but there is a bit more noise
 
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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engines like, cold & dense air.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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Dont want to pirate your thread but I had a similar question I have a new AEM cold air intake for a 97 tahoe think it would work well on my 95 PSD? (r should I leave it alone and keep it stock till I find a suitable replacement? Sorry again for invading your thread.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:17 PM
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ANYTHING is better than stock.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 12:57 AM
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Awesome. Will tell you how it goes.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Ford4Life7.3
ANYTHING is better than stock.
Not completely true when regarding the OBS intake, I swapped my 99 filter box to an OBS filter box, and have noticed much better filtration. Now the SD filter box has to be the worse designed piece of junk I have ever seen.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 06:41 AM
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OT dean does your 97 ODO show 430k or did it kick back to 300k when it was time to hit 400k
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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OT dean does your 97 ODO show 430k or did it kick back to 300k when it was time to hit 400k
I too am curious.. another thread going on about this...
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 11:22 AM
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I know that thread all too well, my theory is it'll keep on rolling past 399,999. So should I still throw on that different intake?
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 01:30 PM
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I know nothing of tahoe cold air intakes.... I would stick to the 6637... The filtering is good.. minimal restriction...easy installation... and the replacement filters are cheap. Especially when you have a awesome supplier like Clay who sets us up with 'group buy' discounts on em!
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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Ok I will give it a shot, posted the AEM intake for sale on the NorCal chapter forum once I sell it I will do the buy in with Clay.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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I too am curious.. another thread going on about this...
We should carpet bomb his IM inbox with questions about it. I am very curious about this topic.
 
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