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F-150 Supercrew 5.4L - Looking for anyones experiance with a Air Intake Kits. I contacted K&N and they said that there are two ways to increase power using intale kits. One is to bring in more air by utilizing an open filter design (no airbox). The other is cool the air by utilizing an air box. K&N uses the MORE AIR design in their Gen II FIPK. I have been browsing Airforce One, K&N, Volant, and ICEMAN. Does anyone have a Intake Kit installed? Any info would be appreciated.
BTW - ICEMAN claims 2-3 MPG gains. (They utilize the stock airbox) Also thier site has Ford Racing and SVT team all over it. I called the SVT team and they were unable to reccomend an aftermarket intake. The SVT team actually utilizes the stock airbox and paper filter. They have changed the Air flow Sensor to allow more air to pass.
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BTW - ICEMAN claims 2-3 MPG gains. (They utilize the stock airbox) Also thier site has Ford Racing and SVT team all over it. I called the SVT team and they were unable to reccomend an aftermarket intake. The SVT team actually utilizes the stock airbox and paper filter. They have changed the Air flow Sensor to allow more air to pass.
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I bought my from www.procarparts.com of arond $80.00. I installed it in about 20 min. It looks great but you won't be able to tell the HP gain unless you dyno it first. I installed it as my first add on.
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You might want to give this link a look-over. Its a project vehicle. The intake tests might surprise you.
http://performanceunlimited.com/projectmpg/
Personally, unless its a true cold air kit, there is no real reason to swap it out. I know my 96 bronco has a cold air kit from the factory. It pulls air from right above the grille. I just popped a K&N in.
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http://performanceunlimited.com/projectmpg/
Personally, unless its a true cold air kit, there is no real reason to swap it out. I know my 96 bronco has a cold air kit from the factory. It pulls air from right above the grille. I just popped a K&N in.
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I put a K&N Filtercharger in mine yesterday and noticed the truck is slightly more peppy but that's about it, I just needed a washable filter because I live on a dirt road thats killed many cheaper paper filters.
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I went with a Air Raid Intake on by big truck (7.3) and a K & N on my little truck. I can feel the diffrence in both of them. Most notably is on the interstate. I can pickup speed and reach the cruise speed a lot quicker. I have also done the K & N on the son's car and he says that his fuel miliage has increased when he keeps his foot out of it.. Thats the only problem that I have run into. The extra power is fun to play with. 
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I have a 2000 f150 with the 5.4 engine. I installed the k&N FIPK
and noticed a slight increase in throttle response. But with the open filter, you constantly get a whistle affect, but she really moans. Then I installed aftermarket Granetelli Mass Air Flow sensor, put the stock air box back with a K&N filter and got better
results with out all the noise and whistling. I then added a delta
force flowmaster exhaust and went from10.5 miles to the gallon to 11.6 miles to the gallon towing my 30 foot camper.
and noticed a slight increase in throttle response. But with the open filter, you constantly get a whistle affect, but she really moans. Then I installed aftermarket Granetelli Mass Air Flow sensor, put the stock air box back with a K&N filter and got better
results with out all the noise and whistling. I then added a delta
force flowmaster exhaust and went from10.5 miles to the gallon to 11.6 miles to the gallon towing my 30 foot camper.
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The ICEMAN kit was 151 dollars at GenX Muscle. It comes with the Tube, filter and a new fender wall fitting (3 inch) to replace the stock 2 inch one. Guys on this site have claimed they used K&N filter without issue. IMHO - As long as the filter fits the air box you can use any one you want, your just buying a tube..........
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