equlizing air tubes?
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equlizing air tubes?
On my SD 5.8 I was wondering if I made an x pipe, or an equalizer box for the twin intake tubes, if it would have anything effect on performance or would I just be wasting time making it?
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From all my research on air intakes, Stock factory air intakes will allow more air than a stock engine requires. I believe all the CAI etc are a waste of money on a stock engine. If you want more air install a supercharger. That way the air is forced into the engine. Even stock paper filters let more than enough air in. The only time only aftermarket type filter I believe is good is the AirRaid dry filter. I say this if your doing a lot of dirt, dust or mud running. K&N lets too much fine dirt into your engine.
This is my two cents & years of running off-road.
Craig
This is my two cents & years of running off-road.
Craig
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First you need to determine what you want overall. Then you need to work from the ground up building. Just changing parts as a rule ends up a mess. So sit down & figure out what your end will be. If you want faster starts change gears. If you want fast top end change gears. Are you going to drag race?
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The Comp XE264HR-14 but.. the motor will then run into the next bottleneck.. the stock heads and intake well below 5000rpm.
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no sir she's a mean pullin' machine, I have 4.10s in her right now I want to do a lower end budget kind of build. with a little lift about 2in suspension, im going to run 285/75r16 with long tubes a low end cam and possible swap out the heads for gt40's
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the reason for the rpm rang is I really didn't know what to put up tom I would be fine with a idle to 3000 or 1500 to 3000 cam since that's where itll be making the most power I believe
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