Air Intake Kits
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Air Intake Kits
Do they make any Open Filter Air Intake Kits for 2007 E150 4.6 Ive looked all over and cant find anything.. Can someone point me in the right direction or am I out of luck...
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From: Peine, Germany
I have the same problem for my '89 E150 (302).
It seems that no one produces any open air filter kit for E-Series vans.
I found a K&N-Kit for the F-150, but I'm not willing to pay a lot for a filter that might not fit in place.
I know that it would fit on the throttle body - but that's it.
So I build my own
But that's just not optimal
- slightly too high (the hood made a dent in the filter)
- too hot: I'd like to have it somewhere cooler -> like in front of the brake booster
- the edgy design of the adapter is not good for the flow
It seems that no one produces any open air filter kit for E-Series vans.
I found a K&N-Kit for the F-150, but I'm not willing to pay a lot for a filter that might not fit in place.
I know that it would fit on the throttle body - but that's it.
So I build my own
But that's just not optimal
- slightly too high (the hood made a dent in the filter)
- too hot: I'd like to have it somewhere cooler -> like in front of the brake booster
- the edgy design of the adapter is not good for the flow
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I have the same problem for my '89 E150 (302).
It seems that no one produces any open air filter kit for E-Series vans.
I found a K&N-Kit for the F-150, but I'm not willing to pay a lot for a filter that might not fit in place.
I know that it would fit on the throttle body - but that's it.
So I build my own
But that's just not optimal
- slightly too high (the hood made a dent in the filter)
- too hot: I'd like to have it somewhere cooler -> like in front of the brake booster
- the edgy design of the adapter is not good for the flow
It seems that no one produces any open air filter kit for E-Series vans.
I found a K&N-Kit for the F-150, but I'm not willing to pay a lot for a filter that might not fit in place.
I know that it would fit on the throttle body - but that's it.
So I build my own
But that's just not optimal
- slightly too high (the hood made a dent in the filter)
- too hot: I'd like to have it somewhere cooler -> like in front of the brake booster
- the edgy design of the adapter is not good for the flow
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From: Maryville
Yes, there is a kit, it's not really open air, it still directs in above the grill, but has the filter in the open when the hood is up, cost about $400, why do you want such nonsense, it does nothing for performance. The engine bay of a van is hot, you don't want hot air in the intake, it reduces power, and mileage, why do you think so many are running coolers on turbos and super chargers? I made my own open element, lost 2-3 MPG, which was at 10 MPG before I added it, so I put it back, try to increase air into the filter area with a larger snorkel, I saw one on here once, a V-10 owner cut and added to the end section that went on the filter box.
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From: Peine, Germany
That's why I say: In front of the brake booster - there's an opening in the grille next to the radiator and if you put an filter there and isulate it from the engine bay, the airstream goes unwarmed into the filter.
But until then, I also got an alternative for that:
I'll weld some scoops in the hood
At first I couldn't decide in which direction -> in or against driving direction.
Or otherwise spoken: Air in or air out
I decided for: Against
Just because so the airstream can pull the warm air out of the engine bay
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From: Maryville
On the 97+ vans you will see a decrease in mileage, there is not enough air from over the grill to keep the heat from dominating the air intake, this I know. I was going to put on a hood scoop, but the hoods are a pressed fiberglass material, you don't want to mess with it, you can't get screws to hold in it to hold on a visor, they pull through it, turns to powder.
Cobra-Kai, your van does not operate on mass air flow, that thing is picky, it has a temperature gauge up stream of it, these 2 items don't like open element filters, they cause all kinds of headaches.
Cobra-Kai, your van does not operate on mass air flow, that thing is picky, it has a temperature gauge up stream of it, these 2 items don't like open element filters, they cause all kinds of headaches.
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From: Farmington, MO
If I do not ever come across a kit, which I never really look anyway. LOL! I just create my own. Pretty darned easy. And usually for under 30 bucks. A lot you can do with some aluminum ductwork and a Spectre cone. 
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