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Just put my GTP38R on and I am taking out my stock setup with K&N as it sucks. Is the Ford AIS a good choice or is there something better with that turbo?
Ha I didn't see your post on here Tugly, sorry for the message. Yes I have stock injectors for now. I'm in the middle of doing the 2005-2007 front end since I took it all off to do the 6.0 trans cooler upgrade. Goin to put the rest of my gauges in and my king ranch seats that are taking up the garage and then save some more cash.
Do you recommend the fender sleeve for it as well then??
For possible future upgrades, go bigger than the AIS. While it filters great, it can lack on flow, even with the fender sleeve. Check out the Airaid Stage 2. We have been having luck with them for quite some time. Good filtering and great flow.
For possible future upgrades, go bigger than the AIS. While it filters great, it can lack on flow, even with the fender sleeve. Check out the Airaid Stage 2. We have been having luck with them for quite some time. Good filtering and great flow.
I can vouch for the AirRaid as well, been very happy with mine, that being said I'm not running a setup requiring tons and tons of air, however, it allows me to spool to 27psi very quickly.......perhaps someone with a more "ait intensive" setup will comment.....
so I'm going 38R and AIS since i have no plans of changing injectors and my real reason for the swap was air filtration, my stock setup killed my turbo I need to rebuild the impeller since it's nicked like crazy and will have a spare for if my 38R were ever to take a crap. Plus it's half the price but not half the quality from the remarks i've read.
Other 2 things were when i swapped turbo when you hook up the intake to it, you have to lock on with that small inlet at the bottom of the tube, which comes out of the top of the valve cover and seems to just put oil in the lines. Did you leave that as is or do any mods to change it?
Also there are comments of the filter minder moving on an AIS...i have a superchips programmer but hardly use it, more for reading codes and things. so i'm not all tuned up and was wondering if that would be an issue for me or not?
Not to hijack but which is the quieter intake for towing ? My wife is getting tired of listening to the turbo , & I even got her some new earplugs. Myself I love to hear the turbo sing, but as we all know if they arent happy nobodys happy
.......... 2 things were when i swapped turbo when you hook up the intake to it, you have to lock on with that small inlet at the bottom of the tube, which comes out of the top of the valve cover and seems to just put oil in the lines. Did you leave that as is or do any mods to change it?
The small tube you are referring to is the crank case vent. You can either run it like the stock setup or do the CCV mod and route it to atmosphere by running some heater hose. Do a quick search on CCV mod and you'll find plenty to read. You can make your own or buy a kit from a vendor like this one: http://www.riffraffdiesel.com/riffra...case-vent-kit/
Originally Posted by vtown00
Also there are comments of the filter minder moving on an AIS...i have a superchips programmer but hardly use it, more for reading codes and things. so i'm not all tuned up and was wondering if that would be an issue for me or not?
The AIS filter minder can be more sensitive than the stock one. You can swap it out with the stock one, but if your not using a chip and running stock you won't need to worry about it.
Not to hijack but which is the quieter intake for towing ? My wife is getting tired of listening to the turbo , & I even got her some new earplugs. Myself I love to hear the turbo sing, but as we all know if they arent happy nobodys happy
The AIS is much quieter.....on long camping trips with the family I'll throw the AIS back in my F-250.
The AIS is the quietest of the bigger breathers. You can do the fender sleeve mod, and don't be afraid to make the hole really big - my S&B is wide open on the fender side. The original filter minder is less sensitive than the AIS unit, so you want the original one.
Opinion alert! Woop woop woop! Please feel free to keep all panties unbunched. The CCV is just fine in stock configuration. CCV mods frequently get complex and are another maintenance item, or they make your driving experience a little more odiferous. Oil vapor hitting the moving parts in your intake and coating the exposed metal? Oh gawd... how are you ever going to survive the reduction/absence of corrosion and wear on those components? Oh... and the oil vapor is a form of fuel - minute as it may be, letting the turbo suck it up doesn't make the engine compartment stinky or slimy.
For those theorizing the filling of the Charged Air Cooler with gallons of goop, this is an image inside Stinky's CAC, looking toward the bottom - at about 275K miles:
Those water droplets in there? That's condensation from rapid heating and cooling of humid air. Yet another item under the column "It's a good thing oil vapor is keeping things lubed in there"
Now... I'll pop some popcorn while I wait for those with other data, images, and experience to weigh in.
Back to the 38R - it's likely overkill on stock injectors, air, and tuning. If you have 4" exhaust, AIS, boost fooler, and wastegate mods to accompany your 38R with stock injectors and tuning - I have not run this combination to know what happens. Here's a vid of 4" exhaust, AIS, stock sticks, tuning, and turbo, wastegate mods, but no boost fooler:
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