Cold Air intake box upgrade
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Trailering
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Cold Air intake box upgrade
Newbie here……I have a ‘96 F-250 and I have a banks upgraded intercooler system. I’m looking to upgrade my cold air intake from stock and have run into a few issues with news ones not fitting. I bought a S&B cold air intake and it didn’t fit, I called them to see about a workaround or an adapter but they don’t have anything. I went through banks website and they didn’t have anything I saw. Just looking to see if anyone out there has a similar set up and found something that worked.
Thanks
Greg
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Greg
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Trailering
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Thanks for the information Hitman. Can you send me a picture of what you got under the hood? I’ll call Riffraff and talk to Clay.
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More Turbo
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An air filter that draws from behind the core support is really a HOT air intake. You really want the cooler air from in front of the core support not the air that just went through the CAC cooler, A/C condenser and the radiator.
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Hotshot
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He'll be alright many of us use the open 6637 air filter element and have no issues, obviously a closed system will be best but nothing in the market comes close to the factory intake when it comes to a true cold air intake.
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Tuned
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people say filter under hood pulls a lot of hot air but going down the hwy it really don't i have my iat sensor zip tied right beside my 6637 and it shows within 1-2 degrees of ambient once I'm doing 35ish mph or more
Hotshot
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I just don't see the air source being a gigantic factor here..
maybe on a high horsepower max effort deal..99.99% of us likely wouldn't even notice the difference in an a-b comparison for a lot of work.
Maybe I'm wrong?!
Laughing Gas
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Let's be honest..under hood heat..then the air is compressed(wich adds some heat). Then the air goes thru an intercooler. There isn't an air to air cooler that'll cool below ambient..
I just don't see the air source being a gigantic factor here..
maybe on a high horsepower max effort deal..99.99% of us likely wouldn't even notice the difference in an a-b comparison for a lot of work.
Maybe I'm wrong?!
I just don't see the air source being a gigantic factor here..
maybe on a high horsepower max effort deal..99.99% of us likely wouldn't even notice the difference in an a-b comparison for a lot of work.
Maybe I'm wrong?!
Cargo Master
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Let's be honest..under hood heat..then the air is compressed(wich adds some heat). Then the air goes thru an intercooler. There isn't an air to air cooler that'll cool below ambient..
I just don't see the air source being a gigantic factor here..
maybe on a high horsepower max effort deal..99.99% of us likely wouldn't even notice the difference in an a-b comparison for a lot of work.
Maybe I'm wrong?!
I just don't see the air source being a gigantic factor here..
maybe on a high horsepower max effort deal..99.99% of us likely wouldn't even notice the difference in an a-b comparison for a lot of work.
Maybe I'm wrong?!
Lead Driver
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I prefer S&B filters above all and their kits are nice. Plenty of Voilant used, Lobo and Mexpedition both have actually, decent stuff. K&N FIPK good, Z71 has it. My dead 6.4 had an AFE which worked nice too...but with an upgraded S&B filter to not suck in the filter minder. 
S&B kit on the 7.3 as I wanted it and scored on squished box deal for $200 shipped.
I logged my FIPK on the Z71. Temps drop off quick per EFI Live after a bit of motion.
S&B kit on the 7.3 as I wanted it and scored on squished box deal for $200 shipped.
I logged my FIPK on the Z71. Temps drop off quick per EFI Live after a bit of motion.