Cold air or not?
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Cold air or not?
Hello again, thanks for the input on my other posts. Here it is. I have a 2000 f350 dually with 228,000 miles, that I put my stock air box back onto. I drive about 50k a year, and I took off my cold airintake because my Certified Ford Technition, who is a good friend said that it could ruin my motor, and they can fail. I am trying to make this truck last as long as I can. I just replaced my turbo on because my old one was leaking exhaust between the turbo and the pedistal? (Still can't figure that one out) The truck runs alot better but I have noticed a decrease in Fuel economy before i did the turbo. I don't know what to do. I have a edge three stage programmer in extreme mode, and a somewhat stock exhaust.
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Is your friend a powerstoke tech? The guy that works on my stuff is a Ford tech and has looked at my 6637 setup and made the comment that most anything is better than the stock airbox. There have been several psd's thru the local dealer dusted with stock air boxes.
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Your Ford tech is full of melarchy. Do yourself a few favors:
1. Kick the Ford tech in the nuts
2. Order a couple 6637 filters from Fleet Filter
3. Pick your flavor for an adapter- 3" PVC or ABS or 4" exhaust tubing (do the CCV mod while your at it)
4. Do a search for "6637 cold air" and build yourself a cold air box
If your old cold air kit had a K&N filter, the tech was right to some degree. K&N's are notorious for allowing dust past the filter, check out the lid of my stock airbox after I bought my truck a month ago with a K&N drop in filter:
The 6637 is the ticket as far as I'm concerned. You can also order up a cool cover from a member here if you wish:
They come in several colors with several logo options.
1. Kick the Ford tech in the nuts
2. Order a couple 6637 filters from Fleet Filter
3. Pick your flavor for an adapter- 3" PVC or ABS or 4" exhaust tubing (do the CCV mod while your at it)
4. Do a search for "6637 cold air" and build yourself a cold air box
If your old cold air kit had a K&N filter, the tech was right to some degree. K&N's are notorious for allowing dust past the filter, check out the lid of my stock airbox after I bought my truck a month ago with a K&N drop in filter:
The 6637 is the ticket as far as I'm concerned. You can also order up a cool cover from a member here if you wish:
They come in several colors with several logo options.
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Originally Posted by workaholic2001
Hello again, thanks for the input on my other posts. Here it is. I have a 2000 f350 dually with 228,000 miles, that I put my stock air box back onto. I drive about 50k a year, and I took off my cold airintake because my Certified Ford Technition, who is a good friend said that it could ruin my motor, and they can fail. I am trying to make this truck last as long as I can. I just replaced my turbo on because my old one was leaking exhaust between the turbo and the pedistal? (Still can't figure that one out) The truck runs alot better but I have noticed a decrease in Fuel economy before i did the turbo. I don't know what to do. I have a edge three stage programmer in extreme mode, and a somewhat stock exhaust.
Thank You,
Thank You,
The 6637 is a good mod and intake setup.
