New S&B Mod
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New S&B Mod
My new S&B Cold Air Intake arrived Tuesday and finally had the chance to install it last night. Started about 1845 and finished about 1930, 15 minutes before a storm with 80MPH winds hit.
"Free" engraving nice feature!
Goes pretty good with the "Foil Delete" mod.
"Free" engraving nice feature!
Goes pretty good with the "Foil Delete" mod.
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The filter is oiled, which is a little more work than the new dry units but I feel a little more proven. I will be checking my fuel economy but it is pretty good in the stock form (~18 MPG). The Lie - o - meter usually shows between 18 and 19.5 MPG but calculating it comes out 17.5 - 18.5. I know I had a dirty filter a short while ago and the lie-o-meter started showing below 17.5, which made me check and mileage definately increased after cleaning (I had a OEM replacement K&N that was in when I bought it).
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Hey hows the flooding around you? News says its pretty bad.
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We have been hammered with storms, but the rain hasn't hurt my way too bad. Trip from home (Marion) to work (Geneva - 40 miles) is mostly farmland and it is muddy but not flooded. Most of the farmers have crops mostly or all planted so it doesn't look too bad. I think they got nailed worse south and north of me. We had 80MPH winds yesterday but it only lasted about 15 minutes.
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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We have been hammered with storms, but the rain hasn't hurt my way too bad. Trip from home (Marion) to work (Geneva - 40 miles) is mostly farmland and it is muddy but not flooded. Most of the farmers have crops mostly or all planted so it doesn't look too bad. I think they got nailed worse south and north of me. We had 80MPH winds yesterday but it only lasted about 15 minutes.
Good luck.
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That does look nice. I like the painted tubes too. Betcha $5 I would drop one of those little screws on the filter every time I had to clean it.
In addition to mileage, let us know how many miles you get on that before you have to clean and re-oil.
In addition to mileage, let us know how many miles you get on that before you have to clean and re-oil.
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We have been hammered with storms, but the rain hasn't hurt my way too bad. Trip from home (Marion) to work (Geneva - 40 miles) is mostly farmland and it is muddy but not flooded. Most of the farmers have crops mostly or all planted so it doesn't look too bad. I think they got nailed worse south and north of me. We had 80MPH winds yesterday but it only lasted about 15 minutes.
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i run the s&b also. i didn't notice any mpg improvement. even with dp ex and in i only get 16 on my best day. when i re oiled my filter i used blue oil and its has a blue outerwear around it also. my truck is blue
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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I got the S-B intake as well, i pulled it off to install the WW and checked inside of the tube for dirt and grit, nothing, very pleased so far with about 6000 miles or so on it. I know for one thing, it breath,s alot better. MPG,S maybe 1 or 2 for me. I'll throw some pics up later. Congrats on the intake install. Just every once and a while, check them screws that hold the snorkel and tube to the turbo piece, they can loosin a little from all the vibes.
