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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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worth the work?

for those of you that took the time to fab up a ram air intake, was it worth the hassel? I'm thinking about makeing one up for my N/A 6.9 and was wondering if it was worth my time. what increase in performance did you get?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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Cooler EGT's and better combustion on cooler days.

Yes, I think it even helped my turbo motor.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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I noticed a 1-2 MPG loss when I had the ram intake removed for some reason. That was back before the turbo however. I've never run the truck without the ram intake ever since. Didn't have a pyro gauge back then.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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very much worth the effort my pump is almost maxxed now and im still n/a and only time i run into egt trouble is towing heavy commin up the mountain
 
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 02:22 AM
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went from 20 mpg on a cold day to 21 mpg on a HOT day, so yes, it was wort the hour of work and $8 in parts
 
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