Found this:
AEM Brute Force Intake System for Ford 1999-2003 7.3L

Only about 30 min. drive. Is it worth it or should I stay with what I have (6637)? Thanks all

 

Up to you, but that isn't a bad deal.

 

Does not seem like a bad deal. I don't know that product well. Is it the intake tube, filter, and housing?

Edit: I type to slow. Clay beat me to it.

 

I am awaiting a response from the seller. It should be the tube and everything. There are 2 model numbers on their web page, so I don't know which 1 it is. They also have a dry filter system. They are washable, but you let it dry instead of oiling it.

Clay, if there will be no gain in performance, then there wouldn't be any reason for me to change. I was hoping you might know if they flow/filter better than the 6637. If not, I'll just keep what I have.

Thank you for the responses!

 

What's funny is they have an ad at the top and bottom of this page now.

 

Its pretty much a fancy 6637 from my understanding

 

Thanks JD. It looks like one of our vendors has the same model number listed as this person says they have. Big price difference so $75.00 sounds pretty good comparitively. But, if it doesn't filter or flow better, then it's a mute point.

 

For 75 bucks I would do it, it does look good

 

Funny thing is now they won't respond to me and they changed the price to $100. Still a good deal, but for $75 I would probably do it. I figure that's about 3 - 6637 filters.

 

I use an AEM dryflow filter on both the truck and race car. Love it. I'm not using the kit with the tube and everything, but I'm using the huge oval filter for the Cummins setup like the 6637 mod. If you thought the 6637 was big....

 

I wouldn't do it, even for $75. That is unless you like sucking hot air in to your turbo. I say stick with something enclosed that pulls air in from somewhere besides under the hood. Like the S&B, AIS, factory, etc.

 

Keith, how would it pull hot air? I'm not real savvy on this. This kit includes the enclosure that goes around the filter, like a cold air intake. It is the 21-8114 model #, according to the owner. However, I haven't heard back from them and since the raised the price I probably won't bother. I figure they received several calls/e-mails about it and decided to raise the price.

 

It may have a heat shield around it, but it is not sealed in an enclosure. It's still getting its air from under the hood, instead of outside the engine bay. This is another one of those arguable subjects. It looks more like a hot air intake to me. More internet misinformation that sheople buy in to and install on all types of vehicles. An example is with the old fox body 5.0 Mustangs. I've been a Stang Banger for many, many years. The thing comes from the factory pulling in cool air from the inner fender well and works quite well; that is after removing the silencer on the end of it. All these companies sell cone filters or filters with some tubing that remove the factory air box and their filters are then exposed in the engine bay. They market them as cold air intakes, but what they really do in real world operation is decrease performance and suck in all the hotter air. And people buy them by the thousands. Sure they look good on a dyno with the hood up and nothing is heat soaked. What do you think it really does with the hood down after being driving in traffic for 20 minutes? Looks like the same thing here, nothing but a heat shield.


Ohhh hey look, 1,000 post. Neat. That only took me a year, I think I may be spending too much time around here.

 

Now my race car may not be the best test for this and comparing to our trucks, . Anyways, on a turbocharged and intercooled engine, true cold air intakes didn't make a spit of difference on my actual intake temperture vs a big fat filter just hanging around. Yes, there was a reduction in pre-turbo temps, and a slight reduction in post-turbo/pre-intercooler temps (close to 200*, FYI), but post-intercooler temps were rock solid (~20* over ambient), no matter the upstream changes.

 

Race cars don't get heat soaked. Heat soaking is really under valued. As is sucking hotter air in to a turbo than needs to be.