cold-air intake??
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cold-air intake??
I was wondering if any Ranger owners have installed a cold-air intake, home-made or store bought. If so, what kind of performance gains were noticed afterwards? Any increase in MPGs? I made one for my Dodge Dakota which greatly improved both pick-up and MPGs. Was hoping a Ranger mod would provide similar results.
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cold-air intake??
Ok I have not yet installed one...(I'm waiting to install everything...the tb, intakes, headers, and exhaust at once) but from what I read installing a ram air intake gets you a 1% HP increase for every 7 degree drop in intake temp.
I'm taking them for their word these guys are usually on the money. Let me know how it turns out (mines going to be a while yet I'm still buying parts).
I'm taking them for their word these guys are usually on the money. Let me know how it turns out (mines going to be a while yet I'm still buying parts).
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cold-air intake??
Hi Guys, You called it cold-air intake. if you block off the exhaust heat tube won't you have the same thing. My stock ranger has a cool air intake with one problem. the pickup point is to close to the ground and it has a exhaust hot air tube for cold day starts. Thats 2 problems isn't it.
Back in the 60's I worked on a car that ran a hood scoop (super stock dodge) and we changed to a dual snorkel from the head light opining and picked up 6 MPH on the top end. That was 2 4" flex lines about 18" off the ground that fed a closed carb box. I have seen these with K/N filters some where
Back in the 60's I worked on a car that ran a hood scoop (super stock dodge) and we changed to a dual snorkel from the head light opining and picked up 6 MPH on the top end. That was 2 4" flex lines about 18" off the ground that fed a closed carb box. I have seen these with K/N filters some where
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cold-air intake??
The air intake on my '00 Ranger is mounted on the passenger side fender. This would be okay except there's still alot of hot air in the area, and the stock air box is very restrictive. The point of replacing it with a true cold-air sytsem is to get the intake up to the grill where the coldest air is (unless you can go under the bumper) and to free up the airflow by using a less restrictive filter (i.e. cone filter) and straightening out the pathway to reduce turbulence. Most stock systems have the engine straining to get adequate air whereas a coldair system allows the engine to gulp air.
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