ok i have been wanting an CAI for a while and i have heard many things on what to get... i know from expreince that K&N is good and they have a great history behind them... but alot of my friends have been going with airaid because of the price and they say they work great... does anyone have experience with these and how did they work... i have a 2001 4.7 V8... thanks

 

I would go with airraid. I dont have one, but I hear alot of good things about it.

 

i cant complain about k&n... i only got a k&n over airraid cause the k&n had a heat shield, airraid didnt

 

same here, the heat shield makes a big diff. my k/n cost 212.00 on ebay, install was simple and the responce was improved. also the k/n will let you relocate your iat sensor. the airaid is metal, and a little harder to drill out

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Airraid = metal = hot intake
K&N = plastic = colder intake.

Not to mention the heat shield. Without a heat shield, it's really just a short ram intake, not a cold air intake at all.

 

The Airaid I have is plasic tube and the only metal is the housing the mounts on top of the stock air box, (making a complete sealed coldair connection when the hood is closed), the K&N I had on my 03/3.9L Dakota was a metal chrome tube so both K&N and Airaid make metal and plastic.....guess the point would be the metal tubes pick up heat that the plasic ones do not.....and from a performance and visual K&N and Airaid are identical......and same price for the most part......my pref. is Airaid.

 

my dad and i both have k&n intakes on our 4.7s, and we couldn't be happier with the fit and performance

 

I used to have the K&N FIPK kit on my 5.9 Dakota. Too many problems had to replace the tube three times. K&N finally admitted a year ago that there was a defect on recalled/replaced many of them. However, in Jan. '05 I installed an AFE CAI kit, I think it's 100x better than the K&N. All plastice, air tube is flexible and allows for engine movement (torque), easy to install and fits better. The air filter is kind of a bitch to remove for cleaning, but I also have a wrap on it so cleaning is a once a year item.

 

yeah i really like the heat shield.. i think with out it... there is no point because it wouldnt be true cold air... and the plastic tube is big.. .thaks alot guys..