Alright.. The first thing I did to my truck when I got it was do the exhaust on it. I simply cut off the muffler and took off the tailpipes. The exhaust then extended all the way to about half a foot under the bed so i just put a turn down end on it from autozone. My next task is the intake. Now iv'e seen people putting those round filters on like on something you see on an old muscle car and I don't think that would be very efficent seeing how it will be all cramped up and sucking hot air. I believe a cold air intake will be better seeing it will extend to the hole in the fender where it can get some cooler air.. Now am I right? Would I cold air intake be a better route?

 

do a search...but what it comes down too is basically the cold air that brought from outsite the engine is pointless because it is more restricted due to the CAI. Even then its still not even really cold air, because by the time it goes through the CAI in the engine bay it heats up. The round filter is better because of air flow. That air flow is more importiant that the "cold air". Unless your running a setup like mine, its really pointless. (round air filter being fed cold air) Either way though, you will notice a little more throttle response and pick up at top end. Ive run both, K/N CAI and now a round filter. I like the filter better ( but i also have ram air.

 

about the round filter, what do you do with the hose from the factory air box?

 

stand alone breather

 

Some people do a custom job on the round air kit and put the hose to that instead of the stand alone breather. I think the stand alone would be easier though.

Some round air filter kits come with the "spigot" already set up for that house as well.

Another alternative is to get a kit similar to the Volant. Its not a "fake" CAI that sits in the engine compartment like a K&N, its in its own enclosed box, sealed from the engine compartment, and pulls air from the factory side hole as well as having a front hole to pull air from the front grille, if you want.

Still doesn't keep the air as cold as the manufacturers would have us believe, but I noticed a marked improvement with my butt dyno. And no intake "sucking" noise like you get with the round kits. Thats personal preference, some people like the sucking air sound, some don't. I had it on my 1995 Dakota's 5.2 with the older style K&N round air kit they used to sell for those, and my wife has it on her 2004 Jeep's inline six with the K&N CAI. She likes it, I got tired of it. You can't hear the Volant at all until you mash the pedal when you're already going at highway speeds, and even then only a little.