I am debating doin a 14x3 air cleaner but is there anything bigger that would take in more air for my truck to breathe? and what are the pros and cons to this setup?

 

Will a 3" fit?

Open element looks better but will only get heat soaked IMO.

 

You don't need anything bigger unless you're running well over the stock rev limiter.

Pros:

• Reduced intake restriction
• Easily visible
• Easily accessed

Cons:

• Especially at low vehicle speed, intake air is preheated by the engine
• Fitment: break a motor mount and the air cleaner might be driven into the firewall, which might break the throttle body and/or allow foreign matter into the intake/combustion chambers
• More likely to allow water (stream crossings, driving rain) into the engine. It takes but one drop on the top of a hot piston to destroy that piston

 

so probly just stick with a spectre cold air intake?

 

I'd give it a try. I've had mine in for about a month and love it. Not having a bulky CAI frees up room and makes things look nicer.

 

Most folks who run 14x3's love 'em. I once lost an engine to one when water got past it, so I hate the darn things with a purple passion. If you've already got a CAI that you're happy with, there's no engine performance reason to change it unless you're really cranking up the cubic inches and/or running well above the stock rev limiter.

 

It will pull in around the same temps that your Spectre is pulling in. I had a 14x3 on mine and had no issues with it except for really hot days here in FL. It rains here almost every day in the summer time, never had a rain issue. Nor has my father in his 70' torino, 71' Boss 351, and 70' vette, all of which have Holley 14x3's.

 

i ran a 14x3 for about a month, then ran a edelbrock pro-flo air cleaner for about 4,5 months, and 2 days ago, slapped my stock airbox back on. With my a$$ dyno, i seemed to pick up some low-end torque by switching back to stock. Think ima throw a k&n filter into my stock airbox and call it good. The 14x3 and pro-flo made some cool sucking noises, but imho, if you dont have major engine/ exhaust mods, you're losing low end torque by switching to something made to give you high volume of intake air, and not being able to get rid of it.

Now i haven't compared on the highway passing power, since I switched back to stock, but my guess would be that pro-low or 14x3 might help out if you downshift and wrap the engine out (needing alot of air), but regular driving wouldnt really require it.

Either way, I was really happy with the pro-flo, but since i very rarely see above 2k rpms, the stock airbox was the way to go. I have yet to stick a k&n filter into my stock airbox and see what happens. According to this forum tho, the stock airbox has alot of good qualities in the lower rpm range.

 

Yes sir, I noticed the same thing. I cut out the plastic air dividers in the stock air box and saw some small results from that as well.

 

Same here. It's been raining almost everyday since I put mine in. I've hit massive puddles and nothing yet.