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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:04 PM
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I have a 1998 Ram 1500 5.2. Which cold air intake is the best. There is too many to choose from. Which one works the best.
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:08 PM
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Ive heard K&N is the best because of the heat shield. AEM brute force is good too. everything else sucks so i heard.
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:12 PM
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What about volant cold air intake with the ram air tube for the 5.2
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:37 PM
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no, I think they suck. the dont look like they would get alot of air in them. here zeekxxx did a right up on it on his web site. convinced me. I love my K&N.
http://www.ronbarthelt.com/Ram11.html

PS: sorry to take your glore zeeks
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:38 PM
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Ram air is a useless sales gimmick. Sorry, it just annoys me to see things advertised as "ram air". You have to be going 98+ mph in order for the ram air effect to actually occur. The only positive is that it gets cooler air into the intake. Not worth the extra money in my opinion, as most aftermarket intakes (like the K&N) position the filter quite a ways away from the motor in the first place.

The K&N FIPK (Fuel Injection Performance Kit) is the best one out there...no matter what the vehicle is. You can find them for around $200 on ebay (that's for the V10 intakes). I'm sure the V8 intakes cost a little bit less.
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 08:49 PM
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I agree with them all too, go with k&n.
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 09:12 PM
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I have the aFe stage 2.... picked it up for about $250 shipped from a store on Ebay.... VERY nice..... very well built nice HEAVY gauge metal shield...
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 10:14 PM
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Ram air is a useless sales gimmick. Sorry, it just annoys me to see things advertised as "ram air". You have to be going 98+ mph in order for the ram air effect to actually occur. The only positive is that it gets cooler air into the intake. Not worth the extra money in my opinion, as most aftermarket intakes (like the K&N) position the filter quite a ways away from the motor in the first place.

The K&N FIPK (Fuel Injection Performance Kit) is the best one out there...no matter what the vehicle is. You can find them for around $200 on ebay (that's for the V10 intakes). I'm sure the V8 intakes cost a little bit less.
I think the ram air tag just got applied way back when and kinda stuck. the real benifit is the drawing in air from the outside isntead of in the engine compartment. remember back in the 60's they didnt have fancy stuff like what we have now... the air was drawn in from the snorkel on the air cleaner, usually right above the exhaust manifolds.
 
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Old 10-24-2005 | 11:46 PM
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My own personal opinion [and I may be wrong] but most of the increases in power people see are due to the benefits of improved breathing for the motor. CAI is really a misnomer unless you interpret-man,I need to learn how to spell- it as "COOLER air intake relative to underhood temperature versus outside air temperature". No CAI is really a "cold air intake" until winter hits. Just my pet peeve on the subject of these things.
 
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Old 10-25-2005 | 03:20 AM
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K&N K&N K&N K&N K&N u can mod alot on it too.. like insulate the heat sheild and the air intake tube to help out... i noticed more a difference when i just had the cai and then insualted it..
 


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