The main reason behind the k&n kit is not the cool air, but you get rid of the factory ribbed air tube. The smooth k&n tube almose completely gets rid of the turbulence caused by the factory air intake tube. It allows for higher air speeds inside the intake tube and reduced turbulence.

 

IMO my iac was my best, it was also my fist.

i asked a million newby questions when i firts got here and im still gonna ask some more. I asked the same question that he asked a bunch of times. and it took a lot of patient people a long time to help me. and the only way that i found out that my plenum was blown and that i was missing 2 bolts out of the rear of my intake manifold was because i asked all those "stupid questions." I would have never gotten to the bottom of that doing a search. I didnt know what a plenum was. I couldnt have searched for it. I figured one of you guys would come to my house and shoot me after a while. And i have to thank people like steve00ram360, shot8283, burning rom and some other people that arent on right now. I bought my truck used w/ 8,000 miles on it and it has NEVER run this good. thanks for the torque, thanks for the horespower, thanks for not shooting me.

 

is his distributor the one that you can turn to advance timing? He doesnt have the crankshaft position sensor i dont think. Thats a cheap mod. 0$

 

no it's not. it can be moved but it has no affect. the crank mod is a cheepie for sure. that plus the 180 deg t-stat is also cheep.

 

i loved the 180 but i wish it didnt throw a code. Do you theres a possiblity that my temp sending unit could be messed up?

 

i dont get that one....... some people say that mod is ONLY to reduce ping, that it does NOTHING else......... other people claim to feel a boost in power..... which one?

 

I have dual 2.5 inch pipe straight off the manifold back to dual 40 series flowmasters. No cats. I lost alot on the low end, but gained some on the big end. I didn't gain enough on the big end though to compensate for the loss on the low end.

 

the 180 t-stat will lower the head temp which will lower the temp on the intake runners which will make your air intake charge a little denser which will help with a wee bit of hp. it's not much but the cooler your intake air the more HP you'll make.

 

I've got a 180 t-stat too. It feels like it performs better, but I'm a numbers guy so we'll see after I take to the track.

 

Another one of those stupid questions. Where are the thermostates on these beasts?