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Old 03-08-2005 | 11:23 PM
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I took a couple pictures of the intake that I have on my truck, I paid $35 for the aluminum tube and filter element on eBay, $10 for the metal flexible tubing, $5 for the 90 degree a/c bend at Lowe's and installed it myself within 30 minutes... hey its the easiest way to get the same effect as ram air without having to buy a hood or pay big bucks!

Bet that will make you feel like getting ripped off!
That's scary - Hope you avoid puddles. These engines suck hard and water doesn't compress very well.
 
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Old 03-08-2005 | 11:39 PM
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Yeah. That is scary in a major way. I saw a picture of a guy who made a scoop that sat and picked up air frim beside the radiator. It was hard to tell if there was enough of a cross-section for the engine though.
 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 12:14 AM
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when it rains hard enough here to leave standing water, I just pull the flex tubing off of the cone filter, simple as that...

 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 12:18 AM
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by the way I was going to mention this earlier but I forgot, if you have a ram that doesnt have the fog lights, you can remove the black "blank" that is in its place and bolt the flex tubing right up to the back of the plastic molded part that would go around the light, the tubing is the same size. I did this for a friends truck and it works perfectly and you dont have to disconnect it in the rain unless for some reason you like driving through water that is almost 2 feet deep... I could do the same but I like having the use of the fog lights.
 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 02:39 AM
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ebay has tons of intakes from overseas importers for cheap.mostly from manufacturers in japan.
the quality is the same.

 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 09:50 AM
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Hung---

You get points for practical and cheap, but it's not much on elegance...kinda looks like the back of my dryer without the cobwebs.
 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 01:09 PM
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yea...if you only can get them...I heard he's not takin orders right now....I like the fact that he he puts the air intake in front of the radiator just behind the grill....
 
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Old 03-09-2005 | 06:14 PM
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yea hes backed up right now, its a one man show. he could make that intake into a real business if he hired some people to help him get caught up. like the scoop that pushes even more air right to the filter ive def. felt the power gains with it matched with my dual exhaust.[sm=gears.gif]
 
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Old 03-10-2005 | 12:32 PM
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Thanks mill500, I just couldnt bring myself to spending several hundred dollars on an intake when I could "cheap" one together for far less... and as for asthetics, doesnt matter when your leavin'em in your rear-view, they cant see under your hood then anyway!
 
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Old 03-10-2005 | 07:03 PM
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I took a couple pictures of the intake that I have on my truck, I paid $35 for the aluminum tube and filter element on eBay, $10 for the metal flexible tubing, $5 for the 90 degree a/c bend at Lowe's and installed it myself within 30 minutes... hey its the easiest way to get the same effect as ram air without having to buy a hood or pay big bucks!

Bet that will make you feel like getting ripped off!

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Sweet dood! Amazing to see people pay well over $200 bucks for the same functionality.
 



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