Greetings everyone.

I am postig this for an uncle of mine who has an 2009 Dodge Journey.
He is not interested in racing or nothing along those lines with this family vehicle. He is just concered with the performance of this new car he bought. He says that the Journey does not have good throttle responce at all. I can understand why....7 passanger vehicle with a 2.4L v4 engine..lol

I guess my question is, what can he upgrade to make the car lighter at throttle response?? He says it feels very heavy, specialy with his 4 kids and wife in it.

I suggested a K&N CAI and a programmer...But I don't know what programmer they make for these kind of vehicles.

any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Its a 2.4 Journey. Didn't he drive it before he bought it? Sorry but there's not a lot he can do.

 

I have the 3.5L and as far as I can tell K&N make a filter for them 2.0L,2.4L, and 3.5L all use same filter. No CAI as of yet.

 

You can do your own high-flow intake like I did. I have the 3.6L so I do not know how this would work for the 2.4.
Step 1: Get some three inch exhaust coupling pipe from your local car parts store. they are usually three or four inches long. While you are there, get one of the generic cone style air filters from K&N or whatever is on the shelf. Ensure that it fits the three inch piping and is not real long and that it comes with a clamp.
Step 2: Go toy your Journey and take out the entire air filter box and snorkel. Three screws if I remember correctly and lifts right up and out. Also remove the box top from the rubber intake piping.
Step 3: Insert half of the coupling pipe into the rubber air intake piping and clamp down using the original clamp. Place the cone filter on the other end and clamp down using the clamps that are typically provided.

Your journey now has more air to breathe, a little cooler intake, and you should now feel some additional get-up-and-go. Plus it now has a bit of a growl to it.

OR the easy way is to just take that filter box out and remove the snorkel in the front. It is very restrictive. You can also enlarge the hole or add more holes by adding additional holes around the lower part of the box. Either use your current regular air filter or replace it with a high flow style K&N or other. This will still add some pep and growl to your journey.

Enjoy!!

 

CAI alone will increase RWHP by about 5 HP on a V6 with around 3.6L of displacement. This will only yield about a 3 HP increase on an inline 4 cylinder unless you increase the size of the throttle body. Not enough to make a difference. IMO most manufacturers place entry level engines in vehicles that do not have adequate power for the weight of the vehicle such as putting a 3.7L V6 in the full size Ram pickups.

IMO the 2.4L I4 has no business in a 7 passenger cross-over vehicle that weighs in at close to 4000 lbs. I hate to say it, but he should have driven a V6 for comparison purposes before he purchased...

 

I completely agree. Just throwing out the options.