cold air intake question

[sagona]

hey, i bought a cold air intake not too long ago but its really not as load as i thought it would be, i have a buddy with a 3.0l ranger and another with a 3.5 colorado and both of those trucks roar with the intake when they give it some gas. is it the same with all the 4.0l's? would an 80mm throttle body make it louder?

 

[feellnfroggy]

Do you want it louder? Honestly its not gonna get too much louder unless you start seriosuly modding you airflow, port and polish the heads, new aggressice cam, headers and off-road hpipe, etc.

 

[sagona]

so a bigger throttle body may help make it a little louder too? my friends trucks are completely stock other than the intakes. Their intakes are way louder than mine

 

[cammeddrz]

some engines "hiss" through a c.a.i. and other just don't, my buddies near stock '96 mustang 4.6 sohc hissed so loud through his bbk c.a.i. that you could hear it over the exhaust from across the parking lot. but my '97 camaro 5.7, cammed, and stroked to 383 was near silent, even if you put your ear right by the inlet

my suspicions were throttle body size/shape factored with engine size/cam profile is what determined whether or not it will "hiss" or if it will "groan", or make no sound at all


please god, do not spend a dime in efforts to accomplish something as lame as the "sound" your intake makes, stick to performance, good sounds (exhaust or intake etc.) are a byproduct of that....that's what seperates us from the 1988 primer gray honda civic owners that buy those fart-can mufflers that whine to make their car "sound" like it has a turbo
his mustang had a "louder" intake, but i was almost 3 seconds faster in the quarter mile, intake sound means nothing

 

[disciplerocks]

Different intakes will make different sounds, but most of the change comes in exhaust tone. And with stock exhaust you won't notice much. The throttle body won't do anything.

Your vehicle came with a cai stock. I wouldn't waist my money on something I already had IMO. If you want a more aggressive sound, Flowmaster is probably the way you want to go.

 

[02 ranger]

I dont get any of this aftermarket intake crap. I put a k&n one on my 4.0l sohc ranger and got 1.5 mpg better and way better throttle response and more power through out the power band.

 

[disciplerocks]

Yeah that butt dyno isn't as accurate as you think. That was probably from the filter, not the intake. K&N filters don't filter as well so its easier for air to get through. If you see any off-road or gravel roads, those filters are a bad idea.

 

[02 ranger]

Yeah that butt dyno isn't as accurate as you think. That was probably from the filter, not the intake. K&N filters don't filter as well so its easier for air to get through. If you see any off-road or gravel roads, those filters are a bad idea.

My buddy runs a dr.performance shop in weatherford and the day i dynoed my ford diesel i dynoed my ranger. Picked u 6 hp and 12 ft/lbs torque. They dont work???

 

[Big Jim M]

hmmm

My buddy runs a dr.performance shop in weatherford and the day i dynoed my ford diesel i dynoed my ranger. Picked u 6 hp and 12 ft/lbs torque. They dont work???

Didja pick that up at 2600 rpm? Also was the CAI the only change since the first dyno?
Big JIm

 

[06RangerXLT]

My buddy runs a dr.performance shop in weatherford and the day i dynoed my ford diesel i dynoed my ranger. Picked u 6 hp and 12 ft/lbs torque. They dont work???

dyno it without a air filter, cus the k&n isnt keeping anything out of your engine.

they are junk. overpriced chicken wire.

 

[02 ranger]

Didja pick that up at 2600 rpm? Also was the CAI the only change since the first dyno?
Big JIm

I picked it up a little after 3000 rpm and their was a slight spike in the torque at about 5000 rpm.

 

[02 ranger]

dyno it without a air filter, cus the k&n isnt keeping anything out of your engine.

they are junk. overpriced chicken wire.

I live on 2 miles of dirt road and never have had a problem with the filtration capabilites. Filters just about the same as my old FRAM one did.

 

[hondaxr650]

Never had any issues with K&N either. Been running one for 150,000 miles. Pulled one out of a mustang once that was so caked with dirt you couldn't see the pleats on the outside and it was still clean as a whistle, bright pink on the inside.

 

[06RangerXLT]

I live on 2 miles of dirt road and never have had a problem with the filtration capabilites. Filters just about the same as my old FRAM one did.

then buy a fram and be done.

 

[rightnwrong]

hey, i bought a cold air intake not too long ago but its really not as load as i thought it would be, i have a buddy with a 3.0l ranger and another with a 3.5 colorado and both of those trucks roar with the intake when they give it some gas. is it the same with all the 4.0l's? would an 80mm throttle body make it louder?

I want to see the photos of your cold air intake first before I give my advice/suggestion. Could you post some? Thanks.