Good but cheep cold air intake

[JohnnyO]

So it's better to keep just put a better filter in?

The stock intake is already a cold air intake. Pull the silencer out of the intake tube, use a K&N replacement filter, and call it good. That's what I did on all my trucks.

 

[JohnnyO]

Any "cold air" intake that does not include a box to keep engine heat away from the filter is really a hot air intake.

 

[8thTon]

BTW, I went and looked - there are no coolant lines to the upper intake on my 2004 3.0. The aluminum lower intake has the thermostat outlet in it, so it gets some heat from that. If earlier ones have heated water passages all the way in the upper manifold, it is probably to keep the area around the PCV port warm so as to keep the gunk from condensing.

 

[cbxer55]

BTW, I went and looked - there are no coolant lines to the upper intake on my 2004 3.0. The aluminum lower intake has the thermostat outlet in it, so it gets some heat from that. If earlier ones have heated water passages all the way in the upper manifold, it is probably to keep the area around the PCV port warm so as to keep the gunk from condensing.

If you look at post 12 on page 1, the first picture is my Ranger. You can see the two capped off tubes just to the left of the IAC and just to the right of the DPFE. Kind of in the middle. Nowhere near any part of the PCV system. I know they did away with them at some point in time. Is the intake manifold on the 2004 metal or plastic?

 

[8thTon]

If you look at post 12 on page 1, the first picture is my Ranger. You can see the two capped off tubes just to the left of the IAC and just to the right of the DPFE. Kind of in the middle. Nowhere near any part of the PCV system. I know they did away with them at some point in time. Is the intake manifold on the 2004 metal or plastic?

They're right behind the throttle plate, and I'd bet very near where the PCV system is pulled into the intake, but that's just a guess. Those coolant passages probably do not extend though the rest of your upper intake.

The 2004 upper intake is plastic - it does have a heated PCV valve though.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Take a look at a Hemi

Just looked at both of mine.

Yep. Life is good.

Thanks Grumpaw. I feel better about life now.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yes, there are exceptions, but in general engines in today's run of the mill vehicles (not the high priced exotics) are not attractive at all.
Take a look at a Hemi from the 60's and a modern one. New ones make the power, but older ones looked good.
All in the eye of the beholder.
Grumpaw

The early coyotes looked pretty sharp:

vs

Personally I had all the cheesy leaky chrome crap on my truck at first. I regret neither loosing its generic look or the constant oil oozing of chrome valve covers.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Man.

I'm sorry. But.

The coyote intake is dead sexy. If they'd lose the black bits and go for early style under, would be gorgeous.

Like so

 

[4.0blue98]

I like the '68 455 Hurst/Olds the best so far. Too bad it wasn't the W34. That one is a beast...

 

[wildbill23c]

Open factory air box, fill full of ice, put lid back on airbox....Hey you said cheap.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Man.

I'm sorry. But.

The coyote intake is dead sexy. If they'd lose the black bits and go for early style under, would be gorgeous.

Like so

View attachment 39776

I didn't know they made a RWD SHO? Pretty sharp!

 

[fastpakr]

RWD Taurus SHO? What makes you say that?

 

[Curious Hound]

Open factory air box, fill full of ice, put lid back on airbox....Hey you said cheap.

Oooh. That would give you water injection, too!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

RWD Taurus SHO? What makes you say that?

The engine is going fronty backy, not sidey sidey.

 

[fastpakr]

But it's not a SHO.