Lets see those intakes!!!

[jrs86]

i just got a 93 ranger with a 4.0 and it seems no one makes an aftermarket intake for it. i was hoping to get sum pics to get an idea of how to make one thanks.

 

[JimRummy]

http://www.kustomz.com/184094.html

I run one of those. Works great, and installs in minutes.

 

[jrs86]

seems like the maf adapter and mounting braket would be good but i really want to get ride of the stock hose as well

 

[Surrey]

http://www.kustomz.com/184094.html

I run one of those. Works great, and installs in minutes.

I love hot air intakes!


But seriously, If you want to change your intake, make sure you are getting air from outside the engine compartment otherwise you are not going to get more power. The stock intake IS a cold air intake, as it draws from behind the headlight, away from the hot engine. An open cone in your engine compartment means you are feeding your engine hot air, which is no good.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

The problem is that there isn't enough room between the fan shroud and the hood, also the tight 90 degree bend right into the throttlebody.

The stock tube is plenty good enough. I have a smoothed over throttlebody, ported intake, ported heads, and headers on mine. It flows plenty of air, as well as my stock box and factory paper filter. Paper filter is also a plus when I plug it full of mud and replace it for $3.

 

[kryptonitecb]

But guys if it doesn't have a cone filter that is colored it won't be "cool" enough to sit next to the honda's with hot air intakes!

Sent from the road while ignoring traffic

 

[jrs86]

im simply trying to get max air flow for max engine efficiency.i found a company online ifab.net products and was wondering if anyone had installed it on there truck.

 

[dangerranger83]

The problem is that there isn't enough room between the fan shroud and the hood, also the tight 90 degree bend right into the throttlebody.

The stock tube is plenty good enough. I have a smoothed over throttlebody, ported intake, ported heads, and headers on mine. It flows plenty of air, as well as my stock box and factory paper filter. Paper filter is also a plus when I plug it full of mud and replace it for $3.

This right here says it all.

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[UrbanRedneckKid]

im simply trying to get max air flow for max engine efficiency.i found a company online ifab.net products and was wondering if anyone had installed it on there truck.

So the millions of dollars Ford spent on R&D to put the 4.0 in the Ranger was a waste of money and there was an issue with it that can be fixed with cheap tubing and a cool looking filter?

As I previously stated, my engine flows a s#!t ton more air than yours, and is not restricted by the stock intake.

If you wanna get better air flow, start looking at the exhaust, but don't go crazy. The 4.0 needs some backpressure.

 

[JimRummy]

I know everyone cries a river about how much better the stock setup is, but it isn't. Granted the filter is pulling hot air, but this is about flow, not temperature in this instance. Say what you will about HAI (hot air), but bottom line is the stock setup is made to keep the truck quite, and gas efficient. If there were literally no improvement then there would be no market. Remember even 1/4 HP gain is still an improvement, although I won't say it is justifiable. You also have to remember that the ambient temp of the engine bay while idling is not the same as going down the road. I'm not trying to start another bullshit war between all you opinionated people, but the topic wasn't started to hear your 2 cents. It was started to see what options there are for CAI's in that year/engine. You can think whatever you like, but lets not get off topic.
(another note worthy point is if someone could design a CAI that just requires some cutting out of the small hole in the original intake setup, or some type of re routing of a new intake tube so we can have true CAI that'd be great. I didn't put on in for the look, or the sound, but rather that I don't like have a quarter sized hole, with a labyrinth of tubes, and 90* bends to get to the TB.)
Say what you will, but having unrestricted warm airflow provides me with more power then cool air that has to run through 5 feet of bends and baffles.
These intakes are closer to a turbo or super then a CAI, they just produce about 1/100 of the power.

I agree with UrbanRedneckKid, but since we don't have smoothed over throttlebody, ported intake, ported heads, and headers a CAI is going to be better then stock.
I find it funny how personally some people take this topic. It's a matter of opinion in most cases, unless you have a significant amount work done to your truck.

 

[Surrey]

I know everyone cries a river about how much better the stock setup is, but it isn't. Granted the filter is pulling hot air, but this is about flow, not temperature in this instance. Say what you will about HAI (hot air), but bottom line is the stock setup is made to keep the truck quite, and gas efficient. If there were literally no improvement then there would be no market. Remember even 1/4 HP gain is still an improvement, although I won't say it is justifiable. You also have to remember that the ambient temp of the engine bay while idling is not the same as going down the road. I'm not trying to start another bullshit war between all you opinionated people, but the topic wasn't started to hear your 2 cents. It was started to see what options there are for CAI's in that year/engine. You can think whatever you like, but lets not get off topic.
(another note worthy point is if someone could design a CAI that just requires some cutting out of the small hole in the original intake setup, or some type of re routing of a new intake tube so we can have true CAI that'd be great. I didn't put on in for the look, or the sound, but rather that I don't like have a quarter sized hole, with a labyrinth of tubes, and 90* bends to get to the TB.)
Say what you will, but having unrestricted warm airflow provides me with more power then cool air that has to run through 5 feet of bends and baffles.
These intakes are closer to a turbo or super then a CAI, they just produce about 1/100 of the power.

I agree with UrbanRedneckKid, but since we don't have smoothed over throttlebody, ported intake, ported heads, and headers a CAI is going to be better then stock.
I find it funny how personally some people take this topic. It's a matter of opinion in most cases, unless you have a significant amount work done to your truck.

Blah blah blah.

Its not a cold air intake, stop calling it one. You even admitted to that fact.

Colder air = denser air = more horsepower.

Any power you might gain from increasing your air flow (which will be none, because as stated, your stock intake feeds more than enough air. You need to do lots of mods before the intake becomes a choke point.) will be lost due to an increase in air temperature.

Let me say this again. the stock, COLD AIR intake moves more than enough air. Your exhaust is limiting your air flow if anything is.

Also, the stock air intake it at the front of the vehicle, so it gets a Ram Air effect at higher speeds, something your cone filter under your hood doesn't. Thus, when actually MOVING, the stock intake draws more air.

Im sick of all these people who dont know wtf they are talking about chiming in. If it was really THAT easy to get more power out of the engine, why the HELL didn't Ford design it that way to begin with?... Exactly. They didn't, cause it doesn't.

 

[JimRummy]

Yes ever wise, all knowing car god.
If your read the post without just reiterating you own opinion you would of seen that I did say that the stock intake was sufficient, but that not being case without the modifications that he had done (smoothed over throttlebody, ported intake, ported heads, and headers). Without those it is not more powerful. Maybe where you are in Canada it is a true CAI, but in other areas in the world (and yes, there are other areas out there) that don't have freezing temperatures for periods of the year, its not a surmountable difference.
Here in California it gets about 60 f in the winter at the lowest most cases. Other then that its about 75 most the time, and about 100-105 now. There are a hell of a lot hotter places then here too. That being said at no time during the year is the "CAI" you love so much really proving to be that at all.
The air inside my engine bay is only about 50 degree difference then whats inside, and having a flow 40 as I do when I put my stock intake back on to get it smogged, it was a clearly evident difference, and not in a good way. By the way the RAM effect you spoke of would is so diminished by sneaking around the headlights, through the tiny hole, then up the too bends, through the filter and then through the bends to the TB, it has about as much force as a moth fart.
As for why Ford didn't make it like that to begin with? READ THE WHOLE POST. I said all trucks and cars are designed to run quietly, and efficiently. Why do you think there is a market for performance tuners? Because OEM tunes them to be tamed down to prolond life, MPG etc etc.
I don't know you so I'm not just going to assume you don't know squat like you seem to enjoy to do to many other people on here, but you need to chill out.
I don't know what crawled up your ass, but this is a tread about CAI's, not why stock is a superior CAI. So once again, mind your business.

 

[shane96ranger]

The air inside my engine bay is only about 50 degree difference then whats inside

The engine bay is 50 degrees different than inside what?

 

[kryptonitecb]

What you are describing is a HAI not a CAI. To get a true CAI you would need a new larger hole as you described. Plus an intercooler, and a larger filter. All of which does not come from a $50 bolt on kit with a cone filter. If you want what you are describing you'll have to do your own research and design one since nobody makes it for our vehicles.

You might not like what is being said but it is relevant to your question.

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[adsm08]

What you are describing is a HAI not a CAI. To get a true CAI you would need a new larger hole as you described. Plus an intercooler, and a larger filter.

The benefits of an intercooler on a naturally aspirated engine are non-existent.

The whole point of an intercooler is to cool compressed air (basic physics, compress something and it heats up, let it pass from a compressed state into a low-pressure area it cools off, that's why brake cleaner feels cold when it comes out).

The whole point of this thread seems to be removing bends, turns, and restrictions in the air flow path. Putting an intercooler in is the equivalent of putting a radiator, with all of it's switch-backs and restrictions, in the line.

Since air before the throttle is under atmospheric pressure (compressed as it were) and the intake after the throttle is under anywhere from 5 to 25 inches of vacuum (low pressure area), you should get more cooling effect (and overall performance) from the pressure drop across the throttle plate than you would from putting an intercooler in.






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