K&N Cold Air Intake

[scottphillips88]

Hey guys. As you know my truck is 100% stock and I'm hesitant to do anything that could hurt it. (now over 300,000) However, I'm thinking of a cold air intake. I've heard that this will make my turbo whistle louder. Is that true? Is this the best thing to get?

eBay Motors: K&N FIPK GEN2 #57-2531 94-97 F250,F350,7.3L DIESEL (item 220085543055 end time May-23-07 22:18:58 PDT)

[Dave]

In my opinion K&N sucks lets too much dirt through. Look into an AFE or AEM about the same money and great product

[scottphillips88]

In that case, I'm looking at this particular one: eBay Motors: 94-98 FORD POWERSTROKE INTAKE KIT 7.3 SYSTEM WITH AFE (item 120114153343 end time May-04-07 20:24:57 PDT)

However, this one has no plastic box around it. Is that important? Also, am I going to notice any real difference in the turbo whistle?

[Dave]

that one is a decent filter. Basically a DIY tymar setup. that is another idea. Here is a link all you would need is a filter and piece of 4 inch exhaust pipe

I know its for the super duties but you should be able to do something like this for yours

DIY Intake

[johnroach100]

I bought the Tymar, less than the K&N and a better filter. It hurt fuel mileage the first fill up though. That may have had something to do with getting in the throttle to hear the whistle. It did help a lot.

[TxPSD9673]

it will help you hear it a little but scottphillips88 we got the same trucks and the intake didnt do a whole lot for sound BUT THE EXHAUST is a different story the reason we cant hear our turbos is b/c our downpipe is literally about an inch wide and shaped like an oval no joke get an exhaust system OR just get a bigger dp that will bolt onto your factory system. i was goin for the same thing lookin to hear the whistle an mbrp exhaust took care of that problem! : )

[mschn99]

alls i have to say is you couldnt pay me to put a K&N on ANY diesel!! they are junk on high compression motors...IMO

[TxPSD9673]

lol someone should of told me that before i laid down $260 for a k&n intake so mine has one, my dad put an afe stage 2 on his 6lt

[bigcountrysg]

Here is a link for a picture in my garage.

The black spots on this K&N filter is not dirt, bugs, or any other debris. They are holes thanks to sand one weekend trip to the sand dunes and my filter looked like swiss cheese. I have went to a tymar filter setup.

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/vbp...?do=big&p=3847

[TxPSD9673]

how in the hell does that happen?