Upgrading intakes?

[chopstx667]

Hey y'all haven't posted in a while but now that I've allowed my wallet to recover a bit from the holidays I wanted to know if upgrading my intake to a AFE stage II would be worth the money. I've seen it in person and GAWD IS IT BIG!! lol. Right now I got a AirRaid quickfit and it does an ok job but I think it's not as flowing at the AFE. Plus I hear that doing this will let my turbo whistle a little louder and spool up faster. Just wanted to know is it really worth the 450 bucks?

Oh and is the foil delete really that noticeable with the turbo whistle? Seems like a lot of trouble to go through to remove them so I just wanted to know if it's worth it.

[Powerstroke W/smoke]

hey i might be in the market for your air raid lol cn you get a pic up if you sell it or pm me lol. and for the foil delete, i did that when i had my 7.3 and it is pretty awesome! use gu-gone to get all that stuff off. it kinds sucks doing it but it is really worth it.

[chopstx667]

I'll definitely let you know if/when I upgrade although I don't know if it's applicable to your 6.0 though.

[Powerstroke W/smoke]

oh haha i didn't even snap lol. oh well. but i heard good things about afe stage II just keep a clean filter so that turbo doens't get dusted. good luck bud def do that IC pipe

[chopstx667]

Thanks man, looks like I got quite a project ahead of me haha. Not a real experience mech. here

[todd]

look into the diy tymar as well $30 as opposed to $400 and its bigger i just put it on mine and am pretty happy with it ive had kn and afe and i can say they were any better

[strokin_early_99]

The tymar is bigger but it does not flow as much air. Proven facts, not just myth....I am letting a group of enginnering students use my truck to flow test the intake and MAP the turbo I am running. I have the AFE and maybe I can throw on a Napa filter while the testing is going on. The Napa filter is way better than stock.

The flow rates are as follows:
Stock - 277cfm
Tymar - 425cmf
AFE stage 2 - 582cfm

[jasonmustang]

hey guys, just curious what is a foil delete, what does it do for the truck? thanks all

[Powerstroke W/smoke]

on the 7.3 diesel engine there is a intercooler tube that runs from your turbo that is covered in what looks like pop-tart foil. what you do is remove the tube and peel/scrape all of that stuff off, and then if you want to use a soft grinder to get the remaining glue off or just use gu-gone. by doing so, you can really hear your turbo spool up and it sounds really neat, kinda like a jet taking off lol. but make sure you put that tube back on tight

[jasonmustang]

ok so is there anything on the 6.0 to do this or no? right now my turbo is pretty loud, it screams when cruising down the road, usually people look over to see what the heck. haha