In all honesty you won't see a difference between that and the original tube with a K&N. I think the horsepower difference is like 3hp. I read that years ago when 5.0's were more popular. Still it looks cool and the sound is better. Also if you have an electric fan your MAF won't go nutso as long as your filter is in the fender. I think I've had a 4 in on mine before
Now my buddy had a noticable difference from the RAM Air kit, but rain and discarded cigarette butts are a problem
Now my buddy had a noticable difference from the RAM Air kit, but rain and discarded cigarette butts are a problem
I went on ebay and bought 4'' uj bend, cut my hole in my inner fender to 4.50 inch. put a insulator around the hole and cut the bends at the right angles with a metal chop saw and had them tig welded at a local speed shop. Very easy to do if you have any fab skills! I have built many intakes for many different cars/trucks very simple! i used stainless but if u used mild steel you could keep your cost really down there.... Custom Intake Parts: Intake Hoses, IntakeTubing, and Intake Clamps is the company i used to get the special elbows hope this helps good luck
Well, needed or not...consider this...
The carbed cars have a duel "CAI" with the duel snorkel air cleaner setup. The tubes that are in the fenders are between 3.5 and 4 inches, and there are two of them. I know this is a sort of apples to oranges comparison, but like you said it's also not gonna hurt either. I would say that too much throttle body is going to hurt worse. We could go into intake air velocity, but that's really only an issue after the air passes the throttle body since that's what is controlling the intake of air. As long as it's a smooth intake track and free of kinks and rough places that would cause turbulance, i'd think that 3 or 3.5 is plenty. But, i also know Rick Anderson knows his stuff and he wouldn't sell a 4 inch if it didn't work for somebody.
The carbed cars have a duel "CAI" with the duel snorkel air cleaner setup. The tubes that are in the fenders are between 3.5 and 4 inches, and there are two of them. I know this is a sort of apples to oranges comparison, but like you said it's also not gonna hurt either. I would say that too much throttle body is going to hurt worse. We could go into intake air velocity, but that's really only an issue after the air passes the throttle body since that's what is controlling the intake of air. As long as it's a smooth intake track and free of kinks and rough places that would cause turbulance, i'd think that 3 or 3.5 is plenty. But, i also know Rick Anderson knows his stuff and he wouldn't sell a 4 inch if it didn't work for somebody.