Ordered an air intake!

[AKentPhoto]

But did it add any power? Drop some weight?]

It feels slightly stronger but I also trippled the size the intercooler at the same time so who knows what % goes to what part. It sounds 1000x better, but wish it were louder so I have the intercooler pipes waiting for the next time I have the bumper off.

The demand for efficient cars has made OEMs figure out all the tricks that used to be left on the table for the aftermarket... Also their abilities to monitor and control the engines has improved. Which brings us back to the fact that if you want real power you have to tune it. Until I'm in the home stretch of the factory warranty I won't really consider it. That doesn't mean I'm not going to have the hardware in place to take full advantage of the added boost when I go to turn it up. Having a slightly more aggressive sound will help prevent me from hitting the buy button over at 5Star... Until the time is right anyway...

 

[Dice Roll]

@Dice Roll If all you want is more turbo whistle, I’ve had great success installing a drop-in K&N air filter into the factory box! More than likely isn’t going to provide as much whistle as a cold air intake, but for $40 and a trip to Walmart I couldn’t be happier.

I was reading amazon reviews and the eb seems to respond to these. Either they do free up things enough to make a difference or people are really letting 2018 stuff already go too long before new filter. Some guys reported slightly higher mpg with the kn

Big thing on the 7.3 was the egt dropped about 50 degrees consistently for guys running the open air filter. Hearing the whistle better means the turbo isnt struggling to suck in more air.

I’ll have to look and see if there are any easy to defeat baffles. On 90s 5.0 trucks it was just a hood pop to reach in and break the silencer off below the air box. I did mine and a buddy had a similar truck. When I did his he said I don’t know what you did, but it worked.

 

[LokiWolf]

AFE makes a DryFlow Drop in, that is what I installed for now. Takes the oil issue out of the equation.

 

[5280tunage]

I get that these turbos are a bit smaller than say a Greddy big boy turbo, but I have an AFE CAI and I love the increase in whine. It's not mind blowing, but I didn't want it to be. I'm happy with the purchase.

 

[AKentPhoto]

@5280tunage
Did you go with an open or closed filter?

 

[302Xplorer]

The intake is arriving tomorrow! I’m interested to see what kind of difference it will make working with the upgraded intercooler and everything else stock. With only the intercooler upgrade, the rear tires already want to break loose on hard acceleration w/ AdvanceTrac disabled (even with a full 27 gallons in the gas tank!).

 

[302Xplorer]

Removing the factory intake this morning!

I found something interesting; what are these things?
Do you all take them out or leave them in place?

 

[Fozzy]

On the Raptor and F-150 forums there are people that say their truck have more power and more whistle by removing them. The same people tell you how good their mileage is as well. I think the engineers say they help spin the air in the tube to have a smother air flow for the turbo to ingest and baffle the sound. I think their like McDonald’s ice cream. Do we really know what it’s made of?


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[Fozzy]

And some people said they would get a PCV code with them out and some wouldn’t.


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[302Xplorer]

Excellent information! Thanks Fozzy.
Knowing that, I will install the new intake with those things left in place, see if the intake by itself throws any codes and later take a look at removing them.