Muffin1
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Not wanting to spend hundreds on a new airbox i went ahead and did my own take on the fender feed intake that's posted here on the forum but routed from the grill area where the factory intake gets its air, i used a 1.5'' tube for now because the opening next to the radiator support was only that wide and angled, i cut the airbox and the small plastic diverter behind the grill.
It seems to be more responsive getting up to highway speed but that could d be a placebo i don't have any scientific proof, i did have a increase in mpg's,
So after filling up at Costco with 87 and doing a 90 mile highway trip back home running mostly 75-80 with two slowdowns thru a construction zone (50mph) setting up and a cluster of slow pokes going 60-65 the return trip was 22.9 and i never since owning the truck got that high mpg.
The previous on the dash was 21.3, i did not reset the monitor, so it creeped up from 21.3 the 22.9 for this trip. Also the original filter is still in use and looks fine with almost 18,000 miles so far
i will be doing the same trip Monday so i will report back, and i realize there are a lot of variables and the intake tube is relatively small in diameter, could be a tailwind maybe
It seems to be more responsive getting up to highway speed but that could d be a placebo i don't have any scientific proof, i did have a increase in mpg's,
So after filling up at Costco with 87 and doing a 90 mile highway trip back home running mostly 75-80 with two slowdowns thru a construction zone (50mph) setting up and a cluster of slow pokes going 60-65 the return trip was 22.9 and i never since owning the truck got that high mpg.
The previous on the dash was 21.3, i did not reset the monitor, so it creeped up from 21.3 the 22.9 for this trip. Also the original filter is still in use and looks fine with almost 18,000 miles so far
i will be doing the same trip Monday so i will report back, and i realize there are a lot of variables and the intake tube is relatively small in diameter, could be a tailwind maybe
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