i have a 95' with an inline 6 and shopping for a cold air intake system however, the problem i'm running into is that there isn't an intake tube included in the kit. So would i have to either get the kit and make my own or is there an aftermarket tube that would fit my truck. Mine truck features without the mass air sensor. Any ideas would be appreciated

 

Can always make one with PVC.

 

your better off insulating the stock air induction system and putting something like a K&N filter in it.

i havent seen anyone use pcv on our trucks yet so it may be better and it may not, but as far as actual intakes the stock is better than any aftermarket for the pre-97 trucks.

this may help a little bit.
https://www.f150online.com/forums/pr...ke-setups.html

 

Thanks for the advice do yall know of any cheap mods for more horse power cause i'm riding on bone stock right now? and what do you mean by insulating it? How would you go about doing it? And which would be better; removing the airbox and replacing it with the K&N or S&B FIPK kit and insulating it or just keeping the airbox, replacing with a standard kn replacement filter and insulating? Sorry for the quistions but i'm just a kid with limited resources and money so all ideas accepted.
No offense to the PVC idea and thank you for it but i really don't want to jerry rig my truck

 

theres a few little tricks that you can do to the older trucks. you can advance the ignition timing a couple degrees without throwing a check engine light. i have a K&N cai and i didnt notice a single gain as far as power goes. it made the exhaust sound better and a little bit louder, but thats it. that link provided says what to do. steve83 tells you what you need(post 4) and he gives a picture of what to do(post 11). if it needs a tune up then get just the plain cheap autolites(not plat. or double plat.). throw some seafoam in the gas tank and use some through the vacuum lines(dont just poor it in there, do it little by little). change the fluids and overall everything will help out a little bit. do not get a throttle body spacer, or delete the smog pump, they wont do anything for you. i have a hypertech chip that i wasted 240 bucks on, you can do the same thing to the truck that the chip does with a 1/2" socket, ratchet and extension and timing light.

edit: what ring and pinion ratio do you have? just look on the door jam and tell us the axle code if you dont know the ratio.

 

i am sorry i not too savvy with this. What would the axle code look like? If i looked right i think it might be 3-51F-R10 but I'm not sure(it said calibration right above the number if that's it)

 

find the white sticker with all the date of manufacture and vin# and what not on it. there will be a little spot where it says axle and it'll have a 2 digit number under it. sometimes it'll have a letter for the first digit. mine says h9 which is a 3.55 gear ratio with limited slip.

 

yeah sorry i looked and its 12 i looked in the owner's manual and i have a 2.73 gear ratio and it didn't say what the differential was but its most likely a limited slip. What does this info have to do with anything JW?

 

thats not limited slip. thats an open rear end. i bets its slow as hell with that gear ratio. the best mod you could do is put a 3.55 gear ratio in it. that will make a hell of a difference.

 

ok thanks for all your help

 

a 2.73 in a truck????? that must feel like your driving a turd




anyway can you post a picture of your engine bay so we can see what we're working with here