air intake and chip
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air intake and chip
HI,,,
I am a new 2001 lightning owner and am very happy so far. After reading in this sight lots of people say that changing the air intake filter and addind a chip will give me a good performance boost, i have been wondering though if the performance boost is as big when you add an intake filter such as the downs intake to the 2001 version,,, due to the fact that the intake has already been messed with for this year to give it 380 horsepower stock, i'm only wondering how big of a change an aftermarket intake will make.
thanks for any comments,
Whitetoast11@hotmail.com
I am a new 2001 lightning owner and am very happy so far. After reading in this sight lots of people say that changing the air intake filter and addind a chip will give me a good performance boost, i have been wondering though if the performance boost is as big when you add an intake filter such as the downs intake to the 2001 version,,, due to the fact that the intake has already been messed with for this year to give it 380 horsepower stock, i'm only wondering how big of a change an aftermarket intake will make.
thanks for any comments,
Whitetoast11@hotmail.com
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Oh yeah,, here is the url for the sight which talks about the air intake manifold already being tweaked for the 2001 version,,,
http://www.auto.com/reviews/lightning27_20010327.htm
http://www.auto.com/reviews/lightning27_20010327.htm
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From: Stinkin Joisey
Congrats on your new truck
If it was me, I wouldn't waste my money on the Downs, a piece of ***** from what other members on this board have reported. Go to PSP or Johnny Lightning for your intake. Take your time and break-in your truck, say 3000 miles give or take a few. You will see an improvement in the performance. And if you think its fast then, when you chip it .....Holy Cow
If it was me, I wouldn't waste my money on the Downs, a piece of ***** from what other members on this board have reported. Go to PSP or Johnny Lightning for your intake. Take your time and break-in your truck, say 3000 miles give or take a few. You will see an improvement in the performance. And if you think its fast then, when you chip it .....Holy Cow
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From: Baldwin ,Wi.
go here and look around . Many of us here use JDM products and love them!!http://www.teamjdm.com right now they have a special if you are a member of NLOC thats a kick a$$ deal.
good luck
good luck
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From: NJ
I'll second what Gator said, wait til about 3k miles before mods. By then your truck will have been mostly broken in and you will notice an increase in power from that alone.
After that a chip/filter from any of the top 3 tuners will give you that extra power you want. JDM is now offering packages, and the basic offers chip/filter/breather cap all together which you may want to look into.
After that a chip/filter from any of the top 3 tuners will give you that extra power you want. JDM is now offering packages, and the basic offers chip/filter/breather cap all together which you may want to look into.
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I got JDM
I got the 12" air filter kit, chip, single blade TB and chip. The truck was WAY faster than it ever was stock. As for the break in, after 3K it was noticable, 5K it was sweet. I love my truck. Don't get discouraged since it's new, they are all diamonds in the rough and need a little polishing 
Congrats and good luck
Congrats and good luck