I've just installed a K&N filter, which is very find, but i have notice at take off, my truck don't have a lot of power, it seems like it just falls flat on it's face, but after about 3000 rpm it comes alive. Have any one though about how can a person really get cold air to this filter, I think thats, all it need to wake it up, at take off. I may be wrong, but if any one has though of a way to get some cooler air to their filter, please let me know. I do have the cold air filter, and not just the filter.


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Fordman1

 

I have a K&N filter, but I have not noticed any difference in performance (gas Mileage, throttle response at any RPM, etc) at all. I suspect that if you take it out and try your truck again it will act the same as with the K&N filter. It would be a good, quick, and easy thing to do. Then you could be off to chase something else if your truck still acts the same way.

Tom

 

THall

Did you just install the filter, or did you install the cold air kit,
See i install the cold air kit, and at low rpm's my truck is slower in take off now, than it was when I had the stock air box filter.
But now on the top end, it's a different story, my truck has more power with the K&N kit than when it was stock, with the old box filter. Use to it would shift out pretty quick, now it holds the passing gear for a good while before it shift out, and you really can tell that the power is there. But all i was trying to do, was see
if by getting more cool air to the filter would it make a little more of a difference with the performance. To me cold air is air from the outside of the truck, right now all the air it get is from inside the motor area, and that air is hot.


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Fordman1

 

No, All I did was install just the air filter.

Tom

 

Thall


You know i was going to just install the filter too, but one of the saleman said that you want be happy, he said that every one that's get filter think that they will get some horse power, but end up using more gas, trying to see if they have horsepower, the only way to see some improvement is the get the cold air kit,
and you will notice the power.


fordman1

 

I will have to do some more reading and consider doing that.

Thanks,

Tom