I'm looking for a cold air intake for my 2006 f-150. I was looking at K&N and Banks. Does anyone have a opinion on which one has better performance?
Thanks,
Ben

 

General consensus on here seems to be that the best of the intakes are AF1, S&B, and Airaid. Some have had trouble with vibrations with the K&N. The Banks, don't hear much, so that should tell you a little.

Also, if you do a CAI without a tune, it will do very little for you. You need a tune that will take advanatge of additional air and do the proper fuel mixture.

 

Oh, and welcome to the site!

 

Well said. S&B and AF1 get my vote.

 

where is a good place to get the s&b or af1, and I keep reading about getting a tune do you need to get a chip/programmer to tune it or do you go somewhere to get this done and lastly you have any good links to explain it

Sorry for the noob questions

 

Go to the Chips, Tuners and Programmers Forum and do some reading. You need to purchase a tuner that contains up to 3 new programs and will store your stock program while you run a new tune. The best devices are Xcal3, the Gryphon, and the Edge. Both the Xcal3 and the Gryphon offer custom tunes while the Edge offers only canned tunes. I prefer the Gryphon tuned by bill at www.powerhungryperformance.com, while many other prefer the Xcal3 tuned by either VMP or Troyer Performance. You can't go wrong with any of the three. But, like I said, do some reading, many questions will be answered and those that aren't just ask them.

 

thanks for clearing that up for me

Jeff

 

Hey thanks. I appreciate the advice.

Ben