I love the archives here! Several of our F150 brethren ordered the WMS Velocity Tube around the end of December. I like the premise of this product and from my days on Corvetteforum.com, I can tell you that the battle cry of "cold air rules!" echoes through their threads. I'd like to hear from those who have tried this product, feedback good or bad, just bring it on!

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2001.5 Lariat SCrew 4x4
Bright Red
Medium Graphite Leather
5.4
3.55 Limited Slip
Sliding Rear Window
Trailer Tow Pkg.
Off Road Package
Captains Chairs
6 Disc CD Changer
Rear Seat Entertainment
16x8 Weld Typhoon wheels
285 Bridgestone AT's

On Order:
Borla Stainless Catback

[This message has been edited by Zach (edited 05-04-2001).]

 

I recently had one for about a year, and it did work prety well with slight increase in performance. I just upgraded to a K&N FIPK and works ALOT better.

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1999 4x4 F250 LightDuty XLT SuperCab 5.4L, 3.73, 4R100 trans.
Flowmaster exhaust, K&N FIPK, Superchip, Rancho RSX shocks, Hellwig rear swaybar, Stull billet grille, PIAA Air Dam with 2-PIAA Pro80XT's (85W Superwhites), 4-KC Daylighters (150W), Performance Accessories 3" Body Lift, 33/12.5/17 ProComp Mud Terrains on 17x8 American Racing Atlas Rims. Kenwood 7007 CD, Alpine 3342 Signal Processor, Alpine MRV-F353 5Ch. Amp, Pioneer TS-A6865 3-way speakers, MTX Thunderforms. CompuStar alarm/autostart.

 

Put mine on last week. BIG difference. I made a recent post concerning my results on the Supercrew forum. I don't see how any FIPK could work better, especially if you open up the cold air intake to 3" as I did.

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2001 SuperCrew Lariat 4X4
Gen II,Amazon green (thats right!),medium parchment leather,5.4L,limited slip,skid plates,C3 tow package w/dealer replaced 1.47" YL3H-GA radiator,capt chairs,6CD,keyless entry,auto lights.
Mods: SuperChip, 3" cold airbox mod, K&N air filter, WMS velocity tube, Westin black step bars, foglight switch mod + 9005 bulbs, Catch-all mats, Husky mud flaps, Fumotomo oil drain valve, decals peeled off.
Soon: Ravin Z-77 w/stock pipe or maybe catback, Line-X, tinted front windows, more later

 

I've had mine for about a year now. Installation was pretty easy - the two small tubes that intersect the velocity tube near the throttle body didn't line up very well. They were off by about 1.5" and needed some 'adjustment'. Other than that everything looks solid.

You can run the stock paper filter if you are one of those weirdos that think the K&N will ruin your engine. Since the stock paper filters are like $18, I figured a K&N made good sense no matter what.

I like the cold air intake idea but I probably could have made this kit myself if I were a bit more resourceful... All you need to make one is a 3" mandrel bent exhaust tube, some rubber sewer pipe couplings (available at the hardware store), and some misc. fittings and clamps. you could get really fancy and neck the tubing down to match the throttle body and even weld on the 3 fittings. I think Neal the HP Freak made his own and it was a nice setup.

Overall it is a decent product at a decent price. All things considered, I would have bought an AirRaid if I had more money at the time. I may still re-work mine so it is more like Neal's setup one of these days. Also, I wouldn't mind adding some self-adhesive silicone foam insulation to the tube to eliminate the heat transfer into the intake air.

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Howie's Effie
2000 F150 XLT Supercab Flareside
5.4L 4x4 with 3.55 L/S
Mods: Superchip, WMS Velocity Tube, Flowmaster Force II, Scorpion Spray in Liner, fogs + hibeams (thanks FedExPilot)

 

I have had mine for about 6 months. It helped a little but nothing like what I was hoping for. As far as fit and finish goes I think it is a POS. First off the directions SUCK, it took my mechanic 2 1/2 hours to get the thing on and it still doesnt fit corectly. All and all if I had it to do again I would go with K&N or Airaid. Just my 2 cents.

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99 F-150 Sport XLT Black supercab 4.6L auto 3.55LS
K&N filter, Velocity Tube, dual series 40 flowmasters
Ground Force 2 in. rear drop

 

I just put mine on last night and am very satisfied with it so far. It added some low end torque in addition to the high RPM power that I had expected. I also have the nice four barrel of old sound even at part throttle.

The reason I chose the velocity tube is because I had already purchased a K&N filter before I found these message boards. Some other products may be better, I don't have anything to compare to. Mine was $95 with shipping, plus around $50 for the cost of the filter = $145. If I didn't already have the Filter I would have seriously considered other FIPK's.

Installation was very easy. As with others the most time consuming part was installing the sensor in the tube. It took less that 30 minutes total.



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2000 XLT Sport 4X4 supercab
5.4 Auto, 3.55 ls, Class III Towing Package with correct radiator!!, 17" ORP tires/wheels

Mods: Rhino Liner, Extang tonneau cover, 9005 fog lights, K & N Filter, WMS Velocity Tube
Wish list: Gibson SS, Rancho RS9000s

 

Thank you all for the feedback. Aside from Ramblin Wreck, the general consensus seems to be that an FIPK is the better choice, so I am ordering the Airaid today from the F150online Store.