My current intake system consists of:

Airaid Intake Tube (plastic)
Stock MAF (of course)
K&N Air Filter
Stock Filter Box (unmodified)

I have heard good and bad about many aftermarket systems. Are there any Intake systems out there that would be better than this set up I have? What is the best?

 

I like the Volant because:

- Its made well
- its a cone filter surrounded by a box (sheilds heat)
- has 3" hole with flange on bottom to add their ram air tube or you can make one out of $5-10 worth of parts at Home Depot
- it looks good, blends in with factory parts
- has smooth round tube to throttle body

I got mine for $250 shipped on ebay

 

I just put on a AEM Brute Force and i think it works great i paid 330 and the quailty is nice and it fits nice, and aslo looks really nice.

 

i agree. i think the best i've seen would be big tex's. i think its his. it looked like the aem or a stainless steel looking tube painted black with a big cone filter. looks terrific

 

I got the AEM also and I love it! Truckin' magazine did a dyno test a while back and got 13 hp at the rear wheels with this intake. I bought it because it's polished aluminum, has a stainless steel heat sheild, and the biggest conical filter I've ever seen. I only paid $236.95 for mine, and got free shipping. Now they have them for $220.95 and still have free shipping! They even give you a FREE cleaning kit.. That's pretty tuff to beat! TBYRNE also has Volant's on special from time to time (I think maybe even NOW) and they are also very nice.

Here is a link:
http://www.first-1.com/Merchant2/mer...roduct_Count=2

 

i like my fipk system

 

True Flow here, w/ a K&N filter

 

FIPK works great for me

 

I ran a number of different config's on the stock airbox, and I had a UPD on for a short time. None of them made me as happy as the stock airbox.

With the modded stock box, I chopped holes in it, duct taped others up, removed snorkels, and even made a true sealed ram air system. The ram-air setup actually did work on the highway, but around town it was a complete DOG. The others pulled pretty good, but they were flat off idle or gave poor throttle responce, so that bugged me enough to go back to stock.

The UPD pulled good, but the intake tube kept cracking, and the throttle responce was again lacking.

I love how the stock box has that snappy throttle responce, and pulls SEAMLESSLY at all RPM's.

I tried running the drop-in filter I'm running now back when the truck was 99% stock, but I didn't notice anything so I put the paper filter back in. I put my exhaust on sometime later, and figured I'd give the cotton-gauze another try. THAT's when I noticed a difference with it. I found that a little interesting.