Spectre Cold Air Intakes
03-11-2010, 11:57 PM
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Spectre Cold Air Intakes
Just wondering if anyone has used or heard how the Spectre Cold Air Intakes are compaired to K&N AFE Airaid etc... The price is about half and it seems like a good deal, but I don't want to buy a substandard product if you know what i mean. Thanks guys!
03-12-2010, 01:06 AM
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I have purchased a few other Spectre parts and have been impressed with them....good quality and reasonable prices.
Are you looking at this one? http://www.jegs.com/i/Spectre/865/9920/10002/-1
Looks to be a good value, but I would like to see more shielding from the engine bay's hot air.
Are you looking at this one? http://www.jegs.com/i/Spectre/865/9920/10002/-1
Looks to be a good value, but I would like to see more shielding from the engine bay's hot air.
03-12-2010, 01:31 AM
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I was looking at one online that said would fit my truck and it had more of a shroud than the one that you show.. Funny now I can't find it. but you've had good experience with them? did you get any more HP or MPGs?
03-13-2010, 04:47 PM
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I installed a Spectre Cold Air Intake kit about a month ago. It gives the 5.4L a nice deep tone when accellerating. I also have a Flowmaster Cat back system for with both the intake and the exaust it sounds really nice. I don't drive my truck a whole lot so I haven't bothered keeping track of the mpg. I don't think it has changed much. Feels like it has more HP off the line but who really knows...
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03-30-2012, 10:50 PM
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Spectre has been around for as long as the big names, the only thing about that kit that i didn't like was that metal tube and the lack of heat shield around it and the filter... I wound up doing the Gotts mod instead.
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03-31-2012, 11:37 AM
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Only advice i would give on CAI's it not to get the oiled ones. After A while they seem to affect your mass air flow sensors, if there is an option go with the dry ones.
02-22-2015, 02:45 PM
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spectre dual plenum cold air intake
Does anyone here know if the universal spectre cold air intake will fit in a 2004 f150 lariat with a 5.4 3 valve I really want a dual plenum system and wanna fabricate custom filter housings with tubing coming up from the air dam and in from the grill here's the url to the kit I like that I wanna build custom boxes for to use on my truckhttp://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/m20ProductDisplayView?catalogId=10002&langId=-1&productId=836229&storeId=10001
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02-22-2015, 03:35 PM
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Does anyone here know if the universal spectre cold air intake will fit in a 2004 f150 lariat with a 5.4 3 valve I really want a dual plenum system and wanna fabricate custom filter housings with tubing coming up from the air dam and in from the grill here's the url to the kit I like that I wanna build custom boxes for to use on my truckhttp://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/m20ProductDisplayView?catalogId=10002&langId=-1&productId=836229&storeId=10001
However, if you want to bump it up to say 3.5, you can with a tune. I'm not sure about twin pipes. I know it's not needed NA or super charged. All I'm trying to say, you can puke a motor on the 3V if you don't dial it in to run a larger intake....that's all. In case your unaware.
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BTW- Old thread, I see user @ONELOWF was here. Didn't know he was a member. I'm still running one of his intakes and Paxton prop. Good guy!
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