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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 02:38 PM
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does any one know if there is a cold air intake system out there for a 93 f150 5.0 I can't seam to be able to find one anywhere
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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I had a K&N on my 93 5.0
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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i got a K&N on my 94 5.0.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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CAI's are a waste of money, imo... my truck has one and all it does is make noise
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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take out the original box that holds the air filter. Drill some holes in the bottom using a hole saw. Drill some holes using a 1/2 bit on the sides of it. Ensure you stay below the line where the filter seals. Now replace your paper filter with a K&N filter. You just made your own CAI for the cost of the filter. Also some summit headers (made by Pace) are too easy to bolt on. They fit good, bolt to your original Y pipe or make a custom exhaust if you can get away with it.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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take out the original box that holds the air filter. Drill some holes in the bottom using a hole saw. Drill some holes using a 1/2 bit on the sides of it. Ensure you stay below the line where the filter seals. Now replace your paper filter with a K&N filter. You just made your own CAI for the cost of the filter. Also some summit headers (made by Pace) are too easy to bolt on. They fit good, bolt to your original Y pipe or make a custom exhaust if you can get away with it.
This works the same way as the K&N CAI does by letting all the air that just passed through the radiator into the intake system. If you want a true Cold air intake build a snorkel or ram air system for your truck.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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it may not be the best looking way, but you can take that aluminum dryer vent tubing and fit it to a hole in the airbox. Run this tubing to anywhere you want to air to come from. I did it on my old ranger. The tubing fit in between the headlight and the radiator behind the front grill
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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You want to use the aluminum flex pipe as opposed to the aluminum colored hose that connect the dryer to the vent. I tried the hose and just ended up with the hose shredded and stuck in my air filter housing with the aluminum coloring plugging my air filter.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Yea, the solid stuff is what I was talking about. You can also use that exhaust repair crap. Its the same thing, its just aluminum flex pipe. It'd be good for your intake, but no good for actually repairing exhaust
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