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MoPowa
Dodge Dakota
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7/24/2004
19:13:16
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Has any one tried these intakes?
I'm looking for a new air intake that will get the most HP from my 2004 4.7 Dakota. I had a dual air filter intake from Pro-Zen, but it seemed to pull alot of hot air as well as restrict air flow. Also, the noise of the Pro-Zen was just way too much for me. It made more noise than my Magnaflow.
Thanks in advance.
http://www.prozenmotorsports.com/
http://www.trueflow.com/
http://www.afefilters.com/Homepage4.asp
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
 
7/24/2004
19:56:57
|  RE: AFE / True Flow Intakes
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Waste of money when you can make your own.
The most expensive part was the $50 K&N filter.
I've built a few of these and this one is the quietest so far. My first one was louder than my Flowmaster!
I removed the rubber flap and wrapped my A/C lines with Cork Tape to prevent damage from rocks. The best thing for me to do next would be to isolate a little more of the air path form the radiator. But since I HAVE ran a setup sticking in front of the radiator, and this one, I haven't noticed any difference, even when towing.
Hope this helps. Click on my banner below for all of my mods and experiments.
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MoPowa
Dodge Dakota
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7/24/2004
20:09:17
| RE: AFE / True Flow Intakes
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GraphiteDak, what type of material did you use for the tubing? Your home brew intake looks pretty good. Anyway, I forgot to mention that I wanted to buy an off-the-shelf intake that would be 50 State Legal.
Thanks in advance.
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Lurkin
Dodge Dakota
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7/26/2004
10:54:22
| RE: AFE / True Flow Intakes
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The benefit of the True Flow is that the filter is an oil-wetted foam filter as opposed to an oil-wetted cotton guauze (sp?) filter.
Foam is supposed to flow close to cotton, but filter much better. Since I don't want to get into a religious battle over foam vs. cotton, I would say to go do some research to find out what you are looking for.
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MoPowa
Dodge Dakota
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7/27/2004
11:45:23
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Thanks Lurkin.
I did a search, and came up empty on this site. I'll try my luck researching on some of the other Dodge sites. BTW, there lot of Rams with the 4.7/5.7 V8 that seem to use this setup and have pretty good results. Has anyone tried it on a Dakota?
According to their website:
Peak torque +9.6 Peak HP +13.22 on
a 2003 Ram.
Thank in advance.
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
7/28/2004
01:14:42
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MoPowa. That is just ABS from your local plumbing store. Cost about $20 or so plus the $50 K&N or your choice of filter. Oh yeah. The Fernco brand "No Hub" connects the ABS to the TB.
The IAT is just plugged into the side where I drilled a hole. Somewhere I got a bad crimp in my IAT wire. Every once in a while, like once every other month, my P0111 or whatever the code is comes on. I'm too busy to fix it right now. i just mess with the connections and reset the battery and it's good for a month or more.
Oh. BTW. On this last ABS setup I opted to NOT glue the pieces together. Instead I used self taping screws and sealed the joints with strips of cork tape. I liked the look better too. Haven't thrown on an insulation this time. But now that it is 108 degrees or so here in AZ I haven;t noticed ANY loss.
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Pittdawg
Dodge Dakota
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9/27/2004
13:00:07
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Anyone try this true-flow intake on there dak 4.7, any comments?
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android287
GenIII
9/27/2004
23:08:28
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i have the true flow intake. I am very happy with it. It is a little bit louder than stock. No where as loud as a open filter. My gas mileage improved. About .5 mpg over K&N drop in filter. Looks good. Better throttle response. Goes along well with my other mods.
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Pittdawg
Dodge Dakota
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9/28/2004
17:49:29
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Android thanks for the response, I too have the drop in right now, I experienced slight gains over stock, at least i think i did, too small to know for sure, are you confident in saying you can tell the increase in power over the drop in? Just getting picky cause I don't want to spend $200 om someyhing I can't even notice.
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Android287
GenIII
9/29/2004
01:30:20
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Yes, the factory air hat is restrictive and i did notice a small gain. This was after i had already done the HO cams HO manifold and 68 fastman.
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