Thanks for the info Kyle. I'm not going to use PVC. What got me thinking about
this was looking at some conduit at an X-Ray room install I'm doing now. I
talked to the electrician and he's going to keep his eyes open for some scraps
of 3" metal conduit for me.
Doug Fedeli
Kyle Kozubal wrote:
> > I'm planning on making a poboy intake for my Dak. I have seen pictures
> > ot them for Gen III Daks and I'm looking for a setup for the Gen II.
> > Kyle, I remember you made one. Do you (or anyone) have any pictures or
> > dimmentions.
> > My next question is, does anyone have a Gen III airhat they are willing
> > to part with? I'm not sure if later GenII airhats will work. My 92 had
> > the old style round air filter and I've been running a 10" open element
> > Edelbrock with a 2.5" K&N filter. TIA
>
> Sorry, I dont have any pics as of right now. Here is the run down on what I
> did. Located a GenIII air hat and put a cap on the 'fitting' where I assume
> a hose gets connected to for a valve cover breather. I removed my stock
> valve cover breather and bought a K&N Breather Filter(PN#62-1520; All
> Metal), this is the shielded version, but still is a 360degree open element
> type. It fit perfect and popped right into place. I then bought 2 'street'
> elbows(45degree, like $1.50 each) and had some 3" ID PVC pipe in the
> basement. The 3" ID PVC pipe has an OD of close to 3.5". I then purchased a
> K&N #RE-0920 Cone Filter(900+ CFM), which is the 3.5" version and ran me
> $36.95 through Summit Racing. This filter's specs are:
> -Inside Diameter: 3.5"
> -Top Diameter: 4 5/8"
> -Base Diameter: 6"
> -Length: 9"
> I cut the PVC pipe and first test fitted everything together, before
> 'glueing' the elbows and fittings together. I sanded the shine off of the
> pipe and spray painted it flat black. I slipped the K&N cone filter up onto
> the pipe and tightened the clamp down. I bought a 3" ID rubber
> connector(about 3-4" long) to connect the PVC pipe to the air hat, and
> secured it with the 2 hose clamps which came with rubber connector. I bent
> up some flat stock aluminum to be a support for the cold air intake and
> mounted it on the fender well. All the above, minus the filter, can be found
> at Home Depot or any other home improvement store.
>
> If you want to skip fabbing up your own intake tube, you can buy everything
> from Tony at QuickD, even the GenIII air hat. I have a picture of Dave
> Killian's 96 Dakota with the Ram Intake Kit from QuickD and it really fits
> great in the engine bay. Otherwise, find yourself a GenIII air hat(DML or
> junk yards), and just buy a metal intake tube from either www.quickd.com or
> www.intenseperformance.com.
> I contacted John at IP and here is what he said the specs are for the IP
> metal tube: "My tubes are steel with "Cermachrome" brand ceramic coating on
> the outside only.(polished after coated) The tube is a 70 degree bend with
> 1.5" and a 6.5" legs (as measured from the start of the bend (straight
> part)."
> This was very informative, and I appreciate John providing me with this
> info. I like the part about his tubes being ceramic coated. His tubes cost
> $69 I think. I dont have any specs from Tony on his intake tube, sorry. Your
> can either buy the cone filter yourself or just buy it when you are buying
> the metal intake tube. These metal intake tubes(from both companies) have an
> OD of 3", so be sure to get the right K&N cone if you buy the filter
> seperately. There are a few 3" K&N cone filters to choose from also:
> -RU-3130; $31.95
> -RE-0930; $41.39
> -RE-0910; $39.99
> -RE-0810; $46.95
>
> The RU-3130 specs are:
> -Inside Diameter: 3"
> -Top Diameter: 3 1/2"
> -Base Diameter: 4 5/8"
> -Length: 7"
>
> The RE-0930 specs are:
> -Inside Diameter: 3"
> -Top Diameter: 4 5/8"
> -Base Diameter: 6"
> -Length: 6"
>
> The RE-0910 specs are:
> -Inside Diameter: 3"
> -Top Diameter: 4 5/8"
> -Base Diameter: 5"
> -Length: 8"
>
> The RE- 0810 specs are:
> -Inside Diameter: 3"
> -Top Diameter: 4 5/8"
> -Base Diameter: 6"
> -Length: 9"
>
> Hope this helps. I have been very happy with my current setup. However, I
> think I am actually going to get rid of my current setup, minus to GenIII
> air hat and just buy a metal pipe and find my own cone filter.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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