I checked my 2001 DAK QC built 4/12/01, it has that rubber piece.
Have a K&N drop in filter on order from truckperformance.com (a little
pissed at them, ordered it last Thursday, they didn't tell me they were
doing inventory that Thursday and Friday and it would take a couple extra
days to ship (they did seem to have the lowest price at $39 though))
With the K&N GEN II FIPK due in the summer for the 2001 4.7, thoughts on
removing this rubber piece, even with the K&N 'shield' that I think will
be included with the FIPK.
Any benefit in removing the rubber piece with the stock setup, snorkle
in place, and with a K&N drop in filter, or should I remove the snorkle
and the rubber piece?
Thanks in advance.
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Troy Tonnesen wrote:
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.05.10105081152160.20953-100000@paul.ny.ans.net>,
> pmacey@ans.net says...
> >
> > Kevin:
> >
> > Thanks for the info, I'll go take a peek..imagine there is also a piece on
> > the driver side, and their function is to surpress wind noise under the
> > hood?
> >
> > Any drawbacks from removing this piece?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 8 May 2001, Kevin Hoegen (MAGNUM S/T) wrote:
> >
> > > That piece is nothing more than a thin plastic black shield "passenger side
> > > front as you look at the grille of the vehicle.
> > > For us with HomeBrew setups, or anyone with the open K&N filter setup,
> > > removing this shield allows air to flow directly thru the grille area and
> > > into the engine compartment in the area of the filter.
> > > It's NOT the snorkle fitting, just pop the hood and look to the left of the
> > > radiator.
> > > Hope this helps
> > > "Paul Macey" <pmacey@ans.net> wrote in message
> > > news:Pine.GSO.4.05.10105080934310.20953-100000@paul.ny.ans.net...
> > > > Any benefits to removing the stock airbox cover after dropping in a K&N
> > > > filter, or will the PCM present my with some nice MILs?
> > > >
> Not everybody's Dak has this rubber piece on the passenger side, mine
> didn't have one. 2000 4.7 4X4
>
> > > > I'm waiting on K&Ns GEN II intake for my 2001, so till then, don't want to
> > > > pay anymore than the price of a drop in filter in regards to intake mods.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, I've read were folks remove a piece of plastic or rubber from the
> > > > front or fender area, and I believe this is from somewhere in the engine
> > > > bay...where is this piece and is it for better air flow?
> > > >
> > > > This wouldn't be the snorkle coming off the airbox and pointing to that
> > > > hole in the fender well, would it. No air flow benefits from removing this
> > > > piece, right?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
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