Re: Cold Air Intake

From: Datstein@aol.com
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 02:55:19 EDT


In a message dated 10/3/01 6:41:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET writes:

<< Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:16:07 -0500
 From: "Robert R.II" <iicold@hotmail.com>
 Subject: DML: cold air intake
 
 For you guys running the Mopar or K&N cold air intakes, what type of mpg
 gains and throttle gains are you getting? I would like to purchase the K&N
 for my '00 CC V-6, but they don't have a listing for the V-6 in K&N's
 catalog at Auto Zone (where I work), but I am sure that the air hat and
 intake setup is the same on the 5.9 as it is on the 3.9. The mopar catalog
 sells the same cold air intake for the 97-00 3.9, 5.2, and 5.9 so I want to
 know if the bigger engines get a better response from the cold air intakes
 than my V-6. Anyway, let me know how you like them. Also, I like the
 sucking sound of the cold air intakes when you get down on the throttle, do
 these units have the same sound. It's not important, just a perk.
 
 Robert. >>
I just installed my K&N 1509 ($125 used from Ebay) and love the performance
and sound. I am disappointed however that gas mileage did not improve. My
first tankful actually produced lower mileage and I deliberately stayed off
the throttle to see what I could get. Any ideas as to why? I followed the
instructions to the letter. It says to listen carefully for any unusual
sounds after the install and I'm glad I did because I had to replace a rubber
cap on the vacuum tip that is on the passenger side below the TB. David



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