Here's the original item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140313632755&viewitem=
I'd probably have fabbed one on my own, but I needed the air plenum.
This kit comes with the plenum and air filter, when all the other
plenums I was looking at were $80+ just for the plenum.
John Hower wrote:
> Matt,
> Which eBay seller did it come from?
> Thanks,
> John
> '95 Dakota 3.9
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Matt Beazer
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:27 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Installed my "cold" air intake today
>
>
>
> Well, I installed an e-bay cheapie air intake today on my '95 Dakota.
> It's an almost exact copy of the AEM "Brute Force" intake system. It
> was designed for a '97+, but I managed to modify it to fit.
>
> Problems I experienced:
>
> * I need to fab some kind of heat shield/airbox around it, as right now
> the only cold air it gets is from the stock air inlet location, and of
> course the heat shield that came with it won't fit the pre-97 engine
> bay. I did pull off the plastic shield that mostly covered the opening
> behind the grill so there is some air coming through it on to the filter
> at least. To fit an airbox I'm probably going to have to
> remove/relocate the charcoal canister on the passenger side fender,
> right now it's a bit tight, unfortunately.
>
> * I had to bend the support bracket to bolt to one of the holes for the
> fender liner (it came with a rubber isolator to bolt into one of these
> holes)
>
> * I wasn't able to install the throttle body spacer as the longer bolts
> it came with were the wrong thread pitch. They must have changed the
> throttle body bolts at some point between '95 and '97. No biggie, I've
> never heard good things about them. If I get bored one day I might
> install it for kicks.
>
> * The crankcase ventilation hose is too short, you have to get some more
> hose, perhaps 10" longer than the stock one for it to fit.
>
> I took it out for a test drive, and despite the warmish location (which
> is still not as bad as one of the open element setups that sits on top
> of the throttle body), throttle response is better. It "feels faster",
> but getting it up to 35mph isn't much of a test. I still need to
> isolate/fix my coolant leak so didn't want to get on it too hard. Noise
> isn't much different, since the filter is so far away. All in all not a
> bad increase for the $75 including shipping I paid.
>
> Pictures if anyone is interested:
>
> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/airintake/installed-cai-01.jp
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> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/airintake/installed-cai-02.jp
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