I went to a local department store called Meijers and found a 10"
"high performance" filter kit. It cost me $17, I took off my old stock
filter housing, and instaled the new filter housing along with my K&N
filter that was for the stock housing. I needed to add a longer bolt
to hold the top down and that cost me a aditional $.50. I suspect I
get the same kind of performance from my set up as your $104 set up.
I the gas millage hasn't shown any increase casue I can't seem to keep
my foot off the floor. Man that roar of air sounds good. On my 96
model you'd need to get a longer bolt, just to turn the top of the
filter housing over.
Mean while my V8 4x4 4sp Auto was getting 14-16.5 before my foot
started hitting the floor so frequently. I suspect when my driving
habits return to normal I will get as good or better then before.
My truck tach never seems to go in the red too much even in first,
but I know the speedo goes to 75 in second... I haven't had my truck
up to 100 yet, I don't really want to get a ticket too badly.
This "flashable" SBEC sounds interesting. Why would/did they do away
with that?
1996 318 4x4 club cab with perl aqua paint.
On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, KEN MANSFIELD wrote:
> Brian,
>
> I've had my '92 Magnum 318 since new and have consistantly
> gotten 14-15 city, 17 hiway. I was using the K&N cotton filter
> since new (highly recommended, about $35 plus oil and cleaner)
> and NEVER had to clean the throttle body. I now have the K&N
> FIPK ($104 OUCH! but worth it, even the wife says my truck is
> more fun to drive. Didn't throw away the old K&N filter, it fit
> perfectly in her '95 Ram Wagon). Sorry, I don't yet have any
> dependable mileage figures though, because, for some reason,
> my foot keeps finding the floor so I can hear that sweet roar of
> rushing air! If you want to simulate the FIPK, remove the breather
> cover and take a short drive.
>
> Also, my dealer has "flashed" the SBEC 3 times in it's 76K life.
> He says the process takes a reading of the current conditions, as
> reported by the on-board sensors, and re-programs the SBEC
> appropriately. My highly scientific seat-o-th-pants tests tells me it
> helps. I asked him about simply unhooking the battery long
> enough for the SBEC to discharge, which causes it to reprogram
> itself w/ factory defaults but was told factory defaults are not the
> correct settings for a 4 year old engine. So, I let him flash it, at
> $45 a pop.
>
> BTW, my dealer thinks that '92 or '93 is the last model year that
> allows the SBEC to be flashed.
>
> One more thing...it was discussed on this thread and my dealer
> confirmed it: the SBEC "learns" from your driving habits. So, give
> it a couple of full-blast accels every once in a while, as fast as
> conditions permit (I pull over to the shoulder of a rural highway,
> then blast off and don't let up until I'm going over 100 mph. In 1st,
> it actually goes PAST redline!).
>
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