mountie
Supporting Member
Well, that answers my question ( thanks all)..... I am just buying the MIT and drop it in.I believe it's the only tube like that, and probably why they can charge $150 for it. I haven't seen any in a long time, but used MITs seemed to pop up for sale once or twice a year in the classifieds from people returning their trucks to stock. They usually went for around $100.
You could get a $50 "cold air intake kit" off ebay and trash the filter and "heat shield". You might have to trim a couple inches off the tube's length since you'd be fitting it to the stock air box. Spray painting a satin black wrinkle finish would blend it in decently well with the rest of the stock equipment.
Something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114741507699?fits=Year:2005|Model:Tahoe&hash=item1ab7207673:g:OjAAAOSwuFhgcAGx
If you wanna be extra fancy, use some T-bolt clamps. Here's some black ones: https://www.racepartsolutions.com/item/1903364-black-t-bolt-clamp-for-300-hose
Another option to keep it cheap and looking original is to cut the resonator chambers off the stock duct and epoxy them closed, maybe using pieces of the cut-off chambers. A little sanding and paint would make it like they never existed. A member here did this a couple years ago and, IIRC, measured the differences in air flow according to the MAF sensor readings.
There's the PVC or ABS plumbing pipe method, but I doubt you're looking to get that involved.
Easy peasy.... I prefer..... I'll forget the 150 bucks spent next month......