DIY: High Flow Stock Airbox (Swiss Cheese Mod)

[ezdaar]

Then skip it. Or at the minimum, get another oem box to chop up for street use and use the non modded for playing offroad.

 

[owl_93]

Then skip it. Or at the minimum, get another oem box to chop up for street use and use the non modded for playing offroad.

Just had that thought myself. It takes like 30 seconds to swap out the box. I could chop one up and then when Im gonna hit the trails just throw on the unmodified box. 30 seconds of labor and far less risk.

 

[ezdaar]

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Just had that thought myself. It takes like 30 seconds to swap out the box. I could chop one up and then when Im gonna hit the trails just throw on the unmodified box. 30 seconds of labor and far less risk.

That sounds like a good idea. I'm sure you can get one for almost nothing.

 

[owl_93]

That sounds like a good idea. I'm sure you can get one for almost nothing.

Yeah man. Go to a scrap yard and find the first 00-06 Tahoe, Yukon, suburban, Silverado or sierra. I'm sure they all probably have the same intake box

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[ezdaar]

aye, they are all the same.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

As long as I can still get through some streams and small water crossings I'll probably cut out a fat hole in my plate and box when I get my hands on the right tools

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Swing by my house, we'll do it

 

[TheAutumnWind]

The truck says its getting slightly better highway MPG. It even peaked @ 15.7 HWY woohoo!

 

[ezdaar]

Awesome!

 

[Rannin]

I see that people have been doing this mod for a while, so I don't want to bore you with tedious detail. I tried a variation on the idea earlier today and wanted to share my results.

I cut a large rectangular hole in the bottom of the air box. However, I only cut three sides in the steel plate and just scored the side closest to the fender so I could hinge it there and make a flap. I'm really not sure if the flap will do anything whatsoever, but I wanted to try it and I have access to a welder and power tools.

Like I said, I'm not trying to bore you with minutia, so here are some "finished" pictures to illustrate.







If I were to do this again, or redo it, I would try to weld some sort of pipe to the bottom of the plate to make a snorkel for cool outside air. I might also try adding a scrap piece of steel to the side of the flap closest to the engine to try and block some ambient heat. As it is, I think it will get cooler air than the traditional swiss cheese "holes everywhere" method.

BTW, first post. Thanks.