NooB with ebay cold air intake question

[bayareadude84]

Hi guys,


Got a '00 burban with a 5.3 and was looking at that ebay intake for $65 shipped with the red cone filter.Anyone have luck with those ?? I already have a stock K&N but was wondering if this one is better since it's a open element ??

thanks in advance

 

[ATL]

i dont see how the actual piping can make that much of a difference. but i do imagine that filter to be a pos

 

[bayareadude84]

So not worth the $65 ??? Always thought that a CAI helps with MPG's and HP ??

 

[ATL]

no, what i meant by that is the piping cant be that different between $65 piping and $300 piping. only big differences are true cold airs pull air from inner fender, where as the ebay ones pull air from the engine compartment. depending on what a nice filter cost, i bet that kit with a different filter would cost less than a new k&n kit or aem kit

you should before see a slight performance increase and sound bc the stock stuff is full of sound deadening stuff. the cai has a more direct path of flow, whcih is easier to draw from. but im not so sure on the mpg, more air means more gas anyway you look at it

 

[WildBill]

I did a k&n chrome CAI. It is a lot louder that stock (not always a bad thing), didnt add much power and cost me about 1 mpg. like ATL said, more air = more fuel. I would do it again though because it makes the engine bay look 10 times better.

If you have a k&n in the stock airbox, I would look at doing the swiss cheese mod. If you want something that looks better, go for it. But I doubt a cheap filter would improve anything. Although, bad filter = less air = less fuel = better mileage.

 

[bayareadude84]

Thnx guys for your 2 cents .I'll like my "Pig" to breath more but not want to loose mpg's !! Since I only get around 16.5 MPG hwy !! So now I'm thinking of just installing the metal tubing from the intake to the stock air box,Just not install the cheap filter.Can I use that ebay tubing to fit the stock air box ?? Or make my own ??

And I had a 9C1 LT1 Caprice back in the day,I did a stock air box swiss cheese mod but that was many YEARS/BEER'S ago and forgot how to on that lol

Thnx

 

[ATL]

i believe it was ebay i was on, looking thru cold air. i ran across a company that made just what you are looking for. i dont recall the name but im pretty sure u can find it on ebay, its just the black plastic elbow that goes from t/b to maf.

 

[WildBill]

You may have trouble with a homemade part. seems like the fan shroud makes it tight. No idea on the ebay tube.

 

[ATL]

go to ebay, and seach airaid yukon. youll see just the elbow, and elbow/filter kit. but no where near as cheap as the $65 cai

 

[bayareadude84]

Yeow!! $%@! $122 !!