Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) cool air intake

[dj]

I am going to build a cool air intake for my '01 and have not been able to come up with a part number for a DRY paper air filter to use in it. Can anyone help me find a filter?

Quad cab; Lear shell; Pac brake; Modified exhaust; Nerf bars





Dean Jager

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[dieselluver]

Have you seen this one?



http://www.intakesystems.com/



It uses a dry filter. I haven't seen one yet, but I'm thinking about trying one.



Ryan

 

[Bob4x4]

If you are designing your own. why not use 2 stock filters-Same protection double the flow



Bob

 

[Boondocker]

The 3rd Gen trucks have a better design for cooler air - the intake is right behind the grill. Honestly, whose bright idea was it to put the 2nd Gen intake next to the firewall and the battery up front?



If you want to do it right, copy the later style. Figure out how to relocate your battery where the stock air box is now and plumb your intake forward. Then you duct down below the bumper and ram some fresh air in. It's already been done by at least one member, but you'd have to search way back to find those threads.



Sell us the kit when you figure it out.



Thanks,

Neil

 

[ARoss]

Why not go with an AEM Dryflow filter? No oil and washable. Has a 99. 4% efficiency rating, is a cone filter measuring 9" in length and costs around $40. Part number: 21-2059DK.



This is the filter used in the AEM Brute Force and, I believe, the Fram Boost.

 

[NoSeeUm]

If you are designing your own. why not use 2 stock filters-Same protection double the flow



Bob

I kind of had some sort of the same idea. I was thinking of using the stock air box or close to it. Then sandwiching the filters so that cold air is pulled in the middle between the filters and filtered air is pulled from the top and bottom of the box.



Is this close to what you are suggesting?



Jim

 

[HEMI®Dart]

This one looks neat. Dry type too. Pricey. I wonder where you put the pipe to get the cool air in? There's no room.



http://www.pacificp.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_20&products_id=45

 

[NoSeeUm]

Yeah, seems like they put the intake on the wrong side of the swirl cannister for a more efficient cold air intake. You could probably work around this with a little fabricating, but it really seems cold air is not the intention of this set-up as it is presented.



Jim

 

[BTowler]

Jim,

The big steel pipe is the cold air intake, you most likely plumb that beside the radiator where there is a big gap allowing cold air through.

Bruce

 

[NoSeeUm]

Doh... .



Still, I don't think I like the idea of ramming rain, snow and ice into my air filter.



Jim