i found some 1/4 inch plate and 3.5 inch tubing in my garage. i was thinking of making a custom intake horn for my truck.any thoughts positive negative? -

navalseabee's Sig:

smoke is bad for the enviroment.....and the white Prius hybrid beind me!!!

Won't hurt, might help. Go for it. Make something like this; PUSHER ALUMINUM Dodge Cummins 12v Intake Manifold Horn - eBay (item 220477841796 end time Nov-06-09 19:28:29 PST) -

Racer9's Sig:

'96 Ram, CTD, 4X4, flatbed, ThurenFab trackbar, Lock-rite, 1 ton wheel cylinders.
Motor; #100 plate, governor springs shimmed, loose starwheel. 306hp/743tq.
Exhaust; Schwitzer S300G, 4" downpipe into 5" turnout stacks.
Trans; Intelligent Engineering billet input shaft, Dunrite VB and single disc TC, Burt Brown rebuild/upgrade.

would one really lower egts 50-100 degrees? -

bowtech's Sig:

94 auto 4X4 cummins with 5 plate, stage two pensacola injectors, AFE intake, straight pipe out in front of tire,boost elbow ,glow shift boost and pryo gauges, suncoast valve body

more air flow; its entirely possible. you may notice boost pressure may drop; but it takes a restriction to create pressure. by cuttin the intake loose your reducing restriction and increasing flow. all of which can and will help egt's -

tower_ofpower's Sig:

One thing i learned in college: DON'T!!! stick your fingers where you wouldn't stick Mr. Happy 89' W250, full fuel 1 1/2 turns, smoke screw flush with the lock, stock pin mildly ground, 1/8th timing bump whole truck refreshing in progress. Soon to be: fuel pin, 366 spring, smooth wall intake tubes once i actually start stock piling some money, turbo and manifold swap, 4" exhaust; 5 if it'll fit. and nozzles.

so what do you think about the cfm+ intake elbows? poor investment as far as mods go? -

lodal cummins's Sig:

1996 Dodge 12 Valve
100 Fuel Plate ff, Silencer Ring Removed, K&N Filter, AFC Tuned, Boost Elbow
3" exhaust with aereo turbine muffler
Boost & Pyro Meter Gauges, Automatic with low stall converter & Shift Kit kdp killed, timing 15.5*

every one on here says there not worth the 300 400 bucks but idk 160 for one seems worth it -

so is the pusher intake elbow pretty much the same as the cfm, bladerunner,or bullydog but half the price? -

Air Intake Horns=Lightened load in your wallet with minimal gains for your motor. -

Hammer's Sig:

1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 12v 5spd Quad Cab
Flame Red Sport
Mason-Dixon Turbo Diesel Club Event Co-Ordinator

hom many horses would you even gain if any? -

bullrider96's Sig:

1996 dodge 2500 4WD BHAF filter, plate all the way forward, afc full forward, custom single stack, pathfinder 33's

loss in pressure but volume would stay the say so would hp numbers correct? -

A 3 1/2 inch pipe might be too big of a hole on the plate. Most people that are making them are using 3 inch 90 and 45 degree bends. I have been working on getting one fabbed a little differently just to see how it turns out. It should be done by tuesday this week. I will post up the seat of the pants results. -

CTDjoey's Sig:

2005 dodge 2500 4x4- Garmon trans, triple disc converter, SPS62, ATS ex. manifold, AFE stg intake, Smarty, Autometer gauges, Aeroturbine 4040

13.09 @ 103.7 - 10psi boosted launch, Smarty tnt lvl 7

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captain_stabbin's Sig:

94cummins, 4"turbo back exhaust, fuel plate,

Just got the intake horn on. Did an easy drive home( baby in the truck) but it did feel more responsive. I did did a quick roll to 2k rpm and it hit 10psi faster than i recall. It may all be in my head but oh well. I will say the design me and the paw-in-law fabbed is taller than most, the hood just barely clears and the dipstick is mounted on the bottom of the curve instead of the top. 70 bucks invested including 2 new gaskets and paint. -

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hotcummins's Sig:

12v 5x18s injectors 191 delivery valves 3k springs aroura5000 single i built the all billet tranny and ats 5 disc converter #100 fuel plate fire ringed arp head studs timing 22.0 degrees tabbed kdp quick spool cam and exhaust manifold 5 inch turbo back exhaust w/ 6 inch tip afe intake k&n cold air water meth injection airdog2 165








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I have one of the CoolerTubz intake from Tim Worline....I would say it dropped my EGT's a little maybe 50* and maybe a little faster spool up but I wouldn't bet on it. Does it make things look cleaner? Yeah. Is it shiny? Yeah. Would I buy one for another truck? Maybe. Tim did a great job on it and it's a quality piece but an intake on the pressure side on a diesel isn't going to do much because the turbo is pushing air through there not like on a gasser where it's sucking....it's a lot easier to blow through a straw than suck through on. Here is a pic of mine:

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Dusterb318's Sig:

-Phil-98 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4,12V,47RE Suncoast Billet input shaft, Suncoast H/D Extreme Trans kit, Goerend Triple disc converter, FASS 150/90, FASS Suction tube, Amsoil Ea air and pre-filter, 100 plate, 4K GSK, 370's, AFC Mods, CoolerTubz intake, 5" stacks, BD-SBS, Autometer Z-series Pyro/Boost/Trans/FP, Amsoil front to back.
'73 Plymouth Duster -318/904- 11.85@117