They are nice "eye candy"

 

im thinkin about getting one. hoping itll make a little difference and it will dress up the engine bay a little bit

 

with just a normal single intake i say there is no difference, i had the AFE blade runner for about a month then my brother stole it off my truck i noticed nothing, i then built my own out of 3" exhaust pipe, noticed nothing other than it looked cooler than hell under the hood, now im building a twin ram intake to equal out the air flow to all cilindars

 

I hear they help the bottom end of the CR trucks. I have not seen a dyno in person but have seen them online and they do back up that claim. (as I type this I am trying to remember what site I saw the shoot out. Al the aftermarket intake horns were very close I remember.) I am interested in the CFM+ horn, just find one that is a good deal in your area, and has been discussed they dress up the engine to boot!

 

try dustin byrds intakes. he makes them custom and i have one. really nice. he sells strickly on ebay. cummins intake horn search. does well for the cr motor

 

I personally have the Banks High-Ram Intake on my '06 MegaCab. The same day I put on the AirAid with Modular Intake Tube. Between the two I noticed a pretty big power gain and the fuel increase was pretty substantial. About 2-3 MPG. The two paid for themselves as I bought them for a relocation trip that the U.S. Army was nice enough to finally give me. From Ft. Rucker, Alabama to Ft. Wainwringt, Alaska. Even at 22,620 pounds rolling weight I averaged 15 MPG. Sure, it hit 10 at times climbing the mountains in Western Canada, but averaged 15. I can't say for sure which one gave me the most power and fuel mileage increase, but a diesel tech friend of mine up here says that the intake manifold does more to a stock filter than a cold air intake does to a stock manifold. He's been right about everything else thus far, so I'll regurgitate his info without qualification.

You would not believe how cold a cold air intake gets at -60 degrees. In the winter up here we lose about 3-4 MPG just because nothing likes to combust at -60. Especially diesel! I drove from home to post and decided to close my last flap on my grill cover so I could get some better cabin heat. When I opened the hood and grabbed the vinyl backed cloth, it broke like glass! Thus, an intake heater delete is something that we never even consider!

 

I've read where the CFM's have been grenading. Actually saw pictures of two of them.

 

I am also looking at replacing the intake. I was considering the Wilson Thrasher Intake made by Wilson Manifolds until I found out that delete the heating element when you replace the plate that comes with the intake, if you are in a warm climate its ok but I am in NE Ohio. My next choice is Banks and I can just go to Summit to get it!

 

I love my Mine i did the Blade Runner and the AFE Intake both at same time... Made a very noticable Difference!!

 

Guys there is power waiting, just add air. 1000 mile tow, 11,000lb 32ft Trailer.
Vegas To Avenal Ca. & back the log way. Did this same trip in Feb. wished I had more power for hills. Awsome addition Baker Grade at 70mph OD off!!! was 55 tops before.
Power gains throught the rpm whole range even WOT. Mileage gains min. 8% but we drove hard, I imagine a Sunday easy driving style would give you more mpg.
I would say adding fuel also WOW!!! Anybody Towing needs this upgrade to put the icing on the cake.
Yes it's worth the $460 cumminsperformanceparts.com

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