Finally someone did the right test. Short and sweet. Saved me $320 thanks bro.

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🤙 just trying to help everyone out.

@fxdwings

10 ай бұрын

Same. Just saved me $350. Thank you

@bigguy1403

10 ай бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters right on brotha👍

@brandonroberts8008

8 ай бұрын

Not everyone buys it for the power. The sound and service interval are factors for some. I'm not a K&N salesman by any stretch, but I do recommend to people that ask, and it's always recommended for the sound and service interval. Power gains are secondary due to individual factors with every engine and drive style. In the end, it's what you have the funds to buy and if it matters to you enough to spend them on something like this.

@Baneslayer

6 ай бұрын

It's not hard to Imagine Ford Engineers designing something the air intake to MATCH the complex engine they built... These guys thinking that Ford slapped on a small, junky, poorly designed air intake to feed these Beast Engines and protect the truck/provide power/sales is laughable.

No BS, short and sweet. Big thanks!

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🤙 I appreciate it! You are most welcome!

@jrod7017

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Any mods to airflow, clear the kam and drive for ten minutes to relearn adaptive strategy. This would eliminate leaning out with the increased airflow

Smart young man!! I will watch you and listen to you! I felt proud of you!! Thanks

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Baker Thanks man! 🤙 I appreciate it! Thank you for watching!

Was considering this intake, thanks for this video.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

No problem man!🤙 Thanks for watching!

Helps my truck for sure and do highway driving and love it

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Is your truck newer and does it help with mpg?

@charleslincoln5357

3 жыл бұрын

Ya is new was around its first 8000km her in Alberta that I installed k&n and yes it did nothing amazing but definitely

@charleslincoln5357

3 жыл бұрын

K&n shines around 2000rpm and that’s we’re I stay on highway

@charleslincoln5357

3 жыл бұрын

Also I know people say there mpg go down with mods but they also state they rip around more just because they can I am one of few that has a light foot

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@charleslincoln5357 Yeah newer trucks are a little bit different. OBD2 ecu’s are tunable and probably more adaptable. Newer intakes are more restrictive because manufacturers are trying to reduce engine noise. The older trucks had very straight flowing intakes. So not much performance to be had there. Plus, a lot of new f150s are turbocharged and forced induction typically sees a huge benefit from these types of intakes. Good for you! Most guys to mash the gas pedal once they have performance mods. Lol

hi, Can you tell me the part number of the intake and filter? please

Like the idiot that I am, I first bought a K&N filter and as I was looking how to install , I came upon the videos that questioned whether or not it’s even worth it. All the other vids were long drawn like 3:am infomercials and yours is the only one that actually used computer graphics and was straight to the point . Thank you !

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🤙 I’m glad this video helped you out!

Thank you I was outside of the auto parts to buy this air intake but before buy it I decided to watch some reviews about it so you save me $349

@TheMinuteMasters

29 күн бұрын

You’re welcome man!🤙

IF you had a fuel problem I think that could of been identified by running the truck with no intake with the hood up. Just for fun it would interesting to see you test the fuel pressure in the truck. However I completely agree that if you did have issues you would of seen them arise in earlier tests. Have you ever read or seen the 1999 magazine articles about project MPG?

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I might check the fuel pressure just to satisfy my curiosity. Actually, we ran the test with the hood open. So I actually gave the engine it’s best shot at making power with the CAI. I’ve heard mention of project mpg on forums but I haven’t read anything about it. Where do I find it?

@Skitter302

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters performanceunlimited.com/projectmpg/projectmpg_4-part_magazine_series.pdf I brought this up because they tested the different intake set-ups, might give ya a few ideas.

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Skitter302 Thanks! I’m definitely checking this out!

@mikemojica

9 ай бұрын

@@Skitter302 Thanks, that read was very illuminating!

As other people have said, retuning the engine is necessary to get the optimum benefit of these aftermarket intakes. The amount of difference that it ultimately makes probably also depends on how well-designed stock intake is to start with, which will vary from model to model.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

You are exactly right! However, K&N markets and sells this product as a install and forget it type of mod. On the outside of the box in huge letters and Asterixs, it should say tuning and engine modifications needed to achieve stated results.

@gwarrichmond6232

Жыл бұрын

Nice thumbnail !!! 👍🏼C.S.A.👍🏼

@RichardFallstich

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters K&N should include a dictionary. Asterixis is a clinical sign that describes the inability to maintain sustained posture with subsequent brief, shock-like, involuntary movements. This disorder is myoclonus characterized by muscular inhibition. I think you meant asterisk - no "X"

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardFallstich hahaha! 😂😂 My mistake but surprised auto correct never tried to change it. Lol

@wanglee21

6 ай бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Totally agree. Their should be violations to corporate false advertising.

Hey man I've been watching your videos all week becuase nearly every one of your videos is exactly what I need. At some point do you think you'll do a overall tour of your truck?

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Tushar Mountain Ironworks Thanks man! I’m glad you enjoy them! I sure can. I wasn’t sure if at this point if anyone wanted to see how the truck looks.

@TusharMtnIronworks

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters My truck is very similar and I wrecked it right before Christmas so I've been rebuilding it and taking care of maintenance stuff since its 20+ years old. Really appreciate your videos!!!

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Damn! Sorry to hear that man. I wish I had a video of me rebuilding the entire front end of my truck. Where did your truck take a hit?

@TusharMtnIronworks

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Hit a deer going 60 about right in the center of the grill, it smashed everything up front into a crumpled mess

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

That will do it! I can't remember where I bought by new radiator support but I definitely got it online. I bought the entire headlight, grille, and mounting bracket/frame on Ebay. I replaced the driver's side fender and I bought that from I think raybucks.com. I try to buy things using Amazon because I have prime. So you can use amazon or autopartswarehouse to get a new radiator. You can get a hood from just about anyone who sells any new panels for our trucks. I used the Prothane or energy suspension bushings for the body mount bushings. You will still need to buy gem bolts for it if I remember correctly. That should just about put the front back together.

Awesome! Glad I didn't listen to my brother about my 94 f150 5.8 and buy this "home run hitter" intake. Three bills would've been thrown out and I'd still be driving my Ram 2500 diesel. Miss Rollin the ole beast. Thanks for the service and keep it coming.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

No problem man!🤙 Glad I was able to keep you from throwing three Benjamin’s away.

I got a K&N filter charger kit. It uses the stock intake tube. It's just a filter that replaces the stock air filter box. I also removed the baffle that was inside the stock intake tube.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! 🤙 Is it the K&N filter that has two ports?

@kylestivers4606

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters no. It came with an adapter plate that bolts onto the mass airflow sensor, then the filter goes on the adapter and there's a little bracket for the air temp sensor. And another little bracket that bolts to the end of the filter and mounts to the fender.

I did an Airaid system on my 2005 Dakota. No I wasnt expecting a huge change and didnt get it. Except when I tow my trailer. Noticeable better mileage when towing. The air system along with the Gibson exhaust gave me about 1.5 miles per gallon gain. Are they worth it? Depends on what your using truck for.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Is the Gibson exhaust a full cat back style or just a muffler and down pipe?

@raybaker8726

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters its full cat back

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@raybaker8726 I think you might have picked up your 1.5 mpg from the catback. Opening up restrictive factory exhausts always helps.

If it is going lean is it possible that the MAF "pegged" ie. At max flow sensing so any additional air wasn't accounted for? Which if this was the case it would require a custom computer tune and a larger MAF not just a bolt on mod. Also I don't like the fact that it is a warm air intake.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! So many people don’t get that. If this CAI actually works it needs a custom tune which takes it out of the easy bolt on mod. Not to mention, this is an OBD1 truck and you would have to modify the ECU in order to tune it. I agree! Definitely a hot air intake.

Can’t get any simpler than that, thanks brother I’m returning mine today lol

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I could help you out Rafa!🤙

If you add a high performance chip would that help the cold air intake function better to deliver more horses?

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

With the correct type of tuning you can definitely make these CAIs work. However, on older OBD1 vehicles that’s very hard to do without rebuilding the ECU. Having to rebuild an ECU to make it tunable makes these K&N CAIs not exactly bolt on horsepower mods.

Hey Stevie, did k and n make good on their hp gain guarantee?

@TheMinuteMasters

9 ай бұрын

What is that guarantee? Is it a money back guarantee?

So should I put the K&N cold air intake on my truck I just bought or am I gonna need a tune afterwards? Any info helps thanks guys.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Doc Holiday You can do whatever you like. If you have a tuneable ECU (usually OBD2)(this truck is an OBD1 and can’t be tuned with the stock ECU) then you definitely want to try and the K&N work. Turbos and superchargeda benefit a lot from CAIs. Some eom air intakes are very restrictive and will also see a good gain. The 91-96 f150s don’t though.

@docholiday9786

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters I've got a 2014 Silverado 5.3 I wanna put it on what's your thoughts on that?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Doc Holiday I think on the new Silverado’s the K&N does add some power because the intakes have all the sound dampening chambers. So you can definitely give it a shot. As far as tuning a 2014, I think you can. The only down side to any K&N filters is the actually filter element doesn’t keep all the dirt out. Basically, to gain power, you lose filtering.

@docholiday9786

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters thank you for the info

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Doc Holiday No problem man!🤙 Thanks for watching!

One of the few guys being HONEST with everyone and not blowing smoke and BS like 90% of the guys with their "mod and tuning " channels.... Mad respect bro. I run stock OEM parts because they work better.

@TheMinuteMasters

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man!🤙 I appreciate it.

@wanglee21

6 ай бұрын

Most people do bolt on's that make their car's look cooler and sound better, that alone makes them "feel" like its going faster. In reality, they may be losing power due to the ECU not properly knowing how to run the components. lol I always find it funny when I hear a race car coming from around the corner but then see a Prius going down the road going 0-60 in 12 seconds. ahaha

I still run stock air box with K&N drop in filter and it does just fine....however I did install a BBK twin 61mm throttle body and I can see and feel a difference in it and I still haven't matched the plenum to the new TB size....oh and before the knowitalls start up...that's in a 89 F150 with a rebuilt 5.0

Just did a spectre air filter on my 10th gen 4.6. Considering it already had a come filter from the factory, i dont see the point of going further then that. Maybe a throttle body and plenum with an exhaust and tune at some point, but in no hurry

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you have the cone filter from the factory, you are pretty much there. I would definitely invest other intake and exhaust parts for sure.

5 hp stock doesnt seem to bad. I made 220 whp with heads, headers, and cam, thinking the k@n filter with stock intake may be a decent cheap boost before i get an intake. Also need to find a junkyard for one of those factory cold air intake manifold pieces. My tuner left me a bit rich to allow some flexibility, maybe it will be beneficial. Cool stuff!

@TheMinuteMasters

9 ай бұрын

Yup! Not bad! So you essentially got 50 Whp from those mods?

@blazinghobby7089

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, unfortunately did not dyno before but based off of youtube videos I gained about 50 or so whp. @@TheMinuteMasters

Are there secondary benefits besides power? Any influence on fuel economy, engine longevity, etc.?

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

A test for fuel economy could be worth trying but losing horsepower probably translates into a loss of mpg. As for engine longevity, the filter used by K&N is know to let dirt particles through. They are known for letting enough dirt through to cover the wire on a MAF and cause problems.

@nyak63RUS

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Thanks! Makes me wonder why anyone does this....

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@nyak63RUS Marketing mostly. However, there are horsepower gains with forced induction engines. Performance products like this CAI are great for performance applications. For example, the filter isn’t the best but for a few clean track days it doesn’t matter. Also, if you rebuild your race engine regularly, then it doesn’t matter how much micro dirt gets into your intake.

Mine works on my 2014 just fine. I notice a big difference while towing our 30 foot trailer.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Newer vehicles can see some gains because the newer intakes are more restrictive. What kind of truck do you have? What engine?

You have to reset the memory in the ECU. Disconnect the battery cables and zip tie them together for several minutes, reconnect them and try again. The computer is used to your driving habits prior to the modifications

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Is that considers a typical shop procedure?

@tylerfreeman6952

9 ай бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters I know this is pretty typical of most repairs and mods. The ecu has to relearn. TBH I just disconnect the battery for 10-15min

would a 2013 3.5 eco boost f-150 benefit from a CAI and would it cause any issues with the MAF sensor ?

@TheMinuteMasters

2 ай бұрын

Since the ecoboost is a forced induction engine, you could see actually gains from a CAI. However, you’d have to dyno it to know for sure. The filters used by K&N do let more dirt particles by than a paper filter.

@cambonnett5870

2 ай бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters I bought an S@B CAI any thoughts on them?

Right on , Cheers From NL , Canada

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🤙

I had 1 on my 96 f150 5.0 and didn't feel a significant difference to the stock. Returned it back and saved 300 bucks. On a separate note. I did change my fuel pump and did notice a differnce on response to throttle and seemed crisper when accelerating. 300 for a CAI or fuel pump. I pick fuel pump. Keep up the great work love the vids. Trust me lots of 92 to 96 f150 out there looking at your vids.

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

fabjac Santi Yeah I returned my too! Probably the fastest return I’ve ever made! Lol A new pump will do that, especially if yours was slowing down. Honestly, a good tune up is a great way to freshen up any vehicle and make it feel better during acceleration. Thanks man! 👍 Be sure to share my videos with anyone with these years of truck!

@mark98070

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters What should the fuel pressure be on these OBS trucks? Mine is reading 30psi & i thought that it should be higher

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

mikey mike You know I haven’t checked in a while but 30 psi sounds about right.

Dang. I don't want hors power, I want better millage for my gallons. Any modifications for an f150? Thank you guys.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

So mpg might be a little harder to come by. However, there is a special tune up called the “Six liter” tune up, which is supposed to help with mpg. 👇 www.fullsizebronco.com/threads/ignition-upgrade-and-timing-bump-no-56k.63592/

I just purchased a new F150 (5.0) and have a k&n intake coming tomorrow. On my last one 2006 5.4, I justify the cost like this. $300 for the whole kit with the filter. I had the truck for 13 years and cleaned that same old filter the whole way along. I got a little throttle response and a little better economy. (+25-30 miles to tank at best). Over that 13 years I put 310,000 miles on the truck ( and that same old filter) to me, it’s an investment. But, my vehicles are maintained and mechanically cared for religiously. Don’t recommend wasting the money if you aren’t going to keep a vehicle as an investment. $300 in paper filters . 90,000 miles if they are changed regularly? To most people, that could take 5-7 years.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Craig Weaver You can definitely look at it from the perspective of saving money on filters. My test whether or not it was a good investment for increasing horse power. You make a very good point though! Thanks for watching!🤙

@denvernuggets007

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters So basically, it's personal whether you believe K&N or any manufactures out there claiming hp on their filters?

I have a 4.6L and went to the junkyard and pulled a 5.4l k&n can I put a block and seal up where the existing sensor is on the 5.4 and make a new hole seal it up and reroute where my sensor is on my 4.6l stock air intake to make the 5.4 work along with a 45 degree coupling for my 4.6? I believe the 4.6 is 3" and the 5.4 is 4".

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it could work. As long as all your penetrations and fittings seal properly, you shouldn’t have any air leakage issues.

@Bluelineclapper312

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters that's what I was thinkin just needed an extra input on the matter I paid $22 bucks at the junkyard so why not give it a go. I looked online and they go for $350 plus.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bluelineclapper312 Oh yeah! For $22 I would definitely try to make it work. K&N CAI’s are ridiculously expensive.

At least it make it sound louder?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Marco A. Betancourt So I shortened and opened up the factory intake. So the K&N is maybe a tiny bit louder.

Cold air intakes r good, for sound maybe more hp, but when the day is hot which it’s like 90% time where I am u loose much more hp that u had before u added the CAI

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Cxntz Z Yeah the become “hot air intakes” when it’s really hot out. Lol

@luisforeal8676

3 жыл бұрын

This is true unfortunately... I have an off brand CAI on my 2008 accord with the K24 and it runs like $hit on hot days. Although it makes the engine sound REALLY nice.

Its worth the money it just needs more logic to it. Cold air intakes are meant to work with free flow exhausts/decat and a remap or tune. Why should you expect power or performance if you still have back pressure from the exhaust worst if your cat is clogged.A full set up allows your engine to breath better hence; engine revs quicker and more eager to hit the redline faster in any gear. Its more like having flue and only removing mucus in your nose and not unclogging your throat, you wont really breath

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Hey I fully understand your logic. My argument is K&N sells this product as a stand alone performance product. Meaning, it doesn’t need any other modifications to work properly. My test showed that it doesn’t work as a stand alone and it probably needs supporting modifications.

@Acaidia

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Add this to a bone stock truck and you won’t notice anything but install it on a truck with a good flowing exhaust including a cat delete and long tube headers, plus a throttle body, intake manifold, injectors, and a timing bump and you’ll actually get something out of it.

I, too, like to think about little things to improve and upgrade my vehicles, not just the truck. Bring it into the new century. I am a tinkerer and like doing things.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

J. R. Thompson I’m the same way! It’s always nice to find a better way of doing things.

Did anyone see the video on here where the guy flipped his air box upside down? He said it gave him more power and better fuel mileage. Idk about that.

@agustusfarnworth3379

4 күн бұрын

That’s crazy talk… Let me see

I will be adding the k & n intake, a BBK 61mm throttle body, edelbrock intake manifold, BBK shorty headers and custom side exhaust. Maybe that can wake up my 92 f150 a bit.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

The bbk 61mm TB, the edelbrock intake, and headers will wake it up the most.🤙

@TheCOWBOYRANCHER

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters I plan on rebuilding the motor and transmission while I put that as well. I am not sure what mods to implement when rebuilding. Any tips would be appreciated.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCOWBOYRANCHER For the engine I would just go for the usual stock rebuild parts. If want more horsepower, I would consider getting a different set of heads and a cam. However, you will need to upgrade the fuel system for those mods. For the transmission, get Kevlar clutches, OD, band, and reverse band. I have those in mine. I’m told they grip better and last longer. Also have at least a stage 1 shift kit installed. It speeds up shifting the first two gears which decreases wear. It also shifts the OD band faster too. If you don’t have an trans fluid cooler, I would add one. Heat is the biggest killer of transmissions.

@TheCOWBOYRANCHER

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Thanks for the information I’ll do a write up and see what I can do on my truck. 👍🏼

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCOWBOYRANCHER No problem man!🤙 Good luck!

You think its a good idea to replace the intake while having the battery disconnected?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Jorge Damian You can disconnect The intake with the battery disconnected or connected.

@jorgedamian6403

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters so it wont make a difference. Was maybe thinking the ecu would help due to the variations in the fuel to air ratio thats going to change

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Jorge Damian When the ecu senses a change in the fuel to air ratio it will adjust on its own. Disconnecting the battery and installing the CAI doesn’t really speed up the process. The engine still has to go through the “learning” process which is just seconds for electronics.

Could you test the Gotts mod and see if that improves over stock

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

robert worley Is that like the 5 liter tune up mod?

@tenpointarcher

4 жыл бұрын

It’s where on the 5.4 and 4.6 you pull the small baffle like insert from the fender end of the air box to open the air flow

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

robert worley Gotcha. I’ll keep that in mind next time I go to the dyno. The intake and engine bay of a 5.0 are a tad different from the 5.4 and 4.6. I have been dreaming up a way to channel colder air to the air box. Kind of have a hood or fender air scoop in mind.

@tenpointarcher

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good I just put duals with no cats and cherry bomb extreme muffler on my 99 f150 today, sounds amazing

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

robert worley Nice! That’s going to be one sick sounding truck! The cherry bombs always do the trick!🤙

Not all engines are made to just make power by adding a bolt on. That is why they always say if you want the most out of it, get a tune. From a tune they will find faults or adjustments needed to make it work more effectively but in the end you have have to spend another few hundred dollars to get everything to run with more boost. There are a few engines that can take advantage of easy bolt-on's.

@TheMinuteMasters

6 ай бұрын

I agree 100%! If this engine is one of those engines that need additional work for speed mods to work, than K&N should say so. Otherwise, their product looks like a failure.

Yeah I’m pretty sure some people say you have to tune the engine a little when you add a k&n intake I think that’s like half true because you could run it without it if you won’t like the noise and don’t really care for power but if you want the full potential maybe you have to tune it

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

You are definitely right! You need to tune these CAIs for them to work properly.

Yea, not worth it. Better off spending that $300 on an ounce of good weed.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Jericho Bargas Lolol

@bryanmartinez6600

4 жыл бұрын

Can of nitro strapped with a hose Jerry rigged to the intake would be more effective

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

HERPY DERPEDY Definitely!

@andrewmartin185

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you are not really paying 300 a o still...what year is it where your at 2010?

@yodi4x

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Martin lmao rs, i pay 165

it sound awesome and with a bit of tuning it will make power. Or on some cars it will even without. So not really worthless

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

The key word is tuning. The K&N directions and marketing material do not indicate a tune is needed to make the CAI work properly. Furthermore, this year truck is OBDI which isn’t tunable without physically modifying the ECU. Needing to physically modifying the ECU and needing a tune make this a “non-bolt on” horsepower mod.

@djisch

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters yes

I have a K&N cold air intake and with a stock 1995 Ford F-150 5.0 302 V8 XLT Super Cab short bed and I felt a little bit better horse power

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Ike Reedy So I thick a common reason why it feels better is because the intake sounds louder. Also switching to a k&n Filter in general produces power. The baseline dyno run was with a k&n filter in the stock air box. So you probably did gain power over a stock paper filter and air box, but maybe not over a stock intake with k&n filter. Now as you saw, my truck ran lean. Then we added starting fuel to balance it. Maybe the correct fuel to air ratio from the injectors is need to make this mod work. I may revisit this mod down the road in an effort to see what it takes to make it work.

@Quiksilversurf311

2 жыл бұрын

You felt? No your brain tricked you into thinking you felt it since you just spent time adding an item that “guarantees” more horse power.

Combine the k&n with air throttle body spacer, a flowmaster cat back exhaust system, and one of the 300-400 dollar hand held tuners you’ll see agains across the board

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

That’s at least $1000 worth of mods that make get 20-30 hp. $400 for a set of junkyard aluminum heads will get 20 hp.

Your right 😁it's a peace of mind type of deal like I added the k&n intake kit so in my mind there's nothing I could ever do or need to do to get better air flow in to my engine lol sales gimmick the one and only plus is gonna be for the sound and they are really just made for the track take that out on dusty roads and they say lifetime filters so in most people's minds oh I save tons of money not having to buy new paper filters yay and then so now they get in the habit of never changing or cleaning their air filters ....k&n are oiled filters for the most part I believe they may sell dry filters to now but ya got to take it out bath it in soap ,rinse, and find a way to dry it with a heat gun ,hair dryer ,or have to leave it out in the sun for a day then you can re oil the filter since you removed the oil bathing the filter once oiled pop it in and your good to go for a few months .and if you don't clean the filter take it out and look down your intake tube and take notice of all the dirt sand etc that's on the walls of the tube yep all that dirt went right in to your nice healthy engine you turned into a sand blaster 🤩😎 I'm not hating on this it's just the cold hard truth for the everyday man

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

You are exactly right Matthew!🤙

I wanna get this system for my 94 camry 3.0 V6 1mz fe, do I need an exact fit?

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

You’ll need to get the exact fit. Check K&N’s website.

@beamishlotus7269

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters already did, but as far as I searched, none of these have a list of the cars they fit in 😕

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@beamishlotus7269 Really? That’s weird. I guess you will have to search around a couple of sites. Otherwise, you’ll have to buy a universal kit and make one up.

@beamishlotus7269

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters yeah you’re right

I just want to know about the mpg does it save gas?

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Good question, the OE K&N drop in filter gained 1 mpg. I never did an mpg test with the CAI because the overall performance was terrible. The factory air intake and box have very good flow and draw very cold air. I doubt the K&N CAI would improve the mpg much over the OE fit K&N filter.

This intake is underrated with the extra air for hemi

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

I could see this improving a Hemi.

Agreed. Just buy cold air intake off ebay for 50 60 bucks i put one on my Silverado1500 and it made a big difference no joke

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! $300+ is way too much!

Well when you have an older truck like that and you described your engine issues of course you’re not going to be satisfied with the product you need to balance everything out

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Lee Scott So the engine issues are just guesses as to why the CAI didn’t work as advertised. Otherwise, K&N’s did test this K&N on a high mileage truck. Maybe a test after an engine rebuild would be a more fair test.

Cool nice to know.

Nice video good job 👍 I agree those k&n filters are garbage that's why I decided to buy a motorcraft air filter

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🤙 yeah it’s best to stick to the paper filters.

Gotta leave it on the truck for 60 miles... then the ecu will re learn the fueling tables for the new intake. I’ve got that setup on my 100k mile truck new fuel pump & filter it absolutely blows the doors off a buddies truck with the drop in filter.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Is that what the directions say? What year and brand truck? Did you dyno the results?

@ChiefLightning9

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters all the older efi fords have a relearn period, and mines a 96 5.0 4r70w 4x4 single cab long bed. Never dyno’ it but I needed traction bars after putting the intake on and bending my leaf springs

@ChiefLightning9

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters same truck as you

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChiefLightning9 Sounds like you are putting a lot of hp down if you need traction bars. You should definitely dyno your truck.

Dude if your only pushing 150-160hp from that v8 it has serious wear issues, my 1995 302 h.o is pushing out 230hp, it has headders tho.if you ram more air in naturally you need more fuel to make it burn clean and proper, you have to up size your injectors or tweek the c.p.u for more fuel.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Is your 230 hp measured at the crank or the wheels? 150 hp is at the wheels. Also mine is a regular 302 and yours is a 302 High Output. The HO V8 have more power. Everything else is correct. Bigger injectors and a tune could wake the CAI up. However, K&N doesn’t say you need a tune for their product to work. That is why I say it’s junk on these stock trucks.

Generic cold air intakes do the same. So spend less and get some added benefits. Remember that K&N is a trademark name. Who ever sells this product must pay a royalty just to carry that name. Then they have to pay interest on the consignment order. Get a generic cold air intake. It does the same thing

i know this is older but you just saved me some bucks

@TheMinuteMasters

3 ай бұрын

Great to hear man!🤙

If it isn't broken,.. don't fix it. Very interesting results that you got. Was better without the fresh air system.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

J. R. Thompson Yup! The general consensus is, the factory intake is both direct and pulls in cool air. Other makes and models will have different results but for this truck, just keep the stock filter clean.🤙

Ehhhh I won’t consider this a good test lmao

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

SVU Cars hahahaha

@DavidODST

4 жыл бұрын

Just wish your truck was running mint lol

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

SVU Cars Even 20k miles after this test. Prrrs like a kitten!🤙

@conejoloco7502

3 жыл бұрын

It's not K&N fault you have potential old clogged up fuel injectors and other broken parts ....

@drainmonkeys385

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not a valid test.... fix the fuel problems, , Then Do comparisons ...you won’t get a reduction in power..once your fuel situation is fixed.. which by the way needs fixing regardless

Thanks!

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

No problem man!🤙 Thanks for watching!

Thank You

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome man!🤙

You did not tune it or look at the air temps / flow etc. They used to say a stock airbox was best as engineers / manufacturers spent thousands of hours on it. Lo and behold when the Ford FPV GS 5.0 supercharged came i saw that it had a POD FILTER and CAI AS STANDARD. Which got me thinking why would the newer models deliver this sort of air intake and not just a enclosed box. Besides if you have a maf its already just taking regulating what air it takes in. Put in a haltech with no maf and run it on the dyno then we can see and tune it for that with temp readings.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 ай бұрын

I agree 100% a tune would work wonders for this CAI. However, they advertise it as “bolt on” and don’t mention tuning. Not that tuning an OBD1 truck would be easy either.

Dude volume it up please!!!

I didnt like running one of these. It looks cool but... this is what I found out by having one for 5 years: 1> the setup is bad. The filter is only supported by the airtube. So when you drive over bumps it caused the whole assembly to bounce up and down. Now think about the plastic tube that tapirs down and the rubber boot that hose clamps onto it, it will just keep slipping off. 2> the fact that you are pulling air from the bay not fresh air. This is advertised as a fresh air intake but really you are just putting a bigger filter in that lets you hear the throttle vacuum sound and actually sucks the air from the hot motor bay. also the filter gets wet way to easy, no water protection. 3> you will have to constantly tighten the screws up if you are 4x4ing at all. I found that the chrome brace would loosen up frequently and this would hasten the filter MAF assembly slipping off the end of the plastic air tube. final thought, spend the 300 toward a Saginaw swap, metal idler swap, or high power alternator, or even a dual battery setup.

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

They definitely look cool, but you nailed all the reasons why they are terrible. I highly recommend the other mods for sure! Thanks for comment! Excellent info!🤙

I just bought a 21' camaro rs and if I wanted a faster car I honestly wouldve bought a ss and been done with it...the rs is more than enough power (for me)...300.+ up...im Good...maybe a little more growl from the exhaust but that's it..plus all my mod money is going toward that monthly meeting...😁

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I’m with ya. If you want speed, buy the faster car, but 300 hp would suit me fine.🤙 A hood exhaust note is appreciated.

More air requires more fuel period. In the old days it was just a simple jet and spring change now its hundreds of dollars for a fuel management system. But thats progress.

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

But is the throttle response higher?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Pablo Morales Good question! The spacer is about 1” thick if not thicker. When you install it, it takes the slack out of the throttle cables. Not just that but it even opens the throttle a bit. So your truck will idle much higher and yes it will feel peppier than usual. I don’t think the throttle body spacer increases throttle response because of the spacer itself. It increases “throttle response” because it merely tightens the throttle cable. You can easily tighten your throttle cable without the spacer. This is one of the reasons why I don’t think TBS are worth it.

never seen any other videos on here of his but. here's the thing when I upgraded my Harley I put a k&n filter and exhaust on there.. absolutely have to adjust when you add mods any mod. so I could put on $2,000 worth of exhaust it's not necessarily going to build up my horsepower until I find tune the car to it so what's the difference if you do it with a $300 air filter the trick is you put all this stuff on there how you build horsepower is the more air and fuel you can get in and out. so yeah you put on the better air filter you put on the better exhaust like my Harley put bigger injectors in there to get more feel with the more air and then you find tune all that with a Dino and that's how you get everything to run perfect. anybody that does one step and think that's it you're wrong. you do all the little things and they add up like head work injectors air intake exhaust you put all that together and instead of 10 horse you can look at 50 or more. talk to anybody a race quarter mile and they will tell you you put all the mods together tune it all to work together properly !!!!!!

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% John! My issue is people are only putting the cold air intake on their vehicles and thinking they are gaining horsepower when they aren’t. Also K&N as part of their install directions don’t even recommend tuning your engine. This engine is OBD1 and isn’t tunable without modifying the ECU. However, K&N claims this CAI will make 10-15 hp on a 108k miles truck.

Alot of r&d goes into designing the stock air box. Your better off with a quality drop in filter

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Sgt W Exactly! Smarter people and millions of dollars have been invested in engine technology. Small improvements can be made where cost prohibited the manufacturer from doing so. But that’s it.

Any aftermarket part is going to require tuning your vehicle. A lot of the newer vehicles auto tune the fuel and air intake so you can actually get results that are printed out of a bolt on part like the cold air intake w/e brand you go with.

@matthewmichels7096

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that was a terrible run on sentence.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Michels I totally agree! However, this product is advertised as a bolt on horsepower adder for an OBD1 vehicle. OBD1 is only tunable if you add a tuning feature to the motherboard. Otherwise, you can’t (as I’ve been told) tune an OBD1 ecu. With that said, if in fact K&N’s CAIs require a tune to work, then they should advertise the product as only increasing horsepower after a proper tune. Or in this case rebuilding the ECU and then tuning. Hahaha! I always have to correct myself for run-on sentences when I make comments on KZread too.

Should of reset the electronic throttle body I definitely don't think it would make a difference compared to a clean stock system but definitely wouldn't of dropped HP or torque may help with mpg

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

My throttle body is operated by a steel cable to the gas pedal. Otherwise, there is a TPS sensor.

@3613jeremy

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters lol your right I was watching stuff about the 5.4l that's not even fuel injected is it lol

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@3613jeremy Yup, this is the Ford 5.0L which is the fuel injected version of the 302.

@3613jeremy

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh that's the old school 5.0L that I grew up with when 200hp was considered fast

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@3613jeremy Yup! 😂 Now 200 hp is commuter sedan standard hp. Lol

Does a 4.6 3 valve or the old 2 valve dog

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

This is a 5.0L.

The computer has to relearn AFR for a few hundred miles before getting any power increase. Anyway i would like to see a dunk video on an underdrive pully kit. I think they are 119 bucks.

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

I let the truck run a bit on the dyno before we do the two pulls. I might revisit the CAI in the future and rule out all the variables that may prevent it from working. I totally forgot about underdrive pullies. I'll add that to the list of mods to test. Thanks!

@gearhead4005

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. you'll feel and see a performance loss or no performance at first. After a full drive cycle you'll feel a nice hp gain.

This is a short ram intake. Where is the COLD?

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

TheAfrothunderr I’m with that on that. It’s the original layout of the stock intake (length and direction) but there is no box surrounding the cone filter and no inlet for outside cold air. But K&N advertises this as a cold air intake.

Thank you bro.. i just give up order a K & A 😂

I think it's worth it depending on the status of your car, if it's not well maintained then its definitely not worth imo

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Pegasus Motor Company The dyno tech told me K&N CAI are always mixed results. He said you always see gains on forced induction engines or engines with an extremely restrictive factory intake. This truck isn’t force indicted and the factory intake is wide and straight.

@brandoncastaneda4058

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters is it only results from your f150 model year or just results from f150 in general?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Pegasus Motor Company These results are only from this generation of f150. Although, I have heard similar results from other vehicles. The safest bet is to test your own vehicle on a dyno with a K&N and see for yourself.

@brandoncastaneda4058

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters yeah I guess that's the only way to find if it did any effect

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Pegasus Motor Company exactly! And hey the cool thing is, going to a Dyno is a really neat experience. It’s an experience that you can share with people when they ask you if that K&N works. It makes for a good “do you even Dyno bro“ moment. Lol

Thoughts on a closed box CAI?

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

I think a closed box CAI would work but that’s essentially what you get from the factory. If your stock intake is pretty straight and doesn’t have an extra chambers, you can always install an OE fit K&N filter. They will give you the highest air flow rate but still allow your engine to bring in cold air.

@rolandbegaye

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters this was helpful. Thank you. I just purchased a S&B CAI.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@rolandbegaye Thanks man!🤙 Nice! Is that an enclosed box type of CAI?

How about if you advanced the timing

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

It’s possibly that I could have advanced the timing to make this product work. The point of the test was K&N markets and sells this product as a “drop in” / “bolt on” no tuning or engine building necessary product. The directions simple states to install the CAI and drive. I followed the directions and for this year truck and engine, the product did not perform as advertised. Now, I could have dumped more money into the CAI to make it work. However, the defeats the purpose of it being an easy horsepower adder.

Not a bolt on instant power.. I agree But have your ride retuned will wake your ride up.. Cost more money yes.. I was happy AF.. after

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%🤙 The tune is the expensive part.

Cold Air Intakes do work, but are nothing more than nice looking, sound pieces, for STOCK engines. Questionable if they increase gas mileage on some vehicles. Even when you gain 10,15,20 HP you cannot feel that, but you will hear it in most cases. $300 is definitely over kill, unless the motor was built with a nice supercharger. CAIs do have their place. when it comes to HP gains, there is no cheap way. HP takes alot of money, even at $300 for 10-15hp is normal. Sometimes there are some mods that you can do in the PCM and some other mods to the Environmental stuff. For the most part, if you want HP, you will spend the money. Exhaust systems fall under this also.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Wolf I agree 100%! I think a $300 CAI would have much better results on a forced induction engine. Stock N/A engines aren’t worth putting a $300 CAI on.

@jameshood3692

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I have a 351 swapped bronco, with gt40 heads, bigger cam, edelbrock efi intake, bigger throttle body, bigger injectors, and was running the stock intake and switched to the k&n and really brung the performance out of my engine, this intake is made for engine that flow more cfm, sure you may gain some on a stock 302 or 351 thays running good but at the end of the day stock intake barely flow enough for the stock engine the way they are

I'll be getting one of these Junks soon and it's K&N Air filter sounds like he says Cannon..

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

If you say K&N fast it definitely sounds like cannon. Lol

Yeah, I hate I already got one and can’t tell too much difference!!

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

You can always return it if you have all the parts. I returned this CAI right after I shot this video. Lol

You should do this test on a new pickup.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

Once I can afford a new f150, I totally would!🤙

@dicklarge1901

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters just make payments do it for the channel.

@TheMinuteMasters

2 жыл бұрын

@@dicklarge1901 This is true! Lol I appreciate your ingenuity!🤙

Some vehicles respond better than others is absolutely true. I have ran cold air intakes on a lot of different vehicles. The biggest difference made was on a 1995 Dodge v10 dually. Man did it wake it up compared to stock and gains over 3 mpg. Before 9.4 mpg after cold air intake and muffler install went up to 12.9 mpg. Almost all of the other vehicles were minimal to no change.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Big Show Yeah they definitely need to be considered on a case by case basis. The dyno tech said a CAI on a supercharged engine yielded almost 50 hp!

@brandonroberts8008

8 ай бұрын

That's somehting I've seen with my 5.7 hemi's i put them on. As I've aged a bit, I'm easier on the throttle and my recent experence is on a new 2022 ram 1500...first tank was 4 miles to 410 miles with factory intake...15.9 average mpg. 2nd tank with K&N 77 series and average mpg 17.4 with VERY similar drive style and conditions. The sound change is what really keeps me smiling though. Just sounds better than stock..

Buy a cheap $50 Ebay cold air intake and put a K&N filter on it. Lol

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Right! I mean $300+ is insane! I could have a custom TiG welded intake made for that price. lol

@MrProbedout

4 жыл бұрын

You could maybe even build a cold air intake instead of a hot air intake

@cedricmiller4370

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters based on your knowledge about performance do you think a naturally aspirated 4cylinder with headers and high flow cats would still struggle to beat a completely factory v6?

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@cedricmiller4370 Well I don’t have that answer off hand. However, I’m always inclined to think the v6 will beat a 4c because 6v usually have that much more power. The only thing that usually limited a v6 is the car that carries it. V6 cars are usually bigger and weight more. This relationship is your power to weight ratio. More power and less weight is faster. Your 4c car could be much lighter and therefore get more horsepower benefit. That being said, a high flow car can free up a little horsepower but I’m not sure if it’s enough to make a huge performance difference. Now, depending on the car headers can give you anywhere from 10-20 hp. Honestly, it’s all about research. Compare the weight of the cars. Compare the horsepower. Calculate the power to weight ratio. Figure out how much horsepower you gained from your mods. Who knows, if weight is the same, you could be even on horsepower.

On my opinion on my 1990 Chevy 350 I got the k&n filter and I get better gas mileage and less horsepower

@TheMinuteMasters

10 ай бұрын

Wait better mpg but less hp?

@JoseGutierrez-db9mr

10 ай бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters yes

@TheMinuteMasters

10 ай бұрын

@@JoseGutierrez-db9mr interesting

Why would you run a test on a vehicle with that many problems ?

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Robert P The engine doesn’t have any diagnosed problems. Even the dyno tech said it was perfectly fine. If by problems you mean a high mileage vehicle, then yes it’s probably not a perfect test bed. However, K&N tester this intake on a high mileage truck and includes the dyno print out. At the end of the day, K&N is selling an expensive product tested on a stock, high mileage truck and they claimed it made more power.

Maybe an electrical fan conversion. Before and after

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

Rashad Jackson So to save myself a little money. I removed the mechanical fan and did a dyno run without it.

@TheMinuteMasters

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHenqpitkZbYZJM.html Here is the video.

@rashadjackson8

5 жыл бұрын

Caught me sleeping checked the video out and was i impressed kinda figures though. going efan soon and under pulleys cheapest mod i can do at the moment maybe this later www.ebay.com/itm/302-FORD-GT40-3-BAR-PAIR-OF-CYLINDER-HEADS-F3ZE-WITH-7-16-HEAD-BOLT-HOLES-/254113040949?oid=253121982105

The problem is you have a pos truck that's to old to adjust to the new amount of air

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Rose And yet K&N tested it on a high mileage truck and claimed it would make power. At least, that’s what the paperwork and dino chart said that came with it.

@xc8487

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Mileage isn't a true indicator of condition. A high mile engine that's been treated with full syn oil and proper service intervals could have minimal compression loss. Another high mile engine that's had the same filters for 3 years and oil changed 15,000mi, idled for hours, could be a wheezing hoopty ready for the scrap pile.

Mahalo for this video. I don't understand how the K & N kit can be a true cold air intake. It sits in the engine compartment where there is plenty of heat. That shield around the cone filter seems useless to me. There is no cold air plenum being routed to the filter intake or having it located towards the bottom of the motor... anywhere where it can get more fresh air routed to it. The way it's set up, it's just getting the hot air from the motor that's somewhat stuck inside the engine bay. I guess one can drive around without a hood!? Function needs to work with form. This thing seems to be all form.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

No problem man!🤙 You are exactly this is more of a “hot air intake.” The filter really does need its own air box that draws air from outside the engine bay. Hoodless would be cool but rain would always be an issue. Granted, you could treat a hood like soft tops on a Jeep. Off when the sun is out and on when the sun isn’t.

@HealthFitnessMartialArtsDEng

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Mahalo for your reply. Hahaha, a convertible engine hood! Brilliant! I have a '96 Explorer and I'm thinking the diameter of the inlet tube and the MAF is more than adequate. I have felt a noticeable difference with a larger exhaust from stock 2" to a Flowmaster 2.25" and a 50 series muffler. That was on my '91 Explorer. For my '96 Explorer, about to place on a Flowmaster 2.25" pipe with a 40 series muffler (it's about 5" shorter than the 50 series). It'll be nice to have the motor run a bit more efficiently and see the mpg go up a bit. I toy with the idea of going with a 2.5" or 3.0", but maybe that's too large of a diameter? Your thoughts.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Darryl Eng Health Fitness & Martial Arts Right! Lol Nice! Flowmasters definitely sounds great! I prefer Magnaflow muffler because they are straight through flow designs. For your exhaust I’d stick to 2.5” max. I’ve been told 3” and wider is for higher horsepower/ forced induction.

@HealthFitnessMartialArtsDEng

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters Mahalo. I was seriously going through Flowmaster, Magnaflow and Borla. Ended up with Flowmaster again just because I feel the in cockpit decibels will be a bit more tolerable. However, I think the 40 series is going to be louder than the 50 series. My '96 Explorer has the 4.0 OHV Cologne motor that makes about 160HP. Maybe 2.25" is just about right. I'm not sure what bolt on stuff I can do get more HP and efficiency out of that motor. I haven't found much in the way of headers, throttle body extras to improve the HP. Suggestions? Otherwise it looks like larger pistons, port/polish, balance the crank. In my Scirocco, yes I have a Scirocco 16V, I am getting rid of the horribly loud IMCO that a previous owner put on and place on my Techtonics 2.25 cat back with a Dynomax muffler. Has just the right amount of tone and resonance for me.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Darryl Eng Health Fitness & Martial Arts Yup! The 40 series is louder than the 50 for sure. Honestly, I don’t know much about the 4.0 in the explorers. I know the 5.0 explorers have great aluminum heads that f150 can use to increase horsepower. I think for your engine, you would be looking into boring the engine pistons larger and port and polish job. You could also look into having a cam shaft made if you can’t find a performance one. The crank comes pretty well balance from the factory. Although, you could look more into balance it further. Nice! That’s a cool car. Definitely not common in the US. I hear dynomax are good too!

How do they even get away with calling it a cold air intake? The factory intake is more of a cold air intake than this crap, all it does is suck air from the hot engine bay and make obnoxious noises so it sounds like you got more power

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

austin jensen Honestly man, I have no idea. I can only imagine it’s just been years of good marketing that has people convinced these work. Granted there is evidence to show they do increase power on forced induction vehicles. However, it’s still a “hot air intake”.

I got a spectre system, same design half the price

@TheMinuteMasters

Жыл бұрын

Spectre is so much cheaper than K&N. I have no idea why K&N is that much.

Hay you need to drive the truck for some miles so the truck could reprogram its self and it could Recognized its new air filter so that way the fuel and air ratio could be correct the first thing k&n say in the instructions when installing remove battery connection and reconnect so the ecu could Reprogrammed self with the new filter. I call this dyno test a fail.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve read five different K&N install instruction manuals and none of them say to drive the K&N to work. You disconnect the battery because that’s standard procedure before working on electrical components, I.e disconnecting the MAF from the harness. The subject of ecu’s needing to be unplugged from the battery to relearn is up for debate but is not supported by any industry study. The K&N CAI was installed on this truck for over an hour and was running most of that time. It didn’t just run for the test pulls on the dyno. Conventional teaching says ECU’s being learn new mods right away. If they didn’t learn right away, then the K&N drop in filter should have failed along with all the other mods I have dynoed. If you still don’t trust my test, then l buy a K&N CAI install on a 1995 Ford F-150. Drive the truck for a week or a month or however long it takes, then dyno it. If you get a different result then we can rule my test a fail. Using a different vehicle doesn’t count because results vary from engine to engine.

At 225,000 miles that engine is too beat to respond to a minor performance mod. Could have told you that without the dyno test. Would be a more valid test using a test with half that mileage which is more typical for a 2009-10

@TheMinuteMasters

6 ай бұрын

If that were the case, then K&N should have a disclaimer stating that this mod will have no effect on a high mileage vehicle. Also, why wouldn’t that be the same issue for other performance mods?

I think this guy has a point clearly k@n dropped the ball otherwise I'd buy one for mine

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob Mcknight You said it man. I went into this test wanting so bad for the K&N CAI to work. After all, the CAI really cleans up the engine bay and looks awesome. I can’t tell you how disappointed I felt when I looked at the dyno charts and saw the crappy results. Real bummer. K&N needs to step up their game or be challenged by a competitor.

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

XC The fuel system is in perfect operational condition. The dyno tech made an unverified suggestion. After all, the truck ran fine through all the other tests and idles perfectly.

I put the K&N cold air intake with the K&N exhaust on my 2017 Chevrolet Silverado and the pick up is considerably more noticeable. Never while driving before the upgrade was I able to spin tires or lose traction and now after the change I am able to around 20 m/h. I also recently bought new tires so it’s not a traction issue. One other thing to take into consideration is I also added the throttle modulator as well. The module doesn’t increase horsepower but changes response time. I would say do all three and then see for yourself. I spent less then $1300 and no way would I go back with the original setup.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

You will see a gain with your truck because you have a newer system. OBDII ecu are also programmable. This truck is old and has an OBDI ecu which isn’t tunable. The intake on this year truck is also very direct. So there really is no room for improvement.

My factory Air Intake is old, brittle and has a rather large crack so I've got to change it regardless. If anything It'll give me that great look under the hood but most importantly I'll finally have rid of that annoying hissing vacuum leak sound!

@TheMinuteMasters

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Z That’s true! K&N’s CAI does clean up the engine bay nicely.

If I'm not mistaken, increasing air flow, as advertised, would require the vehicle computer to recalibrate itself, over time, to adjust for that flow to get the Air/Fuel ratio correct, and isnt exactly an out-of-the-box instant change. Try driving around a bit with the CAI and then dyno, you yourself admitted the engine ran lean, it needs time and miles to adjust itself at different points in the RPM spectrum.

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

A few people have suggested that there is an extended learning period for the engine to properly adjust to a CAI. The dyno tech says that period is short, which is why I came to the conclusion of this video. However, it might just be worth a try in order to see this experience through.

@CowboyCree63

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinuteMasters I know from my truck sitting with no battery for about 8 months that when I went to smog it, the computer didnt read correctly, and the tech said I needed to drive it for about 50 miles or so, varying speeds and rpm, with occasional periods of idle both in gear and out for the computer to reset itself and adjust for driving and altitude conditions, maybe you could drive a week or so normal daily driving with the CAI, and then dyno it to see if that makes a change

@TheMinuteMasters

3 жыл бұрын

@@CowboyCree63 I’ll definitely keep that in mind when I get back to testing engine performance mods.