Which air intake is the best for your money

powerstroke350 · Aug 20, 2011

I am looking for a new intake and I heard the s&b are good and afe and banks is too over priced and should I get a electric fan conversion kit too? this is my first diesel and I want to do it right so I figure you guys can help thank you for your help LOL

cfdeng7 · Aug 20, 2011

powerstroke350 said:
I am looking for a new intake and I heard the s&b are good and afe and banks is too over priced and should I get a electric fan conversion kit too? this is my first diesel and I want to do it right so I figure you guys can help thank you for your help LOL

Look up 6637 mod. 6637 is the part number for a filter u can get at napa a few brands make the same filter but you are going to want the donaldson filter its a higher quality then the other brands. These fillters flow plenty for most trucks and filter better than oiled filters. the whole setup will probably cost you around 60 bucks. And I would not recommend an eletcric fan there aren't any e fans that can move the required cfm for these motors. Many guys have tried and almost all if not all of them went back to the stock fan. The first things I would do is intake and exhaust and then gauges and then a chip If you are looking for more power safely.

cfdeng7 · Aug 20, 2011

Btw welcome to the army there are a lot of good guys here with a lot of experience

Betarocker · Aug 20, 2011

The one that filters everything yet still offers unrestricted air flow.

DcMoore · Aug 20, 2011

Great techinical epertise! Beta LOL I'm the man that can do all this

powerstroke350 · Aug 20, 2011

cfdeng7 said:
Look up 6637 mod. 6637 is the part number for a filter u can get at napa a few brands make the same filter but you are going to want the donaldson filter its a higher quality then the other brands. These fillters flow plenty for most trucks and filter better than oiled filters. the whole setup will probably cost you around 60 bucks. And I would not recommend an eletcric fan there aren't any e fans that can move the required cfm for these motors. Many guys have tried and almost all if not all of them went back to the stock fan. The first things I would do is intake and exhaust and then gauges and then a chip If you are looking for more power safely.

Thanks for the advice I will look into that and thanks for the welcome to the site I love the ranks makes me feel at home when I was in the army haha thanks again :ford:

DcMoore · Aug 21, 2011

DcMoore said:
Great techinical epertise! Beta LOL I'm the man that can do all this

... Man I don't remember typing this. :doh:

yeehaw · Aug 21, 2011

i have a S&B in my 06 and also had one in my 96 and no complaints about them

lukesdiesel · Aug 21, 2011

I prefer the dry filters.

Luke

powerstroke350 · Aug 21, 2011

thanks guys for the help I have been looking at s & b and I like them just have to figure out if oiled or dry filter better

lincolnlocker · Aug 21, 2011

Tymar type is the best bang for buck up grade there is for the 7.3 intake...

OBSWIZ · Aug 23, 2011

X2 best is a Tymar intake system..we have them in stock. Only Intake system I'll sell..for a 7.3

Cary

DSTRBD · Aug 23, 2011

Another vote for S&B. They replace the entire POS airbox with a much higher quality, enclosed system.

OBSWIZ · Aug 24, 2011

The problem with heat shields and routing air through intake boxes is that whenever you direct air flow, you increase restriction. Low restriction is the goal, so using a filter that has the ability to flow large masses of air and then enclosing it in a box yields very poor results. Heat shields do literally nothing. Air flow under the hood is dynamic and not static. It is moving all the time. Hot air will move right around a heat shield at the same temperature and be ingested and the only thing you have caused is turbulence.