I've gone through a few CAI's on my truck now. Started off with an eBay one that did ok. I got rid of it and bought a Ram Hammer CAI. I had that in my truck for 2 weeks and just couldn't tell any difference with it, and according to my Edge programmer it was pulling hotter air in than my eBay intake was. Well a buddy of mine that has an 06 Ram bought the Ram Hammer off of me, which left me with the stock box again. I couldn't have that, so I decided to try and build an intake. I still had the cone K&N that came with the eBay intake.

So I went to Lowes. Bought me some 3" PVC pipe, 2 90 degree elbows, a 3" coupler and went to work.

My rough draft looked like this, and I ended up running this setup on my truck for quite some time:



Well after posting that picture a couple of times in a few other forums, it got ridiculed enough that I took it off, sanded, primed, painted, and then correctly mounted it inside the engine compartment. The finished product now looks like:







Tell me what you guys think??? According to my edge programmer my intake stays within about 10 degrees of ambient air temps..

Very professional looking. Can you tell differnce in performance?

looks very good , couldnt of cost to much ?

Great fabrication job.

I like it.

That is an easy way for a fully functional cold air intake and it works. I have one similar on my 04 hemi. I went to the local auto parts store and picked up a 60 degree elbow of chrome pipe and a rubber cuppler and mounted my filter on that. I have a fully functional hood scoop and now a real fully functional cold air intake. It was $40 including the filter and about 15 mins. It is well worth it and yes you can notice a difference in performance and MPG.

That's pretty cool too.

Differences over stock box:

Nice mellow engine tone. Big increase in throttle response. Slightly lower 0-60 times. Improved fuel mileage by about 1mpg. Intake air temp is on average within 10 degrees of Ambient air temp. (According to Edge programmer).

Price:
3" x 5' Sch40 PVC Pipe - $5
2 90 degree elbows - $8
1 3" coupler - $3
1 K&N Filter (already had it) - $35
Paint - $15

~$66 total.

For paint I used this high temperature outdoor grille paint to prime it with. Then used Duplicolor High Temp engine paint (Low gloss black). Then put 2 coats of Duplicolor High Temp clear coat.

A Hemi with an errection.

Doesn't look like a big thing

Although I like it, I'm wondering about the 90 deg bends....

I found this on another forum that I frequent...it's for the Hemi Durango. Not sure the motor is setup the same as a Ram, but both have a Hemi....anyways, less hard bends:
http://www.dakota-durango.com/...owthread.php?t=82512

Thoughts?

I actually saw that after I made mine, and I like it. I've bought the parts to build another one utilizing the longer smooth 90 degree turn. However I'm still planning on using 1 hard 90 degree coming out of the TB. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend to finish it up and post some pics..

Great looking Fab job.... you would never know to look at it.

but clean those bugs out of your radiator!! haha

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Originally posted by JackDirt:
but clean those bugs out of your radiator!! haha

I drive 120 miles daily through the country. This time of year, it's a never ending battle to keep the radiator clean.

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Originally posted by bwhite757:
I actually saw that after I made mine, and I like it. I've bought the parts to build another one utilizing the longer smooth 90 degree turn. However I'm still planning on using 1 hard 90 degree coming out of the TB. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend to finish it up and post some pics..

Now that would be cool, one less 90 hard bend. I can't wait for those pics!