so ive finally did it i swiss cheese my air box and holy this is cool nice throatty noise comming from under the hood instant accelration differnce and awsome throttle response pics to follow im at work right now hang on tight

 

pics or BS!

 

calm down laz lol

 

Should have just pulled the silencer. Also i doubt you gained any power. Its probably just in your head. Just wait until you are sitting in traffic. It will feel like you have no power.

 

i removed the sliencer long time ago and i was in traffic all morning didnt feel any lack of power i work in the dowtown core and lots of traffic

 

he did take out the silencer haha

 

Eh. I still doubt you got any extra power. Maybe like 1 or 2 horsepower.

 

so i didnt gain anything but at the same time i gain 1 or 2 hp for free ...... sweet

 

1 or 2 is nothing.

 

^LOL

 

but its free and thats good for me

 

Do you have a 3.0 or 4.0? Your profile says SOHC 3.0 which doesn't exist in Rangers.

 

so it does loli didnt even relize that

 

why not just buy a cool air intake?? i got a nice volant for my 3.0L and love it its loud has great response time and wasn't all that expensive only $214 for everything

 

yea i plan to get a professional one but im a diy type this is pretty cool

 

Cold air kits are a waste of money on a stock ranger engine unless you get it tuned for it.

 

So, to do the "swiss-cheesed" mod, do you drill above or below the filter? Drill up above it, right? On the cover?

 

ehhh? o.O

No, you drill it out on the very bottom - or on the sides BELOW the filter.. You need that filter there for a very good reason - and if you start pulling in unfiltered air, you may as well kiss your engine good by the first drive down a dusty road.

 

Sorry man, I totally over-thought about it while reading about it so much.

 

no pics still i call bs.

 

Im curious with pics as well. my cold air intake did wonders to my stock un-tuned engine...

 

I'm calling BS on the fact that it made a huge difference. There's no way in hell that drilling a couple holes in going to make your engine start sucking in CRAZY amounts of power.

 

This is total bull. Even removing the air silencer doesn't add any power. Just more sound. You already have more air coming into the air box then the engine will even use under normal driving. By drilling some hole you are not doing anything useful for the engine. Just more places for water to come up and get your filter wet

 

So what is the better choise to do the airbox mod or pay for cold air intake? will cai make much if any power difference? some say yes some say no..........thanks for your opinion