Air Intakes, What do you use?

[LoJac963]

K & N cold air intake. Never a problem with "oily mess". Have used them for 30+ years with never a problem.

I agree, I have used K&N for decades and never had an issue with oil. Oil on the MAF, intake tube, etc is obviously due to incorrectly oiling the filter. It's incredibly dusty here in AZ especially in the summer. My current setup is a Volant box with the oiled Volant filter and a pre-filter. Even without a pre-filter in all my other vehicles I've had over the years with K&N the entire intake was as clean as could be inside.

 

[rascole]

K & N cold air intake. Never a problem with "oily mess". Have used them for 30+ years with never a problem.

Forgot to add that I also use the silicone fabric that helps repel water.

 

[SolidusJ]

Is the tube long enough to reach the spot for the jeep snorkel?... And is the filter oil or dry?.... I'm really really liking that Apollo add on bro!

The tube would make but it's made of some thin tin stuff that kinks and tears pretty easily. Plus the filter didn't come with oil.




Second where the tube meets with the air filter can come apart easily so I plan to make it water tight and nonremovable.



Third the outlet was 1/2" smaller the K&N kit and I was not happy with that.



All in all I do plan on going with the HMMWV air cap so I will stick with this.

 

[Best4x4]

Hey Solid, it looks like your TCM is about to fall out of it's bracket. I have used K&N filters on pretty much all my rigs, and I've never had a problem, and in dusty conditions I always used a pre filter or a pantyhose lol. I currenty have an AEM dry filter in my H3 Alpha and after monitoring my Scangauge II Air Intake temps I'm happy with the OEM Setup. I was interested in the Volant CAI for the 09-12 5.3L V8 Colorado/Canyon, but no one could verify if it would work in my H3 Alpha.

 

[alrock]

I'm pulling in 7 degrees hotter air into the intake then the outside temperature.

Umm, wouldn't you want cooler air being pulled in, not hotter air? And how are you measuring that?

 

[Chook]

Umm, wouldn't you want cooler air being pulled in, not hotter air? And how are you measuring that?

Probably via Scangauge.......It displays Intake Air Temp as a standard gauge.

 

[SolidusJ]

Umm, wouldn't you want cooler air being pulled in, not hotter air? And how are you measuring that?

Your never going to be able to pull in colder air with how hot the engine bay is plus the heat from the the header rising to the intake pipe. With the OEM setup I was pulling in almost 30 degrees hotter then the outside temp. I have the bullydog watchdog set up and I keep and eye with the outside temp plus the intake temp.

 

[Best4x4]

With my OEM setup besides the AEM dry filter, I'm at 2 two degree warmer temp vs the outside air cruising down the road. At idle it's a joke trying to get that since the heat from the road, engine bay, is going to seriously mess with that. Only an external snorkel setup is going to help get cooler air from higher up, but I'm very happy with just a 2 degree difference at speed with my OEM setup.

My 05 Jeep Unlimited has a Banks CAI and with Scangauge II the temps are more like 15-20 degree's warmer than the outside air temp. The OEM setup of the H3 works much better since it draws air from the fender vs the Jeep's OEM setup that still sucks it from under the hood with the OEM setup or CAI.