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Air Box - New Holes ??

11-21-2004, 06:27 PM

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R C Cola

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Air Box - New Holes ??

Work my truck hard and am always looking for low cost power. Have noticed many suggest drilling additional holes in the factory air box to allow more air to the air filter. Easy to do but, ... The reason for the intercooler is to keep the temp of incoming air down. The air inside my engine cavity is a lot hotter than outside air therefore not producing as much power. Is there truly a good gain from allowing this extra air (Hot) in to the system. If some of you have had experience maybe there is a way to get more cool air into the air box? Right now the size of the factory air intake is somewhat small but it is outside cool air. Thanks R C

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