[04DSGV6]

I just bought a 2004 3.9L V6 and am really interested in a cold air intake to add a little power to it. From what I've read both K & N and BBK's are really good but when I'm searching to find one for the right price i seem to only come by 3.8L kits. Is there a difference? Can you fit a 3.8L one on a 3.9? If you can't do they make kits for 3.9? I appreciate any response.

[HMUSN]

3.8 and 3.9 kits are the same thing.


one tenth of a liter isn't much of a displacement difference.

welcome to the forums.

[ESG-642T]

Just alittle info:

I'm selling my BBK CAI as, I don't need it anymore!!!

[04DSGV6]

appreciate the quick response, I thought so just wanted to make sure before I went and bought something.

[scubasteve041186]

yep same thing but gotta watch the K&N i heard they can gum up the maf if you put too much oil on them. as well the ebay CAI do pretty much the same thing if your stock so up to you how much money you wanna spend

[JASonic]

just a little tip. I bought an expensive one and I dont think Im much better off than if I were to have bought a cheaper one. Price isnt everything with these.

[04DSGV6]

I was reading up on the forums and looking at ebay. Thinking about getting a EBay CAI and buying a K&N air filter seperate. Any advice? the CAI I was looking at is 45 shipped with air filter of their own

[tjames]

ya just get the ebay CAI and replace the filter

[Hourofpain]

careful your going to have an extra hole your going to need to plug up i believe.
I do thats why i ahevnt even bought one yet

[Hourofpain]

too lazy lol

[Trance]

fuckit, im gonna just duct tape the hole... FTW!

[JASonic]

Originally Posted by Trance fuckit, im gonna just duct tape the hole... FTW!

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uuuuuuuhhh.... what hole???


oh, the extra one? In my K&N, there was a extra hole with a rubber plug in it. I put silicon sealer on the plug to hold it in. It leaked at one point causing the enigine to idle rough.

[Hourofpain]

lae 2003 and o4's they got rid of some sensor what was it can someone refresh my brain

[04DSGV6]

what hole are you guys talking about?

This is the Ebay Item that i was looking at getting.

[tjames]

looks good to me

[JASonic]

That looks fine. Good and cheap. Id buy a better filter but you might feel ok with it.

[JASonic]

Originally Posted by 04DSGV6 what hole are you guys talking about? This is the Ebay Item that i was looking at getting.

I dont see that hole in the picture.

[Trance]

Originally Posted by ja002gl Originally Posted by 04DSGV6 what hole are you guys talking about? This is the Ebay Item that i was looking at getting. I dont see that hole in the picture.

good, thats the one I actually bought last week. haha

[04DSGV6]

cool then thats the one I'm getting, and the day I get it in the first thing I'm doing is going to get a brand new K&N filter. Thanks for the help, sure saved me a decent buck

[JASonic]

heres my big fat bastard. Not only does it suck air, it sucks $$ out of your wallet.

I covered the whole thing in thermal wrap and then covered the wrap in metalized tape. The idea was to keep ALL engine heat out. The tube is made of plastic which is a poor conductor of heat anyway. Massive overkill but it was fun screwing around with. I did it to stop the heat related hesitation I was getting. I did leave the box and shroud covered. with the hood down, it creates a great seal so only fender air is being drawn in.

The only design benefit from an FIPK (in my opinion) like this is the massive filter area. The drawbacks are that they feed off of engine air if you dont seal the box and shroud real tight.

UGLY AS HELL. I wasnt trying to win a pretty engine contest. But it did the trick until I developed a leak in that hole refered to above. I had to take all that crap off to find it. After i did that, I never felt motivated to wrap it up again. Too much work.

That metal one from ebay will work great.
I thought Id post this for a good laugh on the subject.