Choosing an Intake

B.Warning · Jul 18, 2011

I had a S&B on my truck and hated it. The fit was terrible and hated the process of removing it to clean. Plus I was constantly sucking the minder down. I have a AFE stg 2/ dry with the fliter sock and the fit and finish is much nicer, and easier to remove and clean.

AFE gets my vote.

Danbonzo · Jul 18, 2011

fine69 said:
What is it you didn't like about the S&B intake? I haven't heard anybody say anything bad about them, I've actually been leaning toward S&B.

From what I gather there seems to be two trains of thought regarding the S&B CAI. Its either you have or do run S&B and think the fit and finish is good, or you have tried to run their intake/filter kit and felt the fit was terrible. As I stated before I am pro S&B, the fit of mine was spot on so this really doesn't make a lot sense to me, how can the fit spectrum be so drastically different? I have the sneaking suspicion that a bad run or a part mix up somehow got past quality control and found its way onto the shelves. Everyone I know who runs them has suffered zero issues. Weird.

GROSSpolluter · Jul 18, 2011

i like my airaid. big and easy to work on. heres a couple pics.

gman1 · Jul 19, 2011

GROSSpolluter said:
i like my airaid. big and easy to work on. heres a couple pics.

Where did you get that boot on the cold side pipe near the CAC?

GROSSpolluter · Jul 19, 2011

gman1 said:
Where did you get that boot on the cold side pipe near the CAC?

at my work, its high temp hose. you buy in 8ft lengths. i might be able to get you some if you want but its spendy. i wanna say it was $2 per inch.

gman1 · Jul 20, 2011

GROSSpolluter said:
at my work, its high temp hose. you buy in 8ft lengths. i might be able to get you some if you want but its spendy. i wanna say it was $2 per inch.

A bit pricey. Have you had any problems with it yet?

GROSSpolluter · Jul 20, 2011

gman1 said:
A bit pricey. Have you had any problems with it yet?

not at all, the only reason i used it was because the mbrp cac was farther appart then where the oem one lined up. the stock boot was 2 inches to short, so that was the easiest fix. thermal flex hose is the brand i think.

you can see the difference vs the stock one.

Jeff@Spartan · Jul 23, 2011

Hasn't Dillehay been using the Airaid intake with his turbo's and no problems? When I go to more turbo that will be the route I go if he indeed never had issues with it. For a stock application I have always preferred the AFE Stage II. It's simple and gets the job done. Easy install, easy cleaning.

redx · Jul 23, 2011

I ordered a afe duramax filter(18" long, 5" inlet diameter) gonna try and mod it into my sb, even with 345 tune it doesnt like to keep up. If it doesnt fit, battery is coming out and custom airbox will be made.

Erikclaw · Jul 23, 2011

08stroker250 said:
Hasn't Dillehay been using the Airaid intake with his turbo's and no problems? When I go to more turbo that will be the route I go if he indeed never had issues with it. For a stock application I have always preferred the AFE Stage II. It's simple and gets the job done. Easy install, easy cleaning.

I am almost positive he is using an S&B. He has had good luck with it so I tried it but didn't work out for me.

GROSSpolluter · Jul 24, 2011

i run the H&S 300 tune daily and the airaid keeps up no problem.

Jeff@Spartan · Jul 25, 2011

Erikclaw said:
I am almost positive he is using an S&B. He has had good luck with it so I tried it but didn't work out for me.

Maybe so. I remember him talking about an Airaid intake at one time though.

Erikclaw · Jul 25, 2011

08stroker250 said:
Maybe so. I remember him talking about an Airaid intake at one time though.

Think that was before the last setup.

powr2stroke · Jul 25, 2011

Yes Mikeys is an S&B . What are you thinking about goin with Erik ?

Jeff@Spartan · Jul 25, 2011

Erikclaw said:
Think that was before the last setup.

Got ya.

cw96stroker · Jul 25, 2011

How well do the airaid filters keep dirt out?, I have one that came on my pickup that I work out of and I work out in the dust and dirt a lot.

fine69 · Jul 27, 2011

Well after talking to Ben at Rudy's and Mike at KEM, I decided to get the S&B intake. They both said the S&B will work perfect with my truck and future mods. I also ordered an H&S Mini-Max with KEM tunes up to the 345 and a DPF/DOC delete pipe. Now I just have to wait for UPS to show up.

SEABEE08FX4 · Jul 28, 2011

S&B is the most popular one, AFE is also a good choice.

Danbonzo · Jul 28, 2011

fine69 said:
Well after talking to Ben at Rudy's and Mike at KEM, I decided to get the S&B intake. They both said the S&B will work perfect with my truck and future mods. I also ordered an H&S Mini-Max with KEM tunes up to the 345 and a DPF/DOC delete pipe. Now I just have to wait for UPS to show up.

S&B FTW

Erikclaw · Jul 28, 2011

powr2stroke said:
Yes Mikeys is an S&B . What are you thinking about goin with Erik ?

I believe what I am running now is a AFE. It was at Toxic when I was picking it up and I made my own intake out of parts they let me use. My main issue is the battery being in the way. I need to position it behind the intake. From looking at it, there should be room. Just need my truck running again before any of those issues are addressed.