Cold air intake?

LAJK

LAJK

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Is a cold air intake worth the money for my 3.8l or should I save the couple hundred bucks and spend it else where on my build?
 
LAJK said:
Is a cold air intake worth the money for my 3.8l or should I save the couple hundred bucks and spend it else where on my build?
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Save the money. Cold air intakes provide no real benefit over the factory box. If you do any water crossings where you wheel - you are a lot more supseptible to hydro locking your motor. Id buy a reusable filter and call it a day.
 
My 08 JKU had one on it when I bought it. Took it off, put the stock air box back on and I'm going to sell the CAI for whatever I can get out of it.
 
Had one on my wifes Jeep when I bought it. Swapped it over to mine and gave her my factory setup. Ran like that for about a year. After reading the negatives and the minimal if at best gains I swapped them back. Her Jeep is a pavement princess so I dont have to worry about water crossings or excessive dust. I was not impressed at all with CAI on the 3.8. If I could find a cheap factory setup Id swap my wifes over and toss the CAI in The garbage.

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Thanks for the info. I read a lot of complaints about them and thought I'd double check before I spent the money. What's everyone's take on a exhaust? I was torn between an air intake and an exhaust so looks like that's what I'll be buying.
 
estesd said:
What reusable air filter is everyone using? One that gets oiled like K&N?

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I have K&N for about two years now, both under hood and in the cab. Filter in the cab get dirty really fast.
They work fine, no added benefit I don't think, other than you don't have to buy factory filters anymore. Cleaned them once or twice so far.



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LAJK said:
Thanks for the info. I read a lot of complaints about them and thought I'd double check before I spent the money. What's everyone's take on a exhaust? I was torn between an air intake and an exhaust so looks like that's what I'll be buying.
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Im running a flowmaster setup in mine and have been happy with it. My wifes is bone stock exhaust. I like how I dont have the muffler hanging out at the back of the rig. I feel mine has a lil different feel and a very noticeable sound. Sometimes Ill get a little monotonous resonation while hwy driving but I just turn up the stereo. I laugh driving hers because I call it the Cadillac with how quite it is compared to mine.
estesd said:
What reusable air filter is everyone using? One that gets oiled like K&N?

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Im back to running just regular stock filters in mine. Im sick of having to clean and oil them. My wife still is running the Air Raid CAI that I have to maintain. One day Ill find someone getting rid of their factory airbox and fix that problem

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LAJK said:
Is a cold air intake worth the money for my 3.8l or should I save the couple hundred bucks and spend it else where on my build?
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As everyone has mentioned they are pretty much a waste. They do "look cool" and sound cool but that's about it. I did like mine for the almost 2 years I ran it but traded with sheaffadelic so I could go back for a stock air box.
 
I would strongly discourage anyone from running a CAI. On top of doing a whole lot of nothing, they let way too much dirt in and I have seen way too many motors ruined from them, especially on 3.6L and even with a dealer installed Mopar CAI. Just ask ttfhell here on the forum how that all worked out for him.
 
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