Hoss

I need more air. I changed my air, oil and fuel filter over the weekend and since I was thinking about it I reset the filter minder. Drove the truck, put my foot into it and then checked it again when I got to work this morning. It was sucked down to 65%. Now, it's very possible that I have one of those weak springs because I have an early '03 and to my knowledge the spring was never replaced. But, regardless of the spring, I need more air.

So....what are my options? Will the cheap ole' Home Depot modification do the trick or do I need to put out the money on a Ram Air III or something similar?

BigBlue

Personally, I'd do the Ram Air 3. Just cause it's cool. On the other hand, from what I've read, the Home Depot mod will work just fine. Go ahead and do the Home Depot mod. It only costs a few bucks and an hour or so of your time. Then you can tell for yourself if you need to go to the Ram Air 3.

gsdog1

I have been pulling the filter minder down with this truck right off of the lot. No dusty conditions or anything like that. 2300 or so miles, and have had the truck about two and a half weeks.

I have a Ram Air III on order.

Matt

triplenickel

Wierd, I've never been able to get mine to budge. Is there a way to check the filter minder for proper operation?

gsdog1

Good question, cause I could never get my 99 to budge at all either.

Matt

deere nut

Hoss, I did the home depot mod. i also put stockings over the original air inlet and the pipe I installed at the bottom of the box (keeps rain water out). The filter minder no longer pulls down under any condition - towing heavy or not. I'm still a little leary of the oiled filters after reading several threads lately. I'll stick with paper for now. i fyou don't like you can always go spend $300 on another system. I spent about $10 on mine.

SuperGewl

Yes just pull the filter minder off and take a quick suck on the input end. You shouldn't have to suck hard to pull it down. If it doesn't budge then it's defective

MikeyB

I have the Home Depot airbox mod and the filter minder has yet to be pulled down. Before I did the mod the minder was already at 65%.

MikeyB

dezeldog

Hey guys help me out here what the he!! is the Home Depot mod that is a new one on me. I'm looking for moe air myself and just can't bring myself to spend 300 bones on a OILER. I like the paper filters better anyway. TIA

Jim

dwhite

There is a thread on it somewhere that has pics....but basically it is cutting a hole in the bottom of the airbox, installing a 90* (at the proper angle), and putting pantyhose over it to help keep out any rain water that could get splashed up on it.

triplenickel

Well that's kinda what I thought, I've tried it and it moves. I was wondering if there is a slightly more accurate way to test. I guess the good news is I can always just look at my filter to see if it's dirty!

spinlocker

Cheap man I am, I got really torqued when my air cleaner showed up all black and stuff, only after a weekend's towing. Seems that side air intake on the stock box picks up all kinds of crap off the road from the right front tire. And, my suck gauge would always show less than 100%, even with a new filter.

Took my Dremel and cut the entire bottom out of the air box. The difference in my rig was a seat of the pants change, and it seems my air cleaner isn't as muckied up so quickly as before. In daily driving, no real change, but I hooked up my 4 ton 25' trailer, and, hey, this thing loves to tow.

mightynorseman

triplenickel,

You could always put a vacuum guage to the flow guage and see what pressure it takes to pull it down, I'm sure someone on this awesome sight has the specs for this or maybe a resource for you.

Car_nut57

You might give the Scotty Ram Air III a try. We have one installed on an 04 here in the shop and it works really great with a Turbo Air Guide (TAG).