TRX cold air intakes, looking for feedback on the different options out there, to narrow down my search.

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

S&B or AFE may not be California legal ? Yet ?

S&B is 50-state legal my man!

 

[RobsTRX]

I’m going to put a cold air intake on my ‘22 TRX, from what I’ve noticed, the most available/popular seem to be the woody, JMB, S&B & AFE. I’m thinking about going w/ the JMB. Curious to hear some feedback from people that have a cold air intake installed on theirs.

I have a S&B I just pulled off. The truck ran nice with it. I did a whipple build with a bigger throttle body and it didn't fit anymore. I had it on for maybe 3000 miles. I put some sound insulation on it. I'd take $500 if your interested.

 

[RobsTRX]

I was thinking about the same thing on the way to work today lol gonna go shopping for S&B now. Where's the best place to buy it?

I just pulled one off if you want a deal? $500

 

[RobsTRX]

Did he do a comparison? Or did he just make a post saying he did a comparison, and you just ate it up? Would love to see what he used and some actual data because on our end the dyno doesn't lie.

It's the same guy that keeps laying into Ripa without giving any reasons

 

[Kingsingh15]

Just got my CSP intake put on today, the whine is crazy loud! What’s a normal iat in summer you guys are seeing with this intake?

 

[AZDinoPwr]

It's the same guy that keeps laying into Ripa without giving any reasons

The reason was the data posted by Malone racing comparing boost pressures with both S&B and Ripa intakes in real world testing. Do you need me to link the post for you? I’m sure an independent third party who purchased both intakes and ran them both was clearly biased.

The reasons I recommended folks steer clear of Ripa (as almost anyone on here also recommends) were listed in that interchiller thread that the mods had to delete because of YOUR posts with vulgar insults, talking about period blood, etc and Ripa wanting to get personal again with critiques (4th time on this forum).

Let it go or let Ripa post up real world data coming out of the PCM with back to back tests with their intake and competitors. Let the data do the talking.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

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Just got my CSP intake put on today, the whine is crazy loud! What’s a normal iat in summer you guys are seeing with this intake?

I think that is the best looking intake and I love how you get to see more of the blower.

Sticking that open filter that low would scare me to death after my first creek crossing.

 

[jashearer]

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Just got my CSP intake put on today, the whine is crazy loud! What’s a normal iat in summer you guys are seeing with this intake?

I consistently see 30-40 over ambient on the cluster in the summer, but I believe that's after the intercooler bricks so is limited to the temp of that as opposed to the incoming air temp...

Jay

 

[RobsTRX]

The reason was the data posted by Malone racing comparing boost pressures with both S&B and Ripa intakes in real world testing. Do you need me to link the post for you? I’m sure an independent third party who purchased both intakes and ran them both was clearly biased.

The reasons I recommended folks steer clear of Ripa (as almost anyone on here also recommends) were listed in that interchiller thread that the mods had to delete because of YOUR posts with vulgar insults, talking about period blood, etc and Ripa wanting to get personal again with critiques (4th time on this forum).

Let it go or let Ripa post up real world data coming out of the PCM with back to back tests with their intake and competitors. Let the data do the talking.

Yes. Link the post

 

[AZDinoPwr]

Yes. Link the post

New Build, Shooting for a 9.9 on Stock 35's

Was going to hang out for a day or two but had some stuff go South on some night work we are doing this week so I gotta jam back home before we get rolling tomorrow night unfortunately. joe liked the cam and pulley combo so much he’s doing one on his red eye with a ported 3.0 whipple aswell...

www.ram-trx.com

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1.5-2 psi increase with S&B versus Ripa

 

[dweisser83]

Lets keep this thread on track and share our thoughts and feedback to help the OP pick an intake. Lets refrain from sharing our thoughts on other peoples thoughts to avoid unneeded tangents.

I think AFE and S&B are probably the best engineered intakes. I have installed/seen/heard both on friends trucks. The fit and finish is pretty solid. Good gains, good sound increase, and good weatherproofing/heat shielding.

My personal TRX landed with the CPS intake and love it. Has some thought put into heat shielding, reuses the hood inlets, and sounds really good.

Do you think the K&N one is worth waiting for or jumping on an S&B?

 

[JumpSquadAuto]

Do you think the K&N one is worth waiting for or jumping on an S&B?

I don't think K&N offers anything more then what S&B already does. I like the $150 or so price difference so that would be why I would consider waiting. Most of the well engineered intakes AFE, K&N, S&B (my opinion) are well enough engineered that a couple hp more or less would go unnoticed given we drive 700+ hp trucks. All 3 preserve the factory air routing, water depth rating, dyno well, and provide good heat management.

 

[Kingsingh15]

I don't think K&N offers anything more then what S&B already does. I like the $150 or so price difference so that would be why I would consider waiting. Most of the well engineered intakes AFE, K&N, S&B (my opinion) are well enough engineered that a couple hp more or less would go unnoticed given we drive 700+ hp trucks. All 3 preserve the factory air routing, water depth rating, dyno well, and provide good heat management.

What’s your iat in the summer with the cps intake?? Today after install I was around 130

 

[JumpSquadAuto]

What’s your iat in the summer with the cps intake?? Today after install I was around 130

I will try to check today and let you know. Been away for 3 weeks and just got back so trucks been sitting. Back when I first installed it in the winter, I drove for a few miles before and after install and IATs were down 5-10 degrees as advertised. I don't have a stock truck read out but will share the IATs on a summer day soon.

 

[RobsTRX]

New Build, Shooting for a 9.9 on Stock 35's

Was going to hang out for a day or two but had some stuff go South on some night work we are doing this week so I gotta jam back home before we get rolling tomorrow night unfortunately. joe liked the cam and pulley combo so much he’s doing one on his red eye with a ported 3.0 whipple aswell...

www.ram-trx.com

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1.5-2 psi increase with S&B versus Ripa

I picked up .75- 1 psi when I came from stock. So your saying Ripa could be worse than stock?

 

[dweisser83]

I don't think K&N offers anything more then what S&B already does. I like the $150 or so price difference so that would be why I would consider waiting. Most of the well engineered intakes AFE, K&N, S&B (my opinion) are well enough engineered that a couple hp more or less would go unnoticed given we drive 700+ hp trucks. All 3 preserve the factory air routing, water depth rating, dyno well, and provide good heat management.

Yeah, I was thinking they all looked pretty similar. and I know these are 100k dollar trucks but I kinda liked the idea of saving 150 bucks as well... haha.

 

[RobsTRX]

Yeah, I was thinking they all looked pretty similar. and I know these are 100k dollar trucks but I kinda liked the idea of saving 150 bucks as well... haha.

Another consideration is some of the intakes are taking up space where a chiller tank would go on the left side. If your doing a build a chiller adds HP and I wouldn't want to give up that space for an intake.

 

[screaminchicken]

I've got the AFE and love it! The intake amplification is noticeable, but not overwhelming. The fit & finish is also nice.

The blue dye in the filters fades quickly, but supposedly it's normal.

I also have the AFE and I am also very happy with it.

 

[AZDinoPwr]

I picked up .75- 1 psi when I came from stock. So your saying Ripa could be worse than stock?

Restriction before the blower (which directly relates to the efficiency of the blower compression ratio) is not constant in relation to boost. It’s closer to a percentage but likely nonlinear since you have highly turbulent flow in the intake (boundary layer trips and profiles changing with relation to intake velocity).

In other words, at stock CFM levels that delta in intake performance is likely lower…maybe .5-1 psi but as you add CFM demand via rotating the blower faster then the delta increases and Morris was seeing >2 psi delta. This is why we all know that intakes eventually become the choke point on PD blowers if you spin them fast enough. My guess is that Ripa dyno’d their intake and maybe flow benched it but without actually providing the real world moving air test you are missing a key factor for these vehicles.

 

[RobsTRX]

Restriction before the blower (which directly relates to the efficiency of the blower compression ratio) is not constant in relation to boost. It’s closer to a percentage but likely nonlinear since you have highly turbulent flow in the intake (boundary layer trips and profiles changing with relation to intake velocity).

In other words, at stock CFM levels that delta in intake performance is likely lower…maybe .5-1 psi but as you add CFM demand via rotating the blower faster then the delta increases and Morris was seeing >2 psi delta. This is why we all know that intakes eventually become the choke point on PD blowers if you spin them fast enough. My guess is that Ripa dyno’d their intake and maybe flow benched it but without actually providing the real world moving air test you are missing a key factor for these vehicles.

All I'm sure of is that the when I put the S&B on at full throttle I went from a very solid 13 to just hitting 14 psi of boost. This was with an incognito pulley and race chip. I thought is was a nice intalk and got good sound.