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Monday, December 6, 2010

Intake system upgrade

I installed a Airaid throttle body spacer as well as a Rusty's Offroad intake and exhaust package awhile back.  The Airaid spacer was very easy to install.  All I had to do was remove the 4 bolts on the Throttle body as well as the two bolts on the cable support.  I then slide in the new spacer, gasket, and cable support spacer in place and then tightened everything back down with the new hardware.  The new space gained me noticeable horsepower and about 2 mpg.

Same as the throttle body spacer, the new intake was also very easy to install.  I removed the stock air box with 4 bolts then installed the Rusty's Offroad airtube, securing it with the one bolt needed, connected the vacuum hose and then simply slide on the new 6x9 K&N filter and tightened down the clamp.




I then decided to build a debris shield out of some aluminum to try and keep the filter a bit cleaner.  I cut out of a sheet of aluminum, got it fit properly and then secured it with zip ties.  I then took some roofing tar and sealed the bottom joint and filled some holes underneath the filter.

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