were can i find an intake
 

were can i find a air intake for my truck..everyone tells me they dont make them but then i see the on peoples trucks. are they custom made? if so can u tell me how to do it? casue iv never seen a intake like i have with all the wires and stuff so idn how i would do a aftermarket one. thanks

Depending on what you want you may have to fabricate something of your own design, or if you are only interested in getting better air into your engine, you can remove the air silencer and install a drop in K&N or similar.
Or go to this site and have a look at this system: http://www.kustomz.com/184094.html
It really depends on what you are interested in. There aren't very many companies making stuff like this for our old RBV's, but there are still a few.

Ray

thats for the 4.0l. i have 2.3l. and yea i was just looking to make is sound better and help my engine. got any ideas how to fabricate one? thanks

I saw a picture on here that a member posted of his setup, I think it was a 4 cyl., maybe he will post another.
I would think a drop in would suit you better than spending the time fabing up something.
It all depends on what you want, we will gladly give advice and direction, that is what we try to do here.

Ray

thanks man. i was looking to give my truck some sound. more hp. run the engine cooler. make it look a lil nicer. i looked at my intake and there is a boat load of pipes that turn and all. then there is a million tubes and stuff. just want it to look nice. and be simple

I found these two links, the one for the 2.3 I would do, but it didn't look real sanitary in the photos.
The one for the 3.0 is being linked because it is sanitary.
Again, your decision.
STL has a picture of a system done with white pvc that looked very nice, maybe he will post it again.
Either way, it will give you ideas on what can be done.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech.../ramair2_3.htm

http://www.therangerstation.com/Maga...r04/street.htm

Ray

thanks man. yea that 2.3 just looks like its asking for trouble. and i might wait till i have my classes at school so i can learn a lil more bout intakes. maybe my teacher will tel me how to make one.

I custom make all kinds of ranger parts, and have done a lot of intakes PM me if interested i can give you the best price

curt

hell yea..could u give me a price? and will it mess with sensors or the engine? casue there is some crazy shit iv never seen attatched to the factory intake

I have made over a 1000 of them for all sorts of fords and no problems

I looked into making one for mine and found that autozone has universal cold air intake parts with everything you should need.

on a 94 2.3 it has a valve that lets exhaust in to warm the engine and it also has a vaccum hose on it. is that able to be bi-passed? and if so what do you do with the hole in the exhaust where it connected?

yea that was my next question..what do u do bout that..? and wat part are from auto zone?

If we are talking about the same valve, it has a vacuum line running from the engine to the air box temp sensor valve, another vacuum line runs from the sensor to a valve in the air intake tube that goes to the air box. That valve has a hose that runs to the exhaust manifold. When it is cold, the temp sensor valve is open allowing vacuum to pull the valve on the air intake tube open to allow warm air from the exhaust manifold into the air box and into the engine.
Yes, you can bypass it by plugging the vacuum line from the engine to the air box temp sensor. But this is a trade off, with out the warmer air going into the engine when it is cold, you will notice a poorer idle, and a longer warm up time. it will probably even effect the operation of the engine in the winter when the temps are down during normal driving.


Ray

so baisicly there is nothing i can do as far as a intake..if i want the truck to run normaly? dam this sucks