soo im thinking about buying a cold air intake, does anyone have an opinion on them? ive heard good and then ive heard its not worth buying.. figured id ask everyone

 

well theres been lots of discussions on them man if you search it up you'll see
I personally think its worth it, I like mine and alot of guys on here figured out that you can buy that cheap CAI on ebay and put on the K&N filter, which is way cheaper than buying the whole K&N set.
alot of us also ended up making our own heat shields, which was a neat project

 

really? did you post a thread on the heat shields?

 

ya man here's the link, props to triple black for this! this is what i followed for mine, but i ended up modding it a little
https://blazerforum.com/forum/showth...ld+heat+shield

 

This is the first mod I tackled. i have said it before, but until i found this forum, I really was afraid on unhooking my battery and could barely change my airfilter.
Following tripple black's recipe, and incorporating some of ugly monkey's input, i managed to do it. I personally love my CAI. I gains a small (but noticeable) bit of mpgs, and my truck gets all growly sounding at 2500+ rps. Given the option to do it again, I would in a heartbeat. probably the smartest $25 i have put into this pig.
click me to see my build it is in reverse order, and I finished up the looming after it stopped raining.

 

I got one on mine too. I don't notice that much of a difference except in the lower RPM's, but that may be in part to my air filter. I just left the cheap one that came with my CAI on there. I think they're worth it. You can spend as little as $30 on it, or if you go with a full on K&N or brand name one they're up in the 100-150$ range.

 

the full k&N one was gonna cost me like 350 from napa :0

 

That's not worth it. You're paying for the K&N name...you could buy some pipe and fittings and make your own for less that half that price. it will do the same thing, you just won't get a fancy K&N sticker to put on your truck lol.

 

$2.00 later your CAI is K&N branded....(sticker FTW!)

 

I know!! its ridiculous, but thats the way it is with pretty much everything brand name i guess