Now, this Drycharger and precharger, are the completely different CAI Kits, or are the "socks" or sleeves to cover them up with?

 

and does it mean i cant go in the mud? like relatively deep mud (like 8-10")

 

dry and pre chargers are socks that secure OVER the filter. any cone type filter, but it's made by K&N so use their size to determin the proper sock.

as for the mud, you can go through mud all day long. also, as stated here (i believe) water isn't really and issue unless you submerge the filter. either way one of those socks will help with splashes and quick dunks.

as for the mud, knock yourself out

 

For whatever reason my truck doesn't follow your logic, I dropped a noticeable amount of MPG's when I swapped back to my stock airbox for the winter... I drove more economically with the airbox after as well.

a CAI tends to work best along with an exhaust system (actual mandrel-bent catback is better than just a muffler replacement) and a PCM tune.

I would perform a search on both topics and decide the route you want to go.

 

how can they draw in cooler air from on top of the engine? while our stock air box pulls it from behind the headlight as cool air is rushing in?

unless done properly, theyre warm air intakes imo. not even close to being worth the $300 they ask for them. I see it being less restrictive as the only upside, which is hardly worth what they ask.

 

you probably dropped MPG from the cold, winter air, and your fuel system trying to compensate for it. our intakes do have air temperature sensors.

 

Calling them cold air intakes is a misnomer. I've never understood why people started doing that. The term makes me stabby

 

Swapped them out in the fall, it was 10 Celcius that week. Filled up just before and was running averaging 16.2L/100km, the next tank was around 18L/100km, temperatures remaining around the same average during those 2 weeks. I don't want to talk about my MPG's in these freezing temps right now...

I also ran the stock airbox during the summer for a couple of weeks... same result. The back story here is: I purchased my truck used from the dealer with the K&N intake installed, it was understood that I'd be given a stock airbox with the truck. After fighting like an SOB to get that intake I decided it would be best to make sure if actually fit. Naturally I installed it and got lazy and just left it in. My MPG's dropped in this case as well, nor was I imagining it, I drove the same way with and without. There was a difference in MPG's and in power/sound, power wise was only at the top of the RPM range, which is typical of an aftermarket intake, especially the LS based engines that only start making power upwards of 3000RPM.

 

dont our computers eventually "learn" themselves and adjust fuel trim as needed? so maybe you didnt give it enough time to adjust itself back?

not that i dont believe you, just for argueative purposes lol

 

IMO it should have corrected itself somewhere within the 3 tanks of gas I burned in those 2-3 weeks lol.