Cold air intake

Have a 94 ranger and I want to put a cold air intake in but I don't know what to do with the vacuum hoses any one out there know what to do

 

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First you need a sig telling us which engine you have. Second, Cold air intakes dont really do anything, so save your money

 

But if I still want to put one on there what would I do. What info do you need

 

Engine size. (4.0, 3.0, 2.5, etc...)

 

6 cylinder 4.0

 

Ah, okay. There should only be one hose then. What intake were you looking at? On mine, it has a rubber sleeve with hose clamps that attaches to a nip on the intake tube.

 

I havent really looked yet because I didnt know if it would work but I have been told to stay away from K&N

 

They're good intakes, but AEM (which is a sister of K&N) has a dry-flow filter. No oils needed. I have the Brute Force in mine. I'll snap a few pics if you don't mind waiting a sec

 

I was told to stay away from KN but I don't know a different one

 

AEM Brute Force is the one I have. Not an official "cold air intake", but it's way better than the stock one.

 

So what do I do with the two hoses that come off the back of the intake system

 

I will put a picture up so you can see

 

His is the OHV Pete, Not the SOHC like yours

 

Oh, okay then lol Guess my pics won't be of assistance then.

 

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This is what it looks like

 

I had the same hoses on my 93, but no CAI. I did some research on it just now. Everyone pretty much says do not do it for the fact of it sucking in hot air from the engine. The one person I saw do it, just plugged up the hoses, and I dont recommend that. Take a look at this link
http://ford40.com/airbox.shtml, This is a How to on modifying your own airbox into a CAI.

 

K&N's are good intakes/filters. Only issue I had was when I had my RX-8 and the compression issue came up and they tried to blame it on my K&N. Saying it sucked oil through and messed up my MAF. Wanted me to pay for a new $400 MAF and filter...

 

So you said had one hose how did you work it into your system

 

CAI's don't do anything by themselves. In order to take full advantage of your CAI, you want to get a new exhaust and then get a tuner and get a custom tune for the your exhaust and CAI. Also adding/changing other engine components will. help. But I agree with Clinton, save your money because by the time you've got everything you need, you've spent a boat load of money.

Also, CAI's don't work well on our trucks because of the way they are set up. Where the air comes in takes on heat from the engine, which defeats the purpose.

 

Do you have one on yours