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Old 10-12-2006, 01:18 AM   #1
H. John Kohl
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03 RAM Diesel upgrade 5.9L

I am upgrading Red for a little more horse power. I was very surprised to see the design of the stock intake and how its design cuts the air flow by at least by one third. Stock intake photo 1 and Stock intake photo 2 show the OEM intake. The OEM design reduced the air flow to allow access to the mounting bolts.

I am not a Banks sales person and receive nothing from them. The sales person told me that their High Ram intake would give me equal preformance through the rpm curve. I have noticed that it was lacking until the rpm was above 2200. The stock intake feeds 1,2 and 3 cyclinder with air all the time but 4, 5 and 6 only get full air flow at full boost. Banks' intake design distributes the air through all six cyclinders. Banks High Ram intake photo
Those bolts to the right do go down into the air flow area and have a sealing washer at the top.

I did add the exhaust but feel the intake was responsible for most of the improvement.

The electronics will be installed in the very near future.



 
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Old 10-12-2006, 02:44 AM   #2
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Intake and exhaust, the 2 major culprits in poor diesel performance. Looks good H. John Kohl
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:58 AM   #3
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In order to get the air in you need to get the air out, the bigger exhaust is worth the money, Roman
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