[ablackonline]

Is it worth the $ to do the intake instead of staying stock with a good filter? About to go with a Banks Pedal kit. Looking for advice/experiences? I hear K&N are the best, but not cheap... TIA

 

[MantisSRT]

Is it worth the $ to do the intake instead of staying stock with a good filter? About to go with a Banks Pedal kit. Looking for advice/experiences? I hear K&N are the best, but not cheap... TIA

Ok,
this is a topic of great debate. I'll give you my experience with. my 17 R/T and intake systems. The stock intake I could not get out of the 14 second pass at the track. When I installed a K&N CAI system , I dropped into the 13's and stayed there ever after. Most will say it wasn't the intake it was D/A temp my better driving skills blah blah blah. But for my Truck at my Drag Strip with multi passes stock and just the K&N , I went faster with then without.

That being said, what Durango are you trying to put an intake on? RT , SRT?

 

[ablackonline]

Ok,
this is a topic of great debate. I'll give you my experience with. my 17 R/T and intake systems. The stock intake I could not get out of the 14 second pass at the track. When I installed a K&N CAI system , I dropped into the 13's and stayed there ever after. Most will say it wasn't the intake it was D/A temp my better driving skills blah blah blah. But for my Truck at my Drag Strip with multi passes stock and just the K&N , I went faster with then without.

That being said, what Durango are you trying to put an intake on? RT , SRT?

RT. Not a Tow n Go. First Mod. And have a Banks Pedal Monster on the way.

 

[MantisSRT]

RT. Not a Tow n Go. First Mod. And have a Banks Pedal Monster on the way.

The Pedal monster is a waste in my opinion, but maybe you'll like it. If not you can always sell it.
The issue with going with a CAI unit with he SRT hood is water. The Vent lives right above the intake and it will take water.
I would look into a Closed system like a AFE Momentuim GT Pro . It's closed but performs well.

 

[ablackonline]

The Pedal monster is a waste in my opinion, but maybe you'll like it. If not you can always sell it.
The issue with going with a CAI unit with he SRT hood is water. The Vent lives right above the intake and it will take water.
I would look into a Closed system like a AFE Momentuim GT Pro . It's closed but performs well.

I assume a closed system doesn't give the same flow. But those vents are actually there for a reason. I don't want to close it up. I've seen the AFE GT Pro used on the SRT hood for that reason. From what I see online, it also works well. I'm sure it's less expensive, too.

 

[MantisSRT]

I assume a closed system doesn't give the same flow. But those vents are actually there for a reason. I don't want to close it up. I've seen the AFE GT Pro used on the SRT hood for that reason. From what I see online, it also works well. I'm sure it's less expensive, too.

Closed systems can flow plenty of air for the engine. Most factory systems are closed and matched to the engines needs , for the most part. Some cars very little if not at all gains can be had on a stock engine with an intake system.
Beside the water getting into the filter , you don't want to be sucking in hot under hood air. It's usually way hotter than ambient air. What you want a CAI system to do is pull in air from outside and none from the engine bay and reject heat. The AFE system do all of that so the closed design is superior in that way. Just just don't SOUND as good as open filter designs which are good for the race track as most of the time, your engine bay is cooled off and not any hotter than outside are so most of the time an open filter will work.