Tymar Intake install on a '99 Powerjoke

[mbryson]

I've had a TON of questions regarding a comment I made in another thread. I installed the Tymar Intake from Tymar Performance a couple of Saturdays ago. Pretty cool stuff. Dale at tymarperformance.com is the contact info I used. Pretty solid dude and I'm very happy with the product.

You could make one VERY easily. My truck (an early '99) had a super gayish battery tray/airbox that I needed to remove. I bought a kit from Tymar Performance. With a newer model battery tray, two filters, the bracket, an intake tube and a mandrel bent intermediate tube. It was like $225 or something. In my opinion, very reasonable considering all the stuff you have to chase down and make sure it works.

http://www.forgotton.net/diesel/tymar/index.html

Decent pics. I was seriously surprised how much of a difference it made.

I finished the install in about 30 minutes. It probably would have taken a good portion of a Saturday for me to make and I don't know if it would look as 'clean' or not. If you don't need the battery tray (newer PowerJokes), I think it's even cheaper.

I'd assume Tymar has stuff for Dodge and/or GM, but I don't know.

It made a HUGE difference on my truck. I don't know if I really needed it because of the exhaust and the chip and that made it that much more needed, or if the stock intake is THAT restrictive that it would make that much of a difference on a more stock truck. Well worth the coin, IMHO.

 

[Matt]

What was the difference it made, more power, lower egt's etc...?

 

[mbryson]

What was the difference it made, more power, lower egt's etc...?

yes


I towed our travel trailer to Logan about 4-5 weeks ago and noted that we went over the summit in Wellsville canyon at about 55-56 mph before adding the filter. This past weekend with the same trailer, I went about 62-63 mph over the same pass. (the climb out of Mantua to the Box Elder/Cache county line)

EGTs on the same pull were about 1180-1220ish before the filter and the highest I saw the EGT get was about 1140 on the second pull.

I'm hoping to get a little mileage hit, but will have to 'get my foot out of the throttle' before evaluating that with any kind of realism. (and it probably won't be real realistic because of the coming 'winter' fuel and colder weather?)

 

[Matt]

Yeah it's fun to have the extra power available at your right foot, but i've noticed i get better mileage with the Edge box turned down to 1!

 

[mbryson]

Just an update since I just got back from Price and towed Spanish Fork canyon with the same load I towed before the intake. Kind of an 'apples to apples' comparison with no real data. Just my butt dynomometer.

I'm guessing (educated of course--I didn't write down the old values) it decreased EGT's by about 40-60. I used to hit close to 1300 sometimes on that last pull (esp. towards the top) above the rest area and at the grade where the Thistle slide was. The highest the EGT got was about 1220 or so.

I think I gained about 5-6 mph over the stock air filter system. Maybe more because I topped at about 67-69ish and still had a little throttle? Before I was bumping along just over 60-62ish and wishing for a little more pulling power.

I don't think the 'cold air' has anything to do with the improvements (it goes through a 1200* turbo and into an intercooler--I don't think there's much you can do to change that on the 'in' side of the process). The filter is just SIGNIFICANTLY larger and can suck more air easier.

Maybe a 1-1.5 mpg increase while towing? (I'm going with an educated guess off the digital liar rather than hard data--I didn't do odometer settings) I'll pay that purchase off in about 600 more gallons of towed fuel. Performance is probably worth something there. There was a pretty decent increase.

 

[Greg]

It sounded real good when I rode in the truck last week, for a Ford... . I'd say it was well worth it, if anything for safety with the increased speed & reduced EGT's.

Our Dodge CTD with aftermarket intake & exhaust seems to run much stronger than a stock truck would, and that's w/o any chip or injectors. Hearing the turbo whine is fun too.

 

[I Lean]

Shortly after reading this stuff originally, I decided to try to cheap my way into a BHAF setup. For my 2000 F-350, all it took was a Napa #6637 (it's a Duralite 546637) filter, a short (2-3") section of 4" exhaust tube, and one hose clamp to clamp the filter onto the tube. The other end of the exhaust tube goes into the stock flexible tube and is clamped with the stock clamp. I removed the upper and lower halves of the airbox, zip-tied the air temp sensor to the brake booster, and just kinda jammed the filter in what remained of the airbox/battery box. I didn't remove the whole assembly, nor did I mess with the battery hold-downs at all. The filter is pretty much wedged front to back, and when the hood closes it looks like it's sorta clamped between that and the fenderwell, too.

I noticed a difference--the turbo spools up faster, and max power may have gone up a bit as well. No vacuum gauge for the filter anymore, but mine didn't work anyway.

 

[mbryson]

Shortly after reading this stuff originally, I decided to try to cheap my way into a BHAF setup. For my 2000 F-350, all it took was a Napa #6637 (it's a Duralite 546637) filter, a short (2-3") section of 4" exhaust tube, and one hose clamp to clamp the filter onto the tube. The other end of the exhaust tube goes into the stock flexible tube and is clamped with the stock clamp. I removed the upper and lower halves of the airbox, zip-tied the air temp sensor to the brake booster, and just kinda jammed the filter in what remained of the airbox/battery box. I didn't remove the whole assembly, nor did I mess with the battery hold-downs at all. The filter is pretty much wedged front to back, and when the hood closes it looks like it's sorta clamped between that and the fenderwell, too.

I noticed a difference--the turbo spools up faster, and max power may have gone up a bit as well. No vacuum gauge for the filter anymore, but mine didn't work anyway.

NICE! That's what I was gonna do but my intake wasn't 4". It was slightly smaller. Thus the Tymar. So you're into your setup for about $70 or so? (that filter isn't the cheapest thing)

 

[Meat_]

No vacuum gauge for the filter anymore, but mine didn't work anyway.

You could pick up a new filter minder and put it in the exhaust tube.

 

[I Lean]

NICE! That's what I was gonna do but my intake wasn't 4". It was slightly smaller. Thus the Tymar. So you're into your setup for about $70 or so? (that filter isn't the cheapest thing)

I think the filter was about $40, and the hose clamp and 4" tube was laying around. I've heard stories of people finding these filters for $20-ish, but I couldn't find those.

You could pick up a new filter minder and put it in the exhaust tube.

I could, but I don't really care much. I can just look at the filter since it's out in the open now.

 

[MR.CJ-7]

I had a DIY version on my stroker. I used a 45* ABS sewer pipe coupler and clamped that in the open element filter and just used the stock air hose to the turbo. I was going to get around to doing the exhaust tubing for my intake, but never got to it.

For the cheap filters, check out fleetfilter.com

napa 46637 part#

I paid about $27 or so IIRC. It's not a true Tymar, but it will work.

After looking at your picture Ilean, mine was identical. the fleetfilter will work for yours. Too bad this wasn't here a couple weeks ago, I just sold 3 of my "cheap" filters to a guy in NY. Made him a smokin deal since I didn't need them anymore.