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is there a good intake system i can buy for my truck? or is the best i can get a K&N?

tolley

Screw the intake just drop a K&N filter into your stock airbox...

jadcock

I personally say "do neither". You mentioned before that you didn't have a job so you were gonna do the lowering "ghetto" style and not buy the kit. In that light, I certainly wouldn't go buy an intake with money you should be using (in my humble opinion) to do the lowering properly.

The 4-cylinder engine (especially a Z24) isn't going to see much, if any, restriction from a paper air filter. A K&N filter won't filter as well as a paper filter will, and the paper filter is sufficient for your engine's power needs, so I'd leave it at that. If you had other performance mods, you might see a benefit from a higher performance filter (but you'd still get poorer filtering performance). If your engine is stock, just leave it as is and if the filter is dirty, go spend 5 bucks and replace it.

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i wasnt going to buy one now, just curious about whats available.

tolley

If you were considering cutting your springs, I would agree with jadcock on that one. Save the $150 you would spend on an intake and put that money towards a decent set of springs. No matter how good it may look with chopped springs, It's always going to ride like shit...

aaronford

Cheapest CAI I have found is about 250 bucks. Cutting springs? Did I miss something? Reducing preload on your torsion bars is a very effective way to drop. It does soften them a bit but the sway bar still controls roll and a heavier shock makes up for the softer spring. I have done it. It works.

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himilefrontier

Yeah, if you cut the springs on a Nissan pickup, you'll have no suspension! The use Torsion bars up front and leaf springs in back.

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tolley

Nevermind... that was just the first thing that came to my head when he said .

kennmonster

Sorry. I own a hardbody and they have torsion bars. No springs to chop.