Does anyone have a Turbo Air Guide?! I want to know if it's worth the time, effort, and cash.

 

we were testing products to increase our mpg. i removed the fins in the elbow to see if it helped, it made it worse, when i went back to the dealer to buy a new one i could not believe what they wanted for it. i bought the tag and tested it. the tag works better than the oem straightening vanes, at 65 mph towing it does it's best. i did notice in the testing done by tdr group that at very high cfm draw it starts to become restrictive. in summary for people that tow it is worth it for the 500+hp kids it is not. the psm, cool hose and tag gave the best but will take a long time to recoup the cost

 

i just noticed you are 2ond gen so just go with the tag, scrap the k&n and go back to oem and do not use k&n filter either. me and a hundred others have pix of heavy damage and engine failure from them

 

oh really, how much damage are we talking from the K&N?!

 

K&N's don't work too well on our trucks. I did the same thing when i bought my truck. Went right out and bought the K&N. Sold that put on the BHAF,

and now have the S&B intake.

 

My theory on the K&N Style filters is this: If you are driving freeway or in town all the time and not in the dirt, you will be fine. If you get in the dirt a lot I would be scared. Trueflow's website gives very graphic evidence of the lack of filtration performance utilized by the gauze type filters. It is scary.........and I am running a K&N!

 

a k&n filter isnt horrible. its the people that "recharge" them with the filter oil. they soak them (and i have before too) and put them on a turbocharged engine. the engine sucks the extra oil through the filter and it sticks to the turbo, which in turn, dirt sticks to the oil.this is the theory that i've heard, and the dirt is supposed to throw the turbine out of whack and take out the bearings.....

that being said, i run a bhaf. lol

 

im a rookie, now my question is what is a bhaf

 

BHAF is a Big Honkin' Air Filter. The top picture on scottsjeeprolet's post shows one.

A piece of 4" exhaust pipe 3 1/2" long and one of the filters below makes one:
Fleetguard AH19037
NAPA 2790
WIX 42790
Donaldson B105006
Baldwin PA2820
Hastings AF1012
AFE 20-40044
Carquest 87790
John Deere pmah19037
Big A 93790
Caterpillar 3i0005
Fleetrite ahr819037
Luber-finer laf2531
Fram ca6818
UNI 908

Larry

 

I used my TAG to reduce turbo whine with my BHAF. Chucked it when I returned to a stockbox w/AFE PG7 drop-in.