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747 messages, Last post on Oct 23, 2009 at 10:23 PM
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| What is the value of a K&N or KKM air box induction kit? A few folks on this forum have recommended this upgrade, and other than "sounding better" no performance improvements have been mentioned. Can someone enlighten me? | |
| When I owned my B3000, I had a KKM True Rev Induction Kit on it. I can't say that I saw any increase in MPG. But, I did notice a better throttle response when pressing the gas pedal. It seemed to help the 3.0L engine breath better. I also noticed a bit of a boost when the engine hit it's power band at about 3200 rpm. Personally, I liked it. It is a mild upgrade that you can notice... | |
| This is something that has surfaced only recently because of the change in weather. Seems that the heater on my '97 B2300 wants to work when IT WANTS TO work. If I leave the selector knob on "heater" setting and the temp control knob in the red area at night and turn on the truck in the morning, then maybe the heater will warm the cab. Not always though and not from the "Off" position. I've popped open the dash panel to look at the connections etc. and visually all looks okay. Any ideas on what it might be? I'm relunctant to go to the Mazda dealer because walking in is an $80 computer check. The radiator and water pump were replaced a little over a month ago. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks | |
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Where has everybody been. It has been quiet in here lately. Has anyone seen '01 Dual Sports or 4x4s on the lots yet. Anyone test drove the new 4.0L V6, just tryin to keep the convo going 
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Be prepared to use more expensive gas; can't get something for nothing. http://www.superchips.com/ranger2.htm zig |
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| 98 B4000 owner who was missing oil with no signs of leeks or burning. Well it turned out we had a leaky front engine seal, which was replaced at the end of July. Oil leak solved or so we thought. We went on another long road tour in October and started noting low oil levels again. Again, no sign of any leaks. Any ideas? | |
| With the chip you will have to use super unleaded. Another quick mod is a K&N air charger kit. Its a kit that easily replaces your present intake system and allows more air flow into your engine. Another good one is a flowmaster muffler that opens up your exhaust system. Ignition is another mod. Good luck.. | |
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where can I get info on the K&N air charger kit? do any of these things create long term harm to the engine? |
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| No harm at all to the engine. Actually K$N will has a lifetime warranty on the filter cartrige. You have to clean them with a special cleaner about every 20-30K depending on your driving conditions. Just type in K&N on your web browser and they will pop up. K&N has been around a long, long time and is a top notch company. | |
| Hope you don't have one of those bad 1998 4.0 engines. I had one - rebuilt without success, in my opinion, by the dealer at 17,000 miles. It didn't burn much oil yet - just sounded very bad -a noise I had never heard before in many hundreds of thousands of miles driving Ford trucks. And, sure enough, I could here the noise again after the "total" rebuild from a dealer I trusted. I traded the truck for a very nice F-150 with 5.4 and so far, no problems at all and working on 25,000 miles. Like I say - hope you don't have one of these engines. I think it was a short production run - my truck was built in February, 1998. There are some bad 4.0 engines out there. | |
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