Get the Best Priced Dodge Ram 1500 Cold Air Intake

If you have a Dodge Ram pickup engine that burns either diesel or gasoline, you have an engine that mixes little burst of air with a small squirt of fluid to create a mist. These little pockets of mists are injected into a cylinder and ignited, causing a little explosion that turns a piston. This piston sends the energy and power of the explosion through the pickup's many systems of energy management, on down to the wheels, which creates a moving vehicle. If you can force in extra, cooler air into the mist, then you can more power from the little ignitions in the cylinder, and that is called turbine charging, such as can be enjoyed in a powerful Dodge Ram 1500 turbo. Turbo charging is an expensive option for a truck, however, and it tends to create a lot of wear and tear on a vehicle. There is a middle way between base power and turbo power, however, and that can be supplied by cold air intakes.

Looking for Power in the Open Air

At the start of the injection process, the air taken into the engine needs to be filtered to prevent dust and grit from finding its way into the delicate precision environments of an engine's interior. For the best misting effect, this filtered air should also be cool and dry, not hot or humid. Cold air intakes are designed to improve this process. These intakes are air filters attached to the ends of tubes, and these tubes are designed to reached the air outside of the engine, since the air surrounding the engine, capped off by the hood, tends to be much hotter than the air outside the chamber. Of course, every Dodge Ram in the market is equipped with an air filter and air intake system during assembly, but they are usually located in a part of the engine chamber that can get as hot as an oven. A good cold air intake package, like the Dodge Ram 1500 cold air intake Mopar unit, K&N package, or Volant kit, is designed to avoid the hot air surrounding the Ram's engine and bring in the cooler, and hopefully drier, air from the outside environment. Cold air intakes generally include a long, wide, and airtight plastic tube that snakes out of the intake opening of the engine, reaching the area of the pickup's engine cavity that offers the best access to exterior air. Some people even go to the expense of cutting holes in the fenders of their vehicles to allow the intake tubes to reach the outside air unimpeded by any material.

A Glitch in 2006

When you go shopping for a cold air intake system, you will find a lot of competition. There are over a dozen widely available models in the aftermarket arena, apart from the trio listed above. A careful study of Dodge Ram 1500 cold air intake reviews will help you make your choice. Be aware that in 2006, one model of cold air intake packages, offered by the Riverside, California, business K&N, was subjected to a wide recall (NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 06E024000).

A Wide Range of Prices for a Wide Range of Needs

When you shop for a good deal on cold air intakes, the year of your vehicle makes a lot of difference, as does engine make and the completeness of the replacement. For instance, on the websites of good parts suppliers like PartsGeek.com, we found several intake products for Dodge Rams that ranged in price from about $44 to $76. These were intake upgrades, meant to simply upgrade the intakes that came with the vehicle, and these are much cheaper than the complete replacements kits and packages that are also available, The type of engine in this pricing game can make a full kit hit the top price, with one intake kit for the cold air intake for Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 hemi going at $290. Any complete replacement for a Ram series pickup will be in the range of $150 to $365, with the newer makes and models drawing the higher prices.