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Bought the Reese Straight Line with Dual Cam sway control, but did not install the Dual Cams right away. Took a number of short trips with just the WD hitch and 1,200 lb. trunnion bars. The truck is long wheelbase so the trailer pulled fairly well, but definitely felt more movement than I was comfortable with. Finally installed the Dual Cams - what a difference! Pulled the trailer on a windy day at higher speeds than I was comfortable with before. Almost no sensation of movement in the steering wheel. No sudden surprises. I can now see why a number of people have said that with the Dual Cams - it's almost like the trailer is not back there.
Also instaled a K&N air filter. My truck can finally breath. Greater throttle response plus smoother shifting from stops (both pulling and not pulling the trailer). K&N air filter plus Reese Dual Cam is a winning combination for my rig. Can't wait for our next trip.
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Did you do the install of the dual cam yourself? I'm getting everything ready for a trailer that I'll have soon and this is what I'm looking at now. Just trying to decide if I should go ahead any pay the dealer or do it myself.
also, jsut curious where you get teh figure of 157" WB for your supercrew. I have an '04 screw and if I'm reading the manual right I've got 138". That's a significant difference.
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Now that you put a K&N opn the front. Open the rear with a catback. Just doing one end won't help much. Opening both the intake, and the exhaust helps a bunch, ane well. It sounds better as well. But you don't have to make it loud.
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Just remember, more air in means more dirt in. I removed my K&N after a few thousand miles and found almost NO trapped dirt and in the same time frame my OEM filter would be showing a lot of trapped dirt. K&N hit the trash. Your engine, your call. Good luck / skip
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downtheroad
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I am also not a fan of K&N for trucks and towing. If the truck is not cutting it, think bigger truck. Big trade off...more air to improve performance means less filtration..dirt is not a good thing.
On the other hand, Dual Cam is excellent.
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I have been using a K&N filter for over 90,000 miles and no problem with my truck. It still does not use any oil and I am satisfied with it.
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downtheroad wrote:I am also not a fan of K&N for trucks and towing. If the truck is not cutting it, think bigger truck. Big trade off...more air to improve performance means less filtration..dirt is not a good thing.
On the other hand, Dual Cam is excellent.
Might want to look at data on K&N Box and Intake filtration systems vs. any other brand of air filter. There is no comparison as to which outperforms the other, K&N wins hands down. More air does not mean more dirt. More air = more performance.
Without installing a good cat-back system I would not install a K&N intake set up but their box filters are good as well. On the flip side if your going to install a cat-back, not upgrading the intake to something that breaths better than a stock box is really limiting any gains you may get with the exhaust. My Armada has much more power, especially in the hills, with a K&N intake and Borla cat-back. No comparison to the stock set up.
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downtheroad
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DavidP wrote:
Might want to look at data on K&N Box and Intake filtration systems vs. any other brand of air filter. There is no comparison as to which outperforms the other, K&N wins hands down. More air does not mean more dirt. More air = more performance.
Might want to consider that these tests were performed by K&N.
Independent tests do not concur.
Please tell me why Ford, Dodge, GM would not want to use these K&N filters or similar in house systems IF they could get "more performance" from their engines and still fully protect them in ALL conditions?
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downtheroad wrote:DavidP wrote:
Might want to look at data on K&N Box and Intake filtration systems vs. any other brand of air filter. There is no comparison as to which outperforms the other, K&N wins hands down. More air does not mean more dirt. More air = more performance.
Might want to consider that these tests were performed by K&N.
Independent tests do not concur.
Please tell me why Ford, Dodge, GM would not want to use these K&N filters or similar in house systems IF they could get "more performance" from their engines and still fully protect them in ALL conditions?
Quite simple really. Money. They are more expensive, so They will never be OEM parts. In this time of car companies using the cheapest material, and labor, avalable. You won't see them go from a $3.00 filter to a $30.00 filter.
You will notice though. The K&N filters do not void the Manufacturer's warranty. If they were so bad. They would
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downtheroad wrote:DavidP wrote:
Might want to look at data on K&N Box and Intake filtration systems vs. any other brand of air filter. There is no comparison as to which outperforms the other, K&N wins hands down. More air does not mean more dirt. More air = more performance.
Might want to consider that these tests were performed by K&N.
Independent tests do not concur.
Please tell me why Ford, Dodge, GM would not want to use these K&N filters or similar in house systems IF they could get "more performance" from their engines and still fully protect them in ALL conditions?
I guess it’s the same reason they don’t install on most of their vehicles, chips, superchargers, headers, stainless-cat backs ………the list goes on and on. There will always be innovation to improve on stock components. Look at ford racing and intakes found on some production cars from many MFG’s……guess whats under there?? K&N and Voliant systems to name a few. Borla is also found on many of stock performance exotics and muscle cars.
FYI: K&N tests that are found on their site are independent tests not in-house. Show me one test where a stock/paper filter outperforms a K&N. I’ll be waiting.
To each his own but I like the added HP I got from my exhaust and Intake. Big increase from my stock set up. I’m able to get about 25 more HP out of my engine bringing me to about 330HP with a couple easy changes. In the mountains when power is needed the increased torque is very noticeable. I guess I also like putting my foot into it once and a while and hearing the engine really breathe with a performance intake and exhaust. I also like wrenching so it’s enjoyable to work on it.
You asked why they don’t install performance intakes from the factory if they are so good. The main reason is they are much much louder than a stock box. The masses would not like this. They are found on some production vehicles.
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