TJay74

I have the 22" Magnaflow as well and even when the truck goes into V4 mode there is barely any perceptible drone at all, to be honest it is not annoying like some of the older AFm vehicles.

If you are going to cut it to get rid of the rear resonator then do it right before the valve, the valve is worthless and is only there to quell down idle to off idle noise.

the Vette use the Donaldson power core filter (honeycomb) and while it seems nice, sure does seem like it could rob some power over time.

I have the Airaid one on my 6.2, love it so far. Went with the dry filter this time around to try it out and so far it is running great.

There prob is not a fuse anymore, the BCM controls that function and with the advent of changes GM may have figured out how to get the BCM to control them fully now.

Alvin knows his stuff, he tuned my Trailblazer SS for me via the mail order tune back in the day. I may have to inquire about it again in the future as I have HP tuners myself. I would only be out the $100 for the license and his fee as well.

I don't know if that is going to be true on the 2014+ trucks Chris. Airaid showed some decent gains on the 5.3 and I can tell you from the seat of the pants that my 6.2 picked up some power as well. The truck was really choked down from the factory, plus the stock snorkel is in the fender and is rather small in open at maybe 3"x5" versus the multiple larger openings the Airaid is using.

Dealer can not reprogram for any other size than stock, heck they don't even program for stock. All of the stock tires have the same rolling circumference. Your only option will be aftermarket. Either invest in the hypertech tire calibrator and a custom tune (which could put your warranty at risk).

Didn't get it for cost, but it was a lot cheaper than the $389 that was just posted...lol

Yeah, Airaid told me they already had one customer that had put the setup on a 6.2, I was only the second customer they knew of. I got mine locally thru a friends shop, prob cheaper than anyone would be able to get one for.

No problem man, glad I was able to answer your questions. I was only the second guinea pig so I was a little worried when I put mine on.

I don't see why their 5.3 wont fit the 6.2, the Airaid one does. The throttle body opening and airbox along with everything else is the same for the 5.3 and the 6.2 engine. They may not know for sure it will fit.

normal temp for a stock truck.

Only "modification" was I had to use the stock throttle body clamp instead of the one from the kit. Other than that everything fit correctly.

I have the Airaid for the 5.3 on my 6.2 truck right now and like it. Power definitely picked up along with intake noise.

I wouldn't say that is a viable rear gear option then as the vast majority of owners will be V8 engines and only have the 3.08, 3.42, and 3.73 as options.

Ok, with as cheap as this is and simple I am interested in it now.

I can tell you now that my Magnaflow has broke in the truck sounds great now. I did the Magnaflow 5x11x22, deleted the backpressure valve and the rear resonator.

Prob because you are still spinning the transfer case which is another parasitic loss.

Actually the Vette is no where near a ram air setup, it is completely sealed off and the air filter sits right on top of the radiator. Only way to even remotely get a "ram air" eccect is to cut open the lower air damn which most wont do in case of running thru water. Coming from an engineering standpoint, lots of reason as to why GM wont put one on from the factory. NVH test, CARB/CAFE requirements, and every engine setup has to be tested and ran thru EPA testing process to get certified before the engine can be release for production. That all is factored into the cost of production. Why would GM or any other manufacture spend the money when the aftermarket can do it a lot cheaper? I have yet to ever see any advanced engine wear, I have owned several cars over the 100,000 mile range that had K&N style filters on them with no issues, dad has a 1996 Yukon that's had a K&N filter on it since new and has 500,000 miles on it. Combustion temps are well over 2000° degrees, I highly doubt any small specs of dirt cause any issues at all. I am with you, pretty sure I will know in the next week or so once mine comes in. Airaid doesn't have a MIT tube yet and for the hook up I am getting on the whole kit I will just use the kit instead.

Steve you obviously have been drinking the juice from what other people have said. I did back to back test on a dyno on the same day with the stock setup and a airaid setup on my Vette, 6 runs total and all runs showed the Airaid picked up 8rwhp on average. Cant see where that is hype and does nothing??? I have ran a K&N or some similar brand CAI setup for better part of 15 years and never once had an issue with a oiled or dry filter. Once again that is nothing more than old wives tale of them doing more harm than good as a way to knock down the aftermarket industry and push towards OEM stuff. If they were so bad why does GM now offer CAI kits for the Camaro's as well? To the OP I will be ordering the Airaid CAI kit this week for my truck, on the 5.3 model the trucks showed to pick up 25rwhp. Even if I pick up 10rwhp I will be happy with the extra performance.

The Rancho shocks will work, though the dampening will be a little soft since the shock will be riding more in the compressed part of the valving. Rancho is waiting on their OEM side to get them the specs so they can see if there is another shock that will work with a lowered truck.

I bet there is a vent, some of the newer style vents are just a piece of cloth over a hole to allow pressure to escape.

I may try the bump stops next, nice to know about the shock extenders.

Exactly, I have zero plans of running a bigger tire and don't want the extra clearance in the fender wells making it look like crap. I also don't want Bilstien shocks either, truck has the Rancho shocks on it and I have used Rancho in the past so I plan on staying with them if at all possible.