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After seeing the poll about who likes K/N I thought I would see what everyone is running and what they like. I plan on getting one for my 6.0 was looking at Volant but don't know. Where is the place to buy one as for cheapest price and selection? Thanks for all the help.

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After seeing the poll about who likes K/N I thought I would see what everyone is running and what they like. I plan on getting one for my 6.0 was looking at Volant but don't know. Where is the place to buy one as for cheapest price and selection? Thanks for all the help.

I have a 2006 1500 HD with the 6.0 and I installed a volant cai and it is a pretty nice set up. I purchased mine from auto parts warehouse I think it was around $300. One pain was that it was shipped with a 5 inch filter instead of the required 6 inch for the 6.0 kit. There customer service was o.k. and sent me right over to the volant people who sent me out the correct filter which I had in about a week. I'll be honest i really did not notice a difference with the cai over the stock setup.

C & A s Dad Senior Enthusiast

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I would suggest you look at GM's perf CAI system. I have a True Flow unit and it is very high quality and the fit is great. However, if the GM piece had been avail at the time I bought, I would have likely gone with it.

 

Remember, your factory air box is a true cold air unit. You can retain it if you want and just replace the tube. That is what TF's unit does. It comes with the tube, boots and a TF filter that goes into the OE box. I think they have started making another unit that replaces the box but I have not actually seen it.

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I'm running a Volant on my 6.2L. It's the same unit for the 6.0. I like it and the setup was pretty easy. Shortly after I got my truck, I got a DiabloSports Predator Tuner. I had run "just it" for a while and was going to take the next step of doing the CAI, to see how much of a difference there was. Some things happened and I ended-up doing the CAI and a dual-exhaust setup within a few days of one another. So, I didn't really get to see what adding "just" the duals or "just" the CAI would've done. The truck seems to run a lot better with all three, though. :cheers:

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After seeing the poll about who likes K/N I thought I would see what everyone is running and what they like. I plan on getting one for my 6.0 was looking at Volant but don't know. Where is the place to buy one as for cheapest price and selection? Thanks for all the help.

 

 

RealTrucks.com great place to start

ws6_guy Senior Enthusiast

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I was going to get aan entire AEM Brute Force intake kit, but hearing how the stock box is real good I might just get the AirAid intake tube and keep the stock box.

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