**3rd GEN** The one Intake thread to rule them all.

How are these intake so far? Can you hear the turbos spool more than the drop in TRD K&N filter?

 

They were on preorder...haven't received them yet.

 

Really eyeing those SXTH , but worried about life of the motor with an intake change or compromising the extended warranty I got with the truck.

 

Inconsequential.

As long as you keep the filters clean, and change the oil, it wont matter.

 

Took about 2.5 months to receive the S&B kit and another 2-3 weeks until I had time to install. Overall I am not impressed with the fitment of the passenger side.

The bracket exterior of the box with the grommet to set it in place misses the prong(?) by probably 1.5” so it was either set the box on 2 of 3 or set it on 1 of 3. There is a lot of space between the exterior of the prongs and interior of the grommets.

The bracket to secure the intake tube doesn’t attach to a damn thing. Once it is secure to to the tube, it just kind of floats and I have no way to lock it down. It’s holding on with thoughts and prayers until I hear something from S&B.

 

Is this common for everyone else that has s&b? Or do most have good fitments?

 

That's a first for me. My kit fit fine all around

 

Driver side box and tube lined up and installed well, its just the passenger side that has the issues.

 

Just a tight fit for an excellent product

 

same. The driver side bracket that comes off the intake tube to mount to the engine though….. whoever designed that bracket can go to hell.

 

Def a pita but it fit just fine.

 

So what about the bracket that mounts to nothing? Did you guys not run into that same issue?

 

theres a bracket that goes to the valve cover...is that the one youre talking about?

 

No idea. I don't have the kit yet. Just trying to understand what @LowcountryDave is referring to and if others have had his same experience.

 

the bracket probably wasn’t installed correctly and or the tube not rotated all the way to line it up. It definitely could have benefited from a longer bolt for ease of install but it’s likely an alignment problem if he’s saying it bolted to nothing.

 

Exactly....if the box wasnt aligned right at the 3 studs, then it's likely that the bracket at the VC was off as well since the intake tube goes into the box, or like you said...its not rotated correctly.

 

Bracket was installed as directed by S&B instructions. I probably won't have much time to get back under the hood until the weekend, I'll just be checking periodically throughout the week to make sure everything is still secure on the passenger side.