KKM Filter Question

[Bmwz389]

So I've been looking at getting a KKM Intake kit, but I have a few questions before i buy it. Now I may be a body man, but I have no idea on most things on an engine beside basics and stuff like that.

I have searched alot but I'm not finding the answers I'm trying to find.

I have a 1992 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0 2wd

I was wondering exactly what is included in the kit (since most people have them for a 1st generation Explorer), because from what I've heard I could build my own, and its practically the same thing without the KKM name.

I havn't seen any true CAI kits for the 1st Gen's anywhere because I'd rather have done that.

Also I wanted to know since it will be drawing from inside the engine bay, will it be sucking high heat air or will it still be cool? I read a thread about how a guy was tuning and saw that an open element intake sucked in alot of hot air.

Please tell me yall have answers lol. I really need to do something about my broken air box, before i really pull in dirty air...

 

[techboj]

for more info on the KKM try this link:

http://www.kustomz.com/054094.html

As far as air temp is concerned

Any open element air cleaner will pull in hot/warm air. Thats why some kits have a shield. The better ones use a new / different housing that contains the new filter element. Some models have a dedicated box (like volant).

Please do a quick search. There are a lot of threads here that discuss the pros and cons of the kkm as well as other brands and models of intakes (even offroad snorkels !)

 

[Bmwz389]

k thanks, I must have been searchin for the wrong things, thanks for the air temp response though! It's what I figured was going to hapopen but just wanted to verify

 

[flyguy]

I have no idea if this makes a difference, but I left the lower half of my airbox in on my '94 when I put my KKM in... with the logic the tube would push cooler air to the KKM while im in motion. Im guessing in reality, there is so much air moving around it doesnt matter though.... and I would still be pulling in hot air at a stop....

 

[Bmwz389]

That would seem to make sense, but unless you are sucking air from literally the outside of the car, you'd be getting warmer air lol.