I would love to run a dual filter intake on my truck but i don’t wand to mess with speed density.

it it a 2005 RCSB gmc sierra im swapping in an l33. The stock mad sensor is pretty chunky and I’m I was wondering if I could cut one side of the dual intake and mount it there or if it just wouldn’t work out. Also looking for other interesting ideas as far as cold air intakes. I’m pretty tired of seeing the same old $50 eBay cai every high school kid buys.

 

What are you trying to do? That intake will perform worse in every possible way than a stock intake setup, and it is as much the opposite of a cold air intake as you can get.

 

just trying to do something that looks better than the stock setup. Any ideas are welcome.

 

Shaving and painting the stock intake manifold makes a world of difference. You can get cast aluminum valve covers that have mounting standoffs for the coils for under $100, get rid of the stock valve covers and coil brackets, and paint the stock coils. All of those mods look a lot better without hurting performance one bit. Cleaning and painting the stock air intake tube would also look better.

 

Pics of a couple LS swap air filters I've done. The truck has a 2002 LS6 swap. The Camaro has a 2012 6.2. Just hide the mass air sensor on the bottom of the intake tube.

 

But the OP has a stock airbox that is a REAL cold air intake, so what you have pictured would actually hurt performance by letting hot air in, and throw the tune off slightly by changing the location of the MAF. Paying to hurt performance and cause tune problems seems counterproductive.

 

Didn't see anything about stock air box from the OP.
The C10 LS6 ran really well. Cold days or warm days. Same for the 6.2 in my Camaro.
Just about any mods to a LS will benefit from a tune.

 

In theory, it should work, if you re-do the MAF scaling curve in the tune.

In practice, I dunno... Your MAF scaling would assume that 50% of the airflow comes in from each filter, but if one of them gets wet or dirty, that 50% assumption would no longer be valid, and your AFR would go rich or lean, depending on whether the metered side flows more or less than the unmetered side. Fuel trims might be sufficient to compensate, or they might not be. Seems more risk than reward.

If there's room to install the MAF in between the T and the intake manifold, then that should work. I'd be a tiny bit worried about turbulence throwing off the MAF readings but I suspect it would be fine.

 

This is how I ran mine 5 inch, had one like op and the air intake temps were consistently over 130 degrees, they run ambient temps now. Pulls from under the fender

 

"and I’m I was wondering if I could cut one side of the dual intake and mount it there or if it just wouldn’t work"
Won't work as the side opposite the MAF will be seen as unmetered air.

 

You could revise the MAF scaling to compensate for that, just like you revise the MAF scaling when you change the size of the tube that the MAF sensor is in.

But like I said earlier, if the ratio of air coming from the two filters ever changes, the MAF scaling will cease to be accurate.

 

Something as minor as a light breeze changing direction or the cooling fans coming on would completely destroy any attempt to tune a dual tube intake with a maf in one tube. I fully understand the reasoning behind your theory, but it can't work in real life.

 

Yep. We just won't know for sure until we find someone dumb crazy enough to try it.

 

Not that I'm in favor of the dual air filter but if you went to a speed density set up would it work? Just asking the question.

 

^^^^^ Yes.

 

I agree, it should be fine if you switch to SD.

 

There would be zero tuning problems with that style in SD. It would, however, still be a HOT air intake. If someone actually routed a dual filter style to an area with cold air it could be beneficial, and give you the choice of running smaller filters or less restriction if space permitted. I got the impression the OP was only concerned with bling, however.