Submitted by: Nathan J Young

In an effort to get a little bit more knowledge out there about the diesel aftermarket we are going to do a quick comparison on the Airaid diesel intake kits and the Volant diesel intake kits that are on the market. There are so many different types of what seems to be the same thing out in the market that it’s easy to get confused and not be able to tell the difference between two items or if there are any differences at all.

Both the Volant intakes and the Airaid intakes are oiled filters. Most people refer to oiled filters as a K&N style filter. Talk about branding. Even if someone is looking for a different brand, they still call it by the name of the industry leader. Airaid and Volant intakes both have purple filters that look very similar to the K&N filters. Airaid filters are tuned to provide maximum power and fuel efficiency gains, and are made with a computer aided design. They also use airaid’s patented Synthaflow filter that is made of a synthetic nano fiber material that captures debris that other standard cotton gauze filters can’t stop. It is also constructed of a urethane body that you won’t ever have to worry about cracking, curling or shrinking due to heat, or weather.

The Volant intakes take a different approach to generating gains in power and fuel economy. Volant seals their intakes in a box that has more air volume than the factory units have. By doing this they eliminate the chance of any hot engine air from getting into the intake charge. The competing intake kits in the industry use heat shields that block the hot engine air but they do just that….block the heat. They don’t lock it out.

Cold air intakes for the diesel trucks in general are increasing the airflow into the engine which increases both power on horse power and torque as well as increase fuel economy and are able to do even more if used in conjunction with a chip, programmer, or module of some sort. Cold air intakes are a basic mod for pretty much any vehicle, but are especially popular on the diesel trucks as well as any other diesel in the industry that they are available for.

Increasing air to the engine is an important part of increasing power and fuel economy numbers. It is important to get colder air as well as colder air is denser and takes up less space, so more of it is able to get into the engine. There are many options out on the market that will achieve this, we have just talked about a select few number of the air intake options. Air intakes also work more efficiently if you change the fueling parameters with either a chip, module, or tuner of some sort. That way, the two items are able to work in conjunction together.

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