Okay, so I've been less than thrilled with the intake that Banks offers. My main gripe is that the airbox sits too close the the battery, making servicing terminals a tough job for fear of grounding against it. Secondly, the filter only has about 115 in.2 of surface area, and is shaped and positioned in such a way that it get's filled with dirt in just a few thousand miles. I could clean my filter at nearly every oil change; it's just not big enough. I guess I'll have to build my own.

I was inspired by the AFE intake packages offered for the Dmax, so I'm adapting a similar system to my turbo 6.2L. So the plan is this:



Build a sheetmetal barrier where the passenger battery is now - ~$15 sheet from Lowe's


House a big AFE inverted top filter there - $65 on the internet (200 in.2! SA)


Move the battery back where the radiator overflow is on the fender using a newly fabbed battery tray - $10 tray from LMC + scrap metal lying around


Move the overflow bottle to under the filter housing - ~$10 for a new bottle since mine is old and cracked


3" or 4" tubing for all the intake stuff depending on space limitations - FREEBIE!!!

AFE:
http://www.oliverdiesel.com/images/afeintake/dmaxafe.jpg

Sectioned battery tray:
http://www.oliverdiesel.com/images/afeintake/sectionedbatterytray.jpg

Preliminary positioning - notice the precision leveling devices:
http://www.oliverdiesel.com/images/afeintake/prelimbatteryposition.JPG

do it to it!

Make sure you get some pictures of the final product, would love to see it!

I'm never one to take too few pictures. I think I'll wrap it up around the middle of next week or so.

Say, don't mean to hijack this thread, but is it possible to make any filter work with a 6.2l? Could I modify a dmax performance K&N-like intake filter to work with the 6.2?

Done! Here's a quick before and after. Time for sleep.

http://www.oliverdiesel.com/images/afeintake/before.jpg
http://www.oliverdiesel.com/images/afeintake/after.jpg

Beautiful! Marvelous!