Upgrade airfilter help

[toobsluver]

I am looking to upgrade my airfilter. About a month or so ago I hit a dear with my Excursion on the front driverside. Well I did enough damage where I destroyed the battery tray/box on the driver side. While I am in there I was going to upgrade to either a Tymar or an AIS. Still deciding what to do. In my searching I did find this.... Riffraff Diesel: AFE Stage 2 Intake

It looks like it has the battery tray attached. I don't know of anyone besides the dealer that would sell the battery tray. The dealer sells the battery tray as part of the whole intake system! So I have to buy everything. If anyone has any recommendations or has a spare battery tray laying around please let me know.

 

[toobsluver]

Oh I forgot to add this one as well...

Riffraff Diesel: S&B Powerstroke Cold Air Intake Kit

 

[dpantazis]

toob:
you might be better off scrounging at a junkyard.
have you thought of the DIY intake?

 

[toobsluver]

No I haven't I heard about it but didn't really research it.

 

[NevrKnow]

Should be able to find a battery tray. Junkyard? If no one on here has one. The tymar filter you can get for around $40? shipped. Those other intakes look nice, but no one but me looks under my hood. I can use that $250 for those other intakes in better places.

 

[dpantazis]

TikiWiki : DIY Large conical style air filter

 

[toobsluver]

You make a good point NevrKnow. I just spent the last hour researching more, looking at all the other intakes available, getting more confused on what to do. If I can't find a junk yard with a battery tray then I might have to go the other route and actually get an intake setup with a battery tray because I know damn well that I won't spend $470 for a whole new intake system from the dealer just for the battery tray! Thanks for the link dpantazis.

 

[toobsluver]

Just looked at that wiki page... what do you do with the temperature sensor once taking it out of the original air box?

 

[NevrKnow]

Taped mine off to one side. However, you can drill a hole and put it in the end of the filter also.

 

[NevrKnow]

http://www.fordpartswebsite.com/seccat/excursion-1267/2000/battery-tray-30396/3/30396/

Tray $100. Filter $40ish......still cheaper.

Im on a mission. I may need a tray one day. Gotta be one cheaper tho.

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?searchType=global&N=0&Ntt=battery+tray&submit= Here's your deal. $23. You'll have $75 in it total.