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[Darksteel165]

It's for emissions, not sure how that works, but from what I understand they are carbon filled, designed to suck up hydrocarbons that enter your intake when shut off. On other vehicles, like Lexus, they are replaceable, on the RAM they are not.

But before you cut the plastic rivets to remove it, probably a good idea to remove the whole box section first, cut the filter out. This way you ensure no foreign material makes it to the engine.

I was able to push the plastic rivets out without cutting it

That's a good question. Piggy-backing on that, has anyone who removed theirs observed any staining on the air filter? I know I didn't on my last Ram. Which now makes me wonder - If Ram thinks that carbon filter is necessary on a regular Ram, why didn't they craft one for the GT's Ram-Air?

The Ram Air intake is a high airflow intake. You can't expect it filter as strong as the regular intake.

Also not sure how you could expect to get "staining on the air filter"
It's literally filtering outside air...

I noticed an increase in mpg removing mine, or my truck just happened to break in at the exact moment I removed it.

 

[IndianaRam]

I removed mine. Just used a large soldering gun to melt the plastic rivets and it came right now.

 

[HemiDude]

GT us a lower volume trim level that doesn't hurt the emissions ratings for entire line up

Sounds reasonable

 

[bigdodge]

If you still have the stock air filter housing just remove the cover and flip it upside down. It's plastic welded/riveted to the underside of the cover. You can pop it out with a small screwdriver

thanks
took mine out