Andy13186

Cai does improve both sound and looks , and I noticed a difference in power too when switching from stock intake with a tune, to steeda CAI + tune.

Overall, i think the tune is probably the the best mod of all mods ive done.

steve694

Not trying to start a cold air intake war, but if they didn't work - no one would sell them or buy them. Stating that the factory airbox is a CAI is not very accurate. It sits right next to the hot *** engine getting just as hot as an exposed cone filter. Yes, it has plumbing to bring in air through the bumper, but so does my JLT. Also, I would like to comment that my JLT CAI is now out of stock on American Muscle. So obviously people are not keen on the stock airbox.

Go on youtube or do a google search for any fast car. Everyone has an exposed CAI. When Roush buys the GT Mustang from Ford, they even put a CAI on it.

BlackShelbyGt500

for me personally i like having a bigger intake so that my car doesn't have to struggle getting air in. i agree that the tune is the one that gives the car the extra hp,

on top of that i can always reuse my CAi and they look good

DeepImpactPony

Go to a dedicated s197 Platform forum,do a search. s197forum.com, I will leave it at that. It's your money and your car, whatever makes you happy man.

WJBertrand

I dunno, maybe an aftermarket CAI can provide more flow? It cannot supply cooler air than the OEM airbox though. If I flip my instrument panel to gauge mode and select intake air temperature and then compare that to the outside air temperature on the radio, they are usually within a degree of one another (the intake air sometimes cooler sometimes warmer) if not reading exactly the same. Can't get any colder than ambient.

Of course if you're stuck in traffic, the intake air temp will begin to increase above ambient but it comes right down again once underway. I'm sure that any aftermarket CAI would behave the same way, maybe worse? Not sure but the OEM air box seems to have a pretty thick wall. The thought crossed my mind that it might be a double wall construction perhaps with an insulating air layer between?

steve694

Take a look at this S550 Bama tuned GT without a JLT intake and then with one.

+9 whp

NUFF said

http://www.americanmuscle.com/x4-cus...er-2015gt.html

cruisin5268d

A fool and his money are soon parted. Wise words to live by.

If you are going to buy a CAI, then you might as well get a throttle body spacer to go with it.

PNYXPRESS

Have any of you actually dynoed stock, with, and without back to back to back? Or are you just going by what a friend heard from a guy that read it on line.

Nuke

If the tune wasn't on order before you drove the car off the lot, it's too late.

DeepImpactPony

My car dyno'd 370 factory, and with 93 octane tune, 408. This subject of CAI on the coyote has been beaten to death, and has been proven on Forums dedicated to the coyote platform, and the s197 platform with coyote. There were also tests performed by 2 of the fastest N/A coyote cars. To compare HP, on track, I ran a best of 12.80 factory, and a best of 12.18 with tune, and suspension.
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87480