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Itching for more power

Old 03-01-2015, 11:12 AM
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My opinion is save the money on the CAI. It's not really any gain in itself. The factory CAI and a good tune is worth pretty much the same, without the $350 tab for the CAI. Now you are down to under $400 for a canned or email tune and I guarantee you'll like the results of that.

I picked up ~27 hp at the crank (dragstrip dyno) from the mildest 91 octane tune out there and that was enough for 11 sec 1/4 mile on a good tire.

If you go blower down the road, the N/A CAI isn't going to help you, likely anyway, as you'll get another one with the blower anyway if you buy a kit.
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Old 03-06-2015, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by P51C
My opinion is save the money on the CAI. It's not really any gain in itself. The factory CAI and a good tune is worth pretty much the same, without the $350 tab for the CAI. Now you are down to under $400 for a canned or email tune and I guarantee you'll like the results of that.
Agree with that, been messing with tunes and CAIs for a while. Typically a good tune with a stock airbox and maybe a drop in filter will do 99.9% of what a CAI and tune will do (especially on a 2014). Actually I have seen cars on the dyno do BETTER with a stock airbox.
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