ORIGINAL: 169stang

There are quite a few 05's out there that have the computers flashed. Some have said the dealerships looked into them modifying the computer and they couldn't find it. They'd have to waste a lot of time and dig deep to find computer changes. If you have a dealer that is giving you that hard of a time, find another one. My car has a couple mods done to it and it's in for a tranny TSB. The service manager knows every single thing that's done to my car and doesn't bust my chops. It depends on the dealership.

My recommendation: You'll be better off tuning the car regardless of the CAI. This will make the car safer with correct Air fuel ratio's. Aside from that, if you do any other mod in the future, you'll need a tune anyways. Some cars have leaned out by just removing the hydrocarbon trap. If you decided to go with underdrive pullies, you'll need a tune. If you change the tire size for some reason, you'll need a tune. Same goes with gears. I promise you, if you go with a tune, you'll open up your car to a new world and you won't be dissatisfied. The one thing I do recommend regarding tuning is to find a local tuner that is a dealer for either SCT or Diablo. Some have ordered over the internet, and everything is done this way from then on. If you have a local tuner, your open to face to face service, tuning and possibly dynoing the car. Everyone has their favorites and mine is the SCT/Steeda CAI.

ORIGINAL: RICVA05

Do you have first hand knowledge of this because I have a freind who lost a engine in his 05 at 1000 miles it had been reflashed the tune did not cause the engine to fail warranty covered the engine it is nothing like putting nitros to the engine the engine is designed to take what a tune can give it especially if it is dyno tuned.