2005-2014 Mustangs Discussions on the latest S197 model Mustangs from Ford.

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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Derf00
Why waste the money on a CAI if you're not going to tune it? The gains on the S197 for a no-tune CAI are minimal and questionable in terms of reliability since you are still leaning out your A/F ratio.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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well i was going to tune my c&l with my livewire i thought u just edit the airbox and it would work fine but it didn't and now i think my livewire is messing up to.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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i would get a tuner, check the classifieds you should find one on there
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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Either buy yourself a tuner/proper tune for your C&L or just go back to the stock airbox. Intake without tune= complete waste of money. You could buy a dashboard hula girl for 5 bucks and it would give you the same performance gains as that AFE intake with no tune.
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