Originally Posted by Unleashedbeast

I agree it looks more at home under the hood, and the aluminum will heat soak more than plastic, but C&L said two years ago that the racer intake didn't produce as much HP/TQ on stock to mild modded engines like the street intake does. They said you had to have heads, cams, TB, LT headers, upraded intake manifold, and aggressive tuning to make the racer intake shine. (and really not so much on the 4.6L 281 CI, they said 302 motors needed the racer)

With that information, and knowing I would install a Whipple 10 PSI HO kit before I did all that to my engine, I opted for the street intake.

Originally Posted by Nuke

I suggest driving the car aggressively with the stock tune immediately before you install the CAI & tune so you have a fresh "baseline" for comparison and then do the same after the install. Enjoy!

Originally Posted by baddog671

The HP/TQ differences are minimal

http://www.cnlperformance.com/images/C&L_Racer_Dyno.jpg