Hey, I'm new to this site and I'm looking for opinions on the differences between the Ford Racing CAI ($564.99) and the C&L CAI ($644.99). It is a Tuner CAI combo, but the tuners are the same so its negligible.

<http://www.americanmuscle.com/ford-sct-0509v6-kit.html>
<http://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-sct-0509v6-kit.html>

Does anyone have any input or experiance with either of these? I want to save money but I don't want to cheat myself.

 

Either one will give you similar gains, but the quality of the tune is more important than what CAI you chose. AM/Bama or Brenspeed tunes...

 

+1 to that. A CAI that does not require a tune is not worth buying.

 

I'll say this,

I love my Brenspeed tune. When I ordered it, I got an email from Doug and he asked me one question:

Do you have the black/bullitt style or the stainless steel style?

Me thinks they asked for a reason and I haven't been disappointed by the tune yet.

 

Damn this topic has been coming up alot lately it seems.
To answer your question, I would definately go with the ford racing cai for fit and finish reasons. I had the c&l and didn't like it and for the money ($650) you could have the king ding a ling of intakes imo for another $20, brenspeed tuned!

http://www.brenspeed.com/3000extreme.html

Saleen Extreme/Ultimate air...its the tit's!!

 

Nuke has it right on the money. I learned the hard way. Waiting for the UPS man to deliver my new SCT tuner from AM/BAMA. They say Monday.

 

You should clarify it's the Buillitt FRPP intake you are looking at and not the Steeda based FRPP intake. They are completely different.

Anyway, I can tell you on the V8 the C&L intake with an AM/Bama tune makes about 7 rwhp more than the Buillitt FRPP and an AM/Bama tune. That's because the flow rate (CFM) on the FRPP unit is about ~150 CFM lower (850 CFM vs 1000 CFM or something like that)

On a V6 I'd imagine the HP difference is actually less (like half) if even completely nullified because the V6 doesn't require as much air.

AM did a bunch of dyno pulls on a stock 4.6L 3v with various intakes and their tunes and posted the numbers a few months ago. It's most likely in their forum if you dig for it.

I went with the Bullitt style FRPP intake and wouldn't think twice. It is a factory part and looks really nice under the hood.

 

ROFL I get mine monday too

 

ok thanks guys, i think im going to go with the Ford Racing CAI. but another question comes to mind. are the BAMA tunes good tunes? my buddy is telling me to go SCT or not at all but Bama offers free tunes for life. any suggestions?

 

SWEEEEETTTTTT!!!!