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Why do CAI's seem useless?

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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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Default Why do CAI's seem useless?

Seems like nowadays most of the CAI's that are on the market are useless except for the JLT cold air. What makes the JLT better than the other CAI's? Are the fender CAI's better than the ones? Has anyone ever dynoed a CAI?
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Hate to tell you but even the jlt is useless when the engine is in it's stock form. Save your money....I wish I had.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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there all useless
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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They aren't useless they give you .00000012794 horsepower
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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ORIGINAL: jpmustanggt

They aren't useless they give you .00000012794 horsepower
And a cool whistle sound....
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Default RE: Why do CAI's seem useless?

It's a tube with a filter at the end. What the hell do you want it to do? You can make one with like $20. You have to pay to play...nothing good is cheap. CAI is the cheapest mod, so it yields the least gains.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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Default RE: Why do CAI's seem useless?

just buy a K&N filter. it'll give you about the same gains as it 3x the cost counter parts.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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they look cool and have a filter that lasts forever and not just a paper one. I think that was worth the hundred bucks i paid for mine
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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If you go with a centri supercharger its going to be replaced anyways, I'll pass.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Default RE: Why do CAI's seem useless?

Just repleace the stock filter with a K&N High Flow and remove the silencer. If you want, you could even modify the airbox to open the filter up like some CAI's.



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