Stock airbox, is it worth anything?

CommyO said:

Probably another case of someone hearing it from another person and spreading on the forums like gospel

In for results, if there are any...

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Yup.... lot of people saying "info here" but...

PewterCam said:

Any Dyno proof or any actual numbers of the stock airbox being such a massive improvement? I've only read the people with the Seat of the Pants improvements along with the claims of IAT's that were vastly improved and no heat soak. I tried it myself going from FFTec CAI to stock a while back. I felt no difference at all, saw no difference in logs, and no difference in inlet air temps. The stock box even heat soaks when sitting in traffic just like the aftermarket unit.

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I think you nailed it on the head. The aftermarket CAI units don't show any improvement over stock, so other than noise, what is the point. And in standing traffic, no matter what you have will get you IAT's through the roof.

There is an Adam Tune+ thread on page 15 of this subgroup.

And Pewter, not aimed at you: what's with the people who start a post then sit back and expect others to do the legwork for them. " I won't believe it until you prove it to me".
Search function not working?

To be more precise, it is the stock air box with the Air Aid inlet tube which flows better.

You mean like this?

PewterCam said:

Any Dyno proof or any actual numbers of the stock airbox being such a massive improvement? I've only read the people with the Seat of the Pants improvements along with the claims of IAT's that were vastly improved and no heat soak. I tried it myself going from FFTec CAI to stock a while back. I felt no difference at all, saw no difference in logs, and no difference in inlet air temps. The stock box even heat soaks when sitting in traffic just like the aftermarket unit.

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i picked up 11-12 hp when i logged before and after using vd.

Chef jpd said:

You mean like this?

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Exactly! ^^

BTW, I'd be interested in picking up a stock intake tube if anyone wants to let it go cheap?

I have a Steeda CAI and I had my car dyno for another item I cannot talk about...yet. My horsepower (rear wheel) went from 256 to 279 and my torque went from 288 to 309. I could feel a difference in acceleration. Also you can hear the engine sucking in the air during hard acceleration. The dyno run has something on it that I cannot post yet but will post the graph once I get permission.

15BluStang said:

I have a Steeda CAI and I had my car dyno for another item I cannot talk about...yet. My horsepower (rear wheel) went from 256 to 279 and my torque went from 288 to 309. I could feel a difference in acceleration. Also you can hear the engine sucking in the air during hard acceleration. The dyno run has something on it that I cannot post yet but will post the graph once I get permission.

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Unfortunately, your mystery mod says nothing about the CAI.
You can't stack mods and draw a rational conclusion.

lol

Adam (and others) have done testing on it with proof. Adam did a live feed on Facebook where I and multiple others watched the results in real time. It's not secondhand BS info. The results and testing are out there if you're willing to search for it.

jtmat said:

Yup.... lot of people saying "info here" but...

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No just the usual newer cats wanting others to do the legwork.

When new things come out not everyone puts them in a bookmark folder marked 'in case someone new comes along and thinks its only a rumor unless they're spoonfed the proof.' Where's a wet nurse when you need one.

Come on bud... sometimes people have been on forums too long and forget that people will ask questions

What they hell are forums for these days? Every long timer just waiting for the opportunity to shout "use the search"

Chef jpd said:

Unfortunately, your mystery mod says nothing about the CAI.
You can't stack mods and draw a rational conclusion.

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Those numbers are based on stock setup. The mod was added after the dyno run to get the CAI only numbers.

JonD said:

Come on bud... sometimes people have been on forums too long and forget that people will ask questions

What they hell are forums for these days? Every long timer just waiting for the opportunity to shout "use the search"

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I disagree. Some topics have already been beatin to death. Not using the search button is just flat out lazy.

2015 Silver GT said:

I disagree. Some topics have already been beatin to death. Not using the search button is just flat out lazy.

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Ahhhh the first hand assumption that the search function nets the exact results people are looking for or that everyone knows exactly what to type for particular results... get over yourself

Then again being the internet I'm not sure why I decided to play captain obvious :frusty: