Airaid or MMR Cold air intake

[stevec]

Guys, well those that know about this sort of thing.

So, I am looking at cold air intakes.

Now please remember that cosmetics are more important to me than performance upgrades. I consider the performance of my car to be awesome anyway so my mods are in this order of importantness (new word)

1. Looks
2. Sound
3. Handling
4. Performance

I want to slowly start making my car look nice under the bonnet and get rid of the mass of Black Plastic surrounding the engine.

So with that in mind, is there any reason I shouldn't go with one of these?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/airaid-synthaflow-cai-x4tuner-2015gt.html

http://www.modularmotorsportsracing.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=79

Which one is best? (not looks wise, I can decide that)

What is the tuning thingy that comes with the Airaid (is it something I want/need)

Do both or either need a tune to work properly.

[MENTION=13598]Gibbo205[/MENTION] , despite our lack of agreement on tyres, your thoughts are more than welcome on this!!

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[Manders Mustang]

I might throw a spanner in your works, have you considered a K&N cold air intake (Aircharger?)
http://www.americanmuscle.com/kn-series-63-cai-2015gt.html


For my Ecoboost a lot of owners have recommended to me from the US side the K&N is better than most other brands, but that might just be a 'Samsung vs HTC' style pitch for intakes...

I'm in no way mechanically knowledged to be able to advice you on which is best, just giving you another option... I'll leave the engineering stuff to those that know and wont pretend to waste your time... Gibbo, Dave (GT1010) - any of the two of you reading this, or any of our other UK-Engineers/mechs, give us a hand

 

[stevec]

Nah, ugly.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
And dont suggest the Roush one either....ugly!

 

[Jimboy2]

I would imagine the air raid is the better one for performance as its a sealed unit. So no hot air can get in. Looks the best too. I'm sure you can but it without the tuner as I would imagine you don't want to tune it

 

[Manders Mustang]

Boo you with your little pretty parts haha!

Are you planning to get some body coloured engine covers or something? Fairly cheap mod that'll make your engine abit more aesthetically pleasing.

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[SteveS]

From someone that's risk averse ((C) my financial advisor) I would be wary of compromising my warranty. I also do not have much of a mechanical bent (my medium is wood) tho I'm sure the more able forumites will touch on this.

I'm thinking of some coil covers though to add some colour ;)

 

[stevec]

I have checked with Ford and they confirmed fitting parts like this is unlikely to affect warranty claims unless they can prove the part FAILED and caused a problem on another part.

 

[SteveS]

I have checked with Ford and they confirmed fitting parts like this is unlikely to affect warranty claims unless they can prove the part FAILED and caused a problem on another part.

...and now i'm interested ;)

 

[stevec]

Boo you with your little pretty parts haha!

Are you planning to get some body coloured engine covers or something? Fairly cheap mod that'll make your engine abit more aesthetically pleasing.

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Yep, or I may get them done by the guy that parted my external parts.
Am also thinking of replacing items such as the header tank with aluminium ones and the same with fuse box cover and stuff.

Plenty of parts available but its just a case of chosing the right parts and doing the right bits so it doesnt look cheap and tacky.

 

[djone101]

We've fitted both the Roush one and an Airaid one (this week in fact)
The Roush one is a better quality product. The fittings for the breather hoses didn't fit as well on the Airaid one. I'm not a fan of the window styling on the Airaid either - I can't see it staying clean very long.

Customer with the Airaid one reports better throttle response. There was no significant noise change. Particularly since we've changed exhausts on both cars too.

You don't want the tune - they won't work on Euro/UK cars.

 

[John577]

The next mod on mine is this brand new Corsa Performance Cold Air Intake to match my Corsa Extrem exhaust

http://www.cjponyparts.com/corsa-cold-air-intake-kit-gt-2015-2016/p/CAK180/

 

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[avocet]

Keep the stock box, fit aem dry filter and this airaid modular tube, not sure about gains but after a few weeks now it sounds louder
Don't forget Ford sticker over airaid badge lol!

 

[Gibbo205]

Air raid is best design as is still a true cold air intake and you can pick the cone filter colour, think they have red, blue and yellow.

If sound is priority then fit a Roush CAI?

They do little to nothing for power unless you get a tune, so it is all about looks and sound.

 

[McDoodle]

We've fitted both the Roush one and an Airaid one (this week in fact)
The Roush one is a better quality product. The fittings for the breather hoses didn't fit as well on the Airaid one. I'm not a fan of the window styling on the Airaid either - I can't see it staying clean very long.

Customer with the Airaid one reports better throttle response. There was no significant noise change. Particularly since we've changed exhausts on both cars too.

You don't want the tune - they won't work on Euro/UK cars.

Hi Dave. Something I've noticed on some of the CAI's is that they disconnect the intake resonator pipe and require a grommet in the bulkhead - something I'm sure some people would be keen to avoid doing. Do you happen to have any insight into which systems keep the pipe and which remove it? Sometimes it's not awfully clear from the CJ's/AM or whoever's website descriptions.

I'm just sticking with a drop-in K&N at the moment, I believe Ford Performance are going to release a cold air system shortly are they not? Can't remember where I heard that - Gibbo, did you hear something about that when you were on your rolling road session? Cheers ....

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