Non-Tune Intake Question

[Cueball]

I have the Airaid and MBRP street exhaust. No tune. Do I care if it does not get all the power it could? No. But I also don't throw any codes and have had 0 issues. Oh - and I get a couple extra MPG. And it sounds friggin' awesome.

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[Free Agent]

I was thinking about getting just the Airaid intake tube and using the existing stock box with my drop-in K&N, No tune required. It's half the cost and I think that's the most restrictive piece to gain a few horses.
What do you guys think?

Exactly what I did. No tune yet, but soon though.

 

[BOSS5L]

 

[Blue_Eyes_Lover]

Who makes that CAI and does it come powered coated like that?

But the new one is so pretty:

 

[Supa LA]

Is dat der one of dem real cold airs?

 

[BOSS5L]

MMR. Not powder coated, just regular paint. A tune is required but their site says otherwise. Installation instructions would've been helpful but I guess real men don't need no stinking installation instructions.

 

[JonnyS]

I'm running the steeda intake. You do not need a tune with the insert in. It did feel like it picked up 5-8hp but the car also developed a low rpm stumble when accelerating out of a corner or off the line at wot. I suspected it was the increase in tube size. I bought their tune for the insert in (1.99 60ft [email protected]) had one clean pass and slight stumble every other pass. So i tried their tune without the insert in and made the problem %100 worse (2.04 60ft [email protected]) crapping out every pass off the line. Waiting on a brenspeed tune without insert to see if it goes away. Also tried SCT tune which had no affect. I have an auto w/3.55 I think the sticks get away with the lower air velocity? Might go back to the stock air box or the k&n (3inch tube all the way)

 

[David@Steeda]

I'm running the steeda intake. You do not need a tune with the insert in. It did feel like it picked up 5-8hp but the car also developed a low rpm stumble when accelerating out of a corner or off the line at wot. I suspected it was the increase in tube size. I bought their tune for the insert in (1.99 60ft [email protected]) had one clean pass and slight stumble every other pass. So i tried their tune without the insert in and made the problem %100 worse (2.04 60ft [email protected]) crapping out every pass off the line. Waiting on a brenspeed tune without insert to see if it goes away. Also tried SCT tune which had no affect. I have an auto w/3.55 I think the sticks get away with the lower air velocity? Might go back to the stock air box or the k&n (3inch tube all the way)

Hey just out of curiosity did you have traction control on?

 

[JonnyS]

Yes traction control was held 5sec for fully off. 4th gear Jon force burnouts before each run. We need someone with an auto and a jlt to chime in and tell us how great it runs at low rpm. If so what tune they are running.

 

[RedRain2015]

I feel like the low end sucks on my GT, feels like a V6 until it gets the RPMs up. Only mod I have is the Ford Racing catback. Hoping a tuner improves the torque at low RPM.


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[JonnyS]

The tune will help a little. Steeda has a good stock air box tune. Brenspeeds is more aggressive but slightly choppy with the throttle. If you went 3inch cat back sell it and do 2.5inch with an H pipe. Also stick with the stock air box and drop in k&n filter for max low end.

 

[RaceRedGT]

The tune will help a little. Steeda has a good stock air box tune. Brenspeeds is more aggressive but slightly choppy with the throttle. If you went 3inch cat back sell it and do 2.5inch with an H pipe. Also stick with the stock air box and drop in k&n filter for max low end.

Interesting, so far I just have the Airaid MIT with the stock airbox and SCT preloaded 93 octane tune.
I can tell a difference from stock and it pulls hard thru the powerband. I was going to try an AFE filter after I run this a while. Don't like K&N.
No stumbles, but I have no idea what I'm making.
The only exhaust mod is a x-pipe res delete.

 

[JonnyS]

Why don't you like k&n? The problem I've been having is with the larger air tubes. They slow down the air flow threw the MAF and cause a slight delay(stumble) at low rpm. Especially when its hot or at altitude when the air is thin. I've had the steeda cai die at an idle @95 outside. I figured it was the aluminium soaking heat and making the low signal issue even worse. This is why jlt 110mm has such a problem. Its been in the 90s here and I previously could not burn out in 1st gear with the steeda cai. Now with the k&n it will start to spin at low rpm but by the top of 1st its roasting the tires.

 

[Laztug]

I ran a Steeda CAI with the insert with no issues.

 

[JonnyS]

Have you ran it in the quarter mile under a load? Mine crapped out every pass off the line. Do you have a manual?

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