SVT-DADDY
World's heaviest S550
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Disclaimer:
I am picky and my mods tend to be geared towards addressing things I feel the OEM missed, or capturing low hanging fruit with little to no downside. My wife and I both drive the car so it needs keep a certain level of refinement. That being said I look for things with OE fit and finish or better. My days of brash loud high horsepower cars are over. I’ve also not used any other CAI except on an FI car so I can’t compare. Just a disclaimer as to why my review might be a little different than some others.
Pros-
Love the billet MAF housing
Big beefy air cleaner.
It seals well against the hood. IAT seems very stable.
Easy to install (except the hood seal). My wife actually did most of the work.
Can’t comment on power because I installed a Lund tune at the same time but the combo certainly produces!
Drivability from the combo as good or better than stock
Cons-
Although the billet PVC connections look nice in pictures I would prefer connections molded into the elbow. The grommet to nipple connection isn’t the tightest, and although unlikely could be a leak point. I may actually hit them with some RTV.
I don’t mind cutting the resonator off the cold air feed but a rubber plug would certainly seal better vs. the plastic one provided. The bigger issue is that the cold air tube doesn’t hold/seal well on the air box.It took 2 people to get the air box in the car without the cold air tube disconnecting.The cold air tube fits/seals on the stock box much better. Most of my quibbles are trivial but this set up is just hooky in my opinion. I’ll be RTVing it to the air box tomorrow!
Although I love that the air box seal is so beefy, it took my wife and I longer to attach the seal and cut it to length than the rest of the install combined. IMHO it should come on the box already.
Again some of the comments are admittedly trivial, and for all I know this could be the best quality CAI on the market. However I don’t feel it exactly lives up to its reputation of being OEM type quality/fit. Can't say that I am unhappy with it or will be removing it, but I am not completely giddy with it either.
7-14-17 edit. Started seeing some really high IAT temps. Regardless of what I've been told those high IAT temps make my car feel like a dog. I spent some time with a dremel and opened up the grill, problem solved. I would consider this a must for anyone adding an open intake.
Overall I'll say that I am very happy with the intake. Sound it great and the great is snappy as hell!
I am picky and my mods tend to be geared towards addressing things I feel the OEM missed, or capturing low hanging fruit with little to no downside. My wife and I both drive the car so it needs keep a certain level of refinement. That being said I look for things with OE fit and finish or better. My days of brash loud high horsepower cars are over. I’ve also not used any other CAI except on an FI car so I can’t compare. Just a disclaimer as to why my review might be a little different than some others.
Pros-
Love the billet MAF housing
Big beefy air cleaner.
It seals well against the hood. IAT seems very stable.
Easy to install (except the hood seal). My wife actually did most of the work.
Can’t comment on power because I installed a Lund tune at the same time but the combo certainly produces!
Drivability from the combo as good or better than stock
Cons-
Although the billet PVC connections look nice in pictures I would prefer connections molded into the elbow. The grommet to nipple connection isn’t the tightest, and although unlikely could be a leak point. I may actually hit them with some RTV.
I don’t mind cutting the resonator off the cold air feed but a rubber plug would certainly seal better vs. the plastic one provided. The bigger issue is that the cold air tube doesn’t hold/seal well on the air box.It took 2 people to get the air box in the car without the cold air tube disconnecting.The cold air tube fits/seals on the stock box much better. Most of my quibbles are trivial but this set up is just hooky in my opinion. I’ll be RTVing it to the air box tomorrow!
Although I love that the air box seal is so beefy, it took my wife and I longer to attach the seal and cut it to length than the rest of the install combined. IMHO it should come on the box already.
Again some of the comments are admittedly trivial, and for all I know this could be the best quality CAI on the market. However I don’t feel it exactly lives up to its reputation of being OEM type quality/fit. Can't say that I am unhappy with it or will be removing it, but I am not completely giddy with it either.
7-14-17 edit. Started seeing some really high IAT temps. Regardless of what I've been told those high IAT temps make my car feel like a dog. I spent some time with a dremel and opened up the grill, problem solved. I would consider this a must for anyone adding an open intake.
Overall I'll say that I am very happy with the intake. Sound it great and the great is snappy as hell!
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