Steeda CAI Review and Install Notes:

[MyMilkshake...]

They look great!

Can you buy the kit without the conical filter?

How does the velocity stack hold up with heat soak?

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[Poppacapp]

They look great!

Can you buy the kit without the conical filter?

How does the velocity stack hold up with heat soak?

The stack I would assume dissipates heat pretty quickly being it is aluminum. I haven't noticed any issue while driving. Heat creeps up while stopped just like the stock airbox does. I was sitting in a parking lot the other day doing some stuff on my phone... probably 10mins of sitting, and IAT was at 148degrees... started moving and cooled down pretty quick.

 

[Khyber]

to be honest, steeda wasn't even on my radar because I wanted a painted jlt so bad if I did an intake...but after the pricing on the intake + tuner + tune on the pre bf deal, I started my research on it and all the good user reviews and it was worth a shot to try it out. Once you get it and see the builder quality, especially of the velocity stack it's awesome!

I'm going to paint the black tube though whenever I get around to painting the coils and engine cover though.

If you're on the fence and reading this thread, you should really consider the intake over the competition.

 

[BBB]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.

Question

Have any of you had issue with fitment in the area circled below? I feel like the plastic piece isn't perfectly lined up with the aluminum tube the MAF sits in... It's hard to explain but it comes in at an angle.

 

[Stang Racer]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.

Question

Have any of you had issue with fitment in the area circled below? I feel like the plastic piece isn't perfectly lined up with the aluminum tube the MAF sits in... It's hard to explain but it comes in at an angle.

This is a pic from inside the best I could get it to line up:shrug:

 

[mustang_guy]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.

Question

Have any of you had issue with fitment in the area circled below? I feel like the plastic piece isn't perfectly lined up with the aluminum tube the MAF sits in... It's hard to explain but it comes in at an angle.

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Yours looks a bit more tweaked then others that have installed. Maybe try with the boot at the tb and try adjusting there then try the the stack to the tube boot again.

 

[Stang Racer]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.
This may help on the air duct to bumper
Post #536 & #539

 

[stoli]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.

Question

Have any of you had issue with fitment in the area circled below? I feel like the plastic piece isn't perfectly lined up with the aluminum tube the MAF sits in... It's hard to explain but it comes in at an angle.

That's why you have a silicone coupler; it doesn't have to line up perfectly (and doesn't).

 

[Evolvd]

Installed it yesterday... putting the box had me frustrated because I couldn't get the rubber piece in the bumper to line up.

Question

Have any of you had issue with fitment in the area circled below? I feel like the plastic piece isn't perfectly lined up with the aluminum tube the MAF sits in... It's hard to explain but it comes in at an angle.

I had the same issue

 

[Poppacapp]

**** My observations are in no way a slight or jab at Steeda. Their intake is a work of art, and in my opinion is the best looking option available for our cars. This is only MY observations, with MY car... you results may vary*****


So, I went back to the 1/8th mile track today with my stock intake in tow.

DA was 1600ft. 71 degrees

Steeda no-tune setup was already installed on the car, so I gave the car a good 40mins to cool down from the drive to the track. Ran the car. similar mph results as last week. 1.977 60ft, 8.36 ET @ 86.207mph. IAT in the 90s before staging

Swapped the intakes while letting the car cool down again. I did not choose to do a KAM reset/idle relearn because I felt putting the car in learning mode at the track might skew the results. If anything, a reset would have helped the stock intake even more. Reran the car, IAT similar in the 90s, although I had a little more idle time in the staging lanes on this run.
1.997 60ft, 8.418 ET @ 86.229mph.

Observations/Notes:

1) I removed air filters from both intakes during the runs to eliminate filter flow differences, and leave it to the intakes alone. I have made my stock intake runs with no filter in the past.

2) I gained zero power from the No-tune intake based on MPH today(which IMO is better than a dyno). 20rwhp would have shown if it were there.

3) The IAT seems to hover a little higher at the track in the staging lanes because the aluminum velocity stack holds more heat than the plastic OEM intake. I noticed this immediately after going to staging lanes with stock intake back on.

4) I feel like the Steeda intake would be pretty nice and beneficial with a tune to utilize it. In my opinion, Ford has their intake dialed in for the stock tune.

I would welcome some independent before/after dyno pulls with the No-Tune setup, although I don't see how much more accurate it can get doing back to back similar IAT runs at the same DA/day at the track.

As for now, I will leave the stock intake on the car, and retry the Steeda/OEM intake comparison with tunes for each at the track once I am ready to go with a tune.

My previous best ET/MPH with stock intake is 8.05 @ 89.6mph

 

[Renner]

Plastidipped mine black before install.

Steeda did a great job on this intake.

 

[Khyber]

looks good. i'm planning on doing my intake tube, coils, and engine cover CO(well vht or duplicolor chevy orange) at some point. I keep procrastinating

 

[Sasuketr]

**** My observations are in no way a slight or jab at Steeda. Their intake is a work of art, and in my opinion is the best looking option available for our cars. This is only MY observations, with MY car... you results may vary*****


So, I went back to the 1/8th mile track today with my stock intake in tow.

DA was 1600ft. 71 degrees

Steeda no-tune setup was already installed on the car, so I gave the car a good 40mins to cool down from the drive to the track. Ran the car. similar mph results as last week. 1.977 60ft, 8.36 ET @ 86.207mph. IAT in the 90s before staging

Swapped the intakes while letting the car cool down again. I did not choose to do a KAM reset/idle relearn because I felt putting the car in learning mode at the track might skew the results. If anything, a reset would have helped the stock intake even more. Reran the car, IAT similar in the 90s, although I had a little more idle time in the staging lanes on this run.
1.997 60ft, 8.418 ET @ 86.229mph.

Observations/Notes:

1) I removed air filters from both intakes during the runs to eliminate filter flow differences, and leave it to the intakes alone. I have made my stock intake runs with no filter in the past.

2) I gained zero power from the No-tune intake based on MPH today(which IMO is better than a dyno). 20rwhp would have shown if it were there.

3) The IAT seems to hover a little higher at the track in the staging lanes because the aluminum velocity stack holds more heat than the plastic OEM intake. I noticed this immediately after going to staging lanes with stock intake back on.

4) I feel like the Steeda intake would be pretty nice and beneficial with a tune to utilize it. In my opinion, Ford has their intake dialed in for the stock tune.

I would welcome some independent before/after dyno pulls with the No-Tune setup, although I don't see how much more accurate it can get doing back to back similar IAT runs at the same DA/day at the track.

As for now, I will leave the stock intake on the car, and retry the Steeda/OEM intake comparison with tunes for each at the track once I am ready to go with a tune.

My previous best ET/MPH with stock intake is 8.05 @ 89.6mph

Question for you! Since you are doing 1/8 mile drags, why did you choose a 3.15 gear ratio auto instead of a 3.55! I am assuming you are finishing on 3rd gear, but what rpm?

Steeda's test car was a 3.73 gear equipped gtpp, so my guess is that the auto's may not see the same results! The test also did a comparison with other intakes as well!

Honestly though, stock intake putting more mph in a 1/8 mile is interesting! You might be loosing some bottom end power and maybe the gearing won't allow you to use the top end! Have you tried 1/4 mile as well?

 

[stoli]

3) The IAT seems to hover a little higher at the track in the staging lanes because the aluminum velocity stack holds more heat than the plastic OEM intake. I noticed this immediately after going to staging lanes with stock intake back on.

It's just the nature of open element filters. I had the same thing with the JLT. The Steeda seems to be a little better at idle and recovers quicker though.

4) I feel like the Steeda intake would be pretty nice and beneficial with a tune to utilize it. In my opinion, Ford has their intake dialed in for the stock tune.

I would welcome some independent before/after dyno pulls with the No-Tune setup, although I don't see how much more accurate it can get doing back to back similar IAT runs at the same DA/day at the track.

As for now, I will leave the stock intake on the car, and retry the Steeda/OEM intake comparison with tunes for each at the track once I am ready to go with a tune.

As soon as my car is back on the road and I break in the new clutch, I'll be back at the track and I'll give all three a try with the Lund tunes; Stock, JLT, Steeda. If I can get my AirAid back in usable form, I'll test it as well.

My previous best ET/MPH with stock intake is 8.05 @ 89.6mph

I don't know if it's my best 1/8th, but as part of my best 1/4 it was 7.74 @ 88.0 w/JLT

At the end of the day, I'm not expecting much difference between them. I'm just pleased with what I feel is better low end smoothness than I had with the JLT.

 

[Poppacapp]

Question for you! Since you are doing 1/8 mile drags, why did you choose a 3.15 gear ratio auto instead of a 3.55! I am assuming you are finishing on 3rd gear, but what rpm?

Steeda's test car was a 3.73 gear equipped gtpp, so my guess is that the auto's may not see the same results! The test also did a comparison with other intakes as well!

Honestly though, stock intake putting more mph in a 1/8 mile is interesting! You might be loosing some bottom end power and maybe the gearing won't allow you to use the top end! Have you tried 1/4 mile as well?

I chose 3.15 gear because I have plans to go with a turbo setup, and 3.15 is the perfect gear for that route. As far as auto vs manual, power is power, and I didnt gain any. I have run at the 1/4 mile, and my best time is 12.46@ 109. That was the same run that I got my 8.05 1/8th mile run on. Also ran multiple 12.6s

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