The Great BIG CAI Thread

[therealdannye]

He was talking about the ram air kit, not the CAI. They are not the same

Sorry, replied to the wrong post. Fixed it.

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[therealdannye]

I saw walls of text and mostly conjecture about what really is the least important upgrade. Not trying to ruffle feathers but smooth them down (I read walls of text like that as anxiety).

 

[TripleYellowMellow959]

I'm trying to decide between a FFTEC or MAP CAI or maybe just putting a higher flow filter on the stock box. I've read through the posts and it seems like personal preference between the two. I did see a post for MAP saying that the aluminum tubes produced higher IATs but I am not sure if that took powder coatings into consideration or if it even matters.

 

[Juben]

Honestly, I'd just put a high-flow filter in the stock air box and call it a day. Unless you're already full bolt-ons, there's better mods for the money.

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[Keiferson22]

There's been much discussion/argument about the use of metal intake tubes verses plastic. Yes metal has more thermal mass and will thus absorb more heat and store/hold that energy but when plastic gets hot it takes longer to transfer heat to its surroundings via convective or conductive actions. It's probably a negligible difference.

One other consideration may be that with a metal tube that has been heat soaked the moment you go WOT the heat will be almost instantly transfered to the high velocity airflow running to the turbo. For those of you thinking "that hotter air going to your turbo is a performance hit", it's almost negligible if not entirely negligible due to the short duration and relatively low heat and will be dealt with by the intercooler.

 

[TripleYellowMellow959]

Honestly, I'd just put a high-flow filter in the stock air box and call it a day. Unless you're already full bolt-ons, there's better mods for the money.

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Do you know if you can run the Cobb stage 2 with just the high-flow filter instead of a CAI? The only mods I wanted were a FMIC, tune, and CAI (or high flow filter if the differences are negligible). I'll also probably slap a catch-can and new spark plugs eventually.

 

[Busser48]

Do you know if you can run the Cobb stage 2 with just the high-flow filter instead of a CAI?

Yes, that's what I'm running now. But you need the fmic for sure

 

[TripleYellowMellow959]

Yes, that's what I'm running now. But you need the fmic for sure

Awesome. I am not big on the CAIs, I just thought they might be needed for some reason.

 

[Busser48]

Awesome. I am not big on the CAIs, I just thought they might be needed for some reason.

Optimum running would be the cai, but I asked before to make sure. I have the air raid inlet tube

 

[TripleYellowMellow959]

Is anyone concerned with how the aftermarket filters actually filter contaminants?

 

[Guardstang]

I installed a CAI last fall and drove the car a few months before winter storage and I'm really thinking of going back to the stock air box with a K&N filter. I really like the induction sound but the whoosh sound of the POV is a little off to me. I got the CAI because I was planning on buying the Ford Performance Power Upgrade but it was promised so long ago and still hasn't shown up I don't think one is coming at all. People like the looks of the CAI but I'm really not sure of the whooshing sound and I've had all winter to think about it.

 

[DIBS550]

I installed the AIRAID CAI today. The install was pretty easy. I only burnt myself once and only smashed one finger a little. Pretty good for me. If I can install it, anyone can. I can hear both the turbo spool and blow off a little more, but nothing obnoxious. Just can definitely hear that it has a turbo now. The fit and finish are very good. Overall, I'm very happy with it.

 

[Turbong]

Okay so I see a lot of comments here claiming that an after market intake is practically useless for performance gains. So how would you explain these gains from MAP for example with no tune. Are these numbers manipulated? Someone please explain.

 

[6g Smoke Show]

Just received my MAPerformance CAI, I'll get it on this weekend, and put up pic's after.

 

[thabrownieviking]

So for those of us that have the annoying BOV sound at part throttle when cruising with an aftermarket intake is the solution, just a mechanical BOV or do you need the charge pipe + BOV?

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