cold air intake on 94 5.0

manuele94gt · Nov 21, 2010

hey i was just wondering if the cold air intake actually made a difference. i have heard many diffrent things but not sure if its worth the money. does it increase the power or throttle response?
thanks

longlive289s · Nov 21, 2010

still a bit new to sn95's but ive heard it does help....but you wont notice it in either power or throttle response. these cars love new gear, heads, and cams

got5.0 · Nov 21, 2010

find a $45 one on ebay... if not, don't bother... do gears if anything

ttocs · Nov 21, 2010

it helps more down the the road when you have added other things but you are not going to slap it on and then notice your a half second faster. As he said get a cheap one. I actually just got a spektre filter from autozon to upgrade my $40 cheapy. The filter itself was bigger and also had the end open to allow more air, it was big enough that I have to put it on in the fender as it will not fit through the whole. It was only $25 and like I said it was bigger then my old one so I can't help but think it can move more air...

G_94_T · Nov 22, 2010

I saw a test one of the mustang mags done awhile back...(dont remember which one)...put a CAI on a stock car and gained absolutely nothing...NADA...they left the CAI on and added heads,cam,and intake and then took the CAI off and replaced with the factory airbox and filter..... lost 10rwhp......so on stock cars...not worth the money......modified....yes

SN95.ohh · Nov 22, 2010

G_94_T said:
I saw a test one of the mustang mags done awhile back...(dont remember which one)...put a CAI on a stock car and gained absolutely nothing...NADA...they left the CAI on and added heads,cam,and intake and then took the CAI off and replaced with the factory airbox and filter..... lost 10rwhp......so on stock cars...not worth the money......modified....yes

Well I dont have dyno numbers but I can talk from experience on the street that a CAI on my stock car at the time made a difference. I raced my buddy as a benchmark a few times and I saw a difference in my car. Nothing crazy but I wouldnt call it a waste of money.