Cold air intakes

Michael Soldan · Oct 28, 2018

This is a stab in the dark but I read somewhere that cold air intakes really don't do much for a V6, the increase in horsepower that the CAI manufacturers claim is practically non existent. What is the consensus on this ? I was seriously going to order a CAI for my Mustang , now I'm not so sure

ttocs · Oct 28, 2018

your not going to notice it on most cars, v6 or v8 especially in stock form. Its also not going to hurt especially if you plan on more mods later.

evilcw311 · Oct 28, 2018

By itself it’s nothing more than a better looking cai than factory and gives you the sound of sucking in air.

Aside from that you won’t gain anything.

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SnakeBit! · Oct 29, 2018

seemed to get a little on my son's car (04) that came with a new maf. similar to this one.

https://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-cai-0104v6.html

4 cruzen · Oct 30, 2018

ttocs, is right! Unless you are considerring other mods there is no noticible increase. However, if you are looking at additional mods it is almost a must to allow for a cleaner airflow. In addition you will also need a re-tune to balance the addition air intake after said mods are completed. Good luck..

ttocs · Oct 30, 2018

4 cruzen said:
ttocs, is right! Unless you are considerring other mods there is no noticible increase. However, if you are looking at additional mods it is almost a must to allow for a cleaner airflow. In addition you will also need a re-tune to balance the addition air intake after said mods are completed. Good luck..

we are WAAAAAY to early for a tune now just because of an intake. I know the new cars require them and you might gain a little from it but IMO until you get deeper in the motor a tune is premature

SnakeBit! · Oct 30, 2018

planning on a tune in my son's car with the exhaust (o/r h and duals) and his cai next time he comes home. have a canned 93 tune in it now that woke it up.

07GtS197 · Oct 30, 2018

The only reason newer cars need a tune after a cai is because the new intake tube is larger and because they use slot style mafs the intake tube size dictates maf housing size. So its really to recalibrate for a larger maf.

Duffy · Nov 5, 2018

I put a CAI on my V6 only because I got one for less than the cost of an OEM air filter............I got more noticeable umph from shortening the throttle cable so as to get WOT when mashing the gas pedal.............

4 cruzen · Nov 6, 2018

I just posted about early cars in particular my first car a 1966 Ford Fairlane GT. In order to get better air flow we just flipped over the air cleaner top. This actually gave you more air flow and allowed you to increase the size of your fuel jets in your carbarator more gas+more air gave you more umph. No such thing as COI's back then had to make your own.