Cold Air intake Q's waiting for A's

[Kronos]

Hey fellas,

Been out of the loop for a while (good to be back by the way)
and i was just wondering if the K&N FIPK is worth the money or if there is something better out there I know there are a lot of opinions out there but I would like to here some testimonials too if possible.

Thanks
-Dave

 

[Roos85]

What year is your car? I for the BBK one, its does everything the K&N does and makes it look a little batter as well.

 

[Winters98GT]

remove the silencer and leave the stock filter, or go with a kn if you want, and call it a day. No need for a cold air kit, they really dont do anything.

 

[deftsound]

cold air kit = waste of money

get yourself a drop in k&n thats all you need

 

[scupking]

+1 it's a waste of money, but I have one. My stock intake was all crappy looking so that’s the reason I bought one.

 

[blackink00]

jlt makes the best piece for ours and i think its worth the money. it is a quality piece.

 

[Roos85]

Well mine looks nice, sounds good and I beleive it helps the slightest bit. I bought one, easy mod.

 

[Jbauer]

I think KN and JLT are the only intakes that are worth a damn. The BBK kit is chrome, and it gets hot, the diameter is smaller too, while the JL is huge, and the K&N flares at the ends. Theres is a dyno somewhere on mustang forums.com that showed a consistant 4 HP loss with the BBK. and everything else out there is either chrome, low quality or too expensive.

I like my intake because it sounds cool, and looks good...i may of gained like 1 HP, but w/e. I'm sure it'll benefit the 75mm throttle body once i save up the money

Pollen owns

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[deftsound]

If you do get one stick with the JLT, from what I have heard it's the only one worth a damn...

I used to have the demolet tunable induction one and take it from me it was a piece of ****

 

[bakos24]

CAI are pretty much for looks. You will gain maybe 5hp, nothing noticeable.
The only reason I have one is
1. looks
2. the "swooosh" sound when you turn the car off

 

[Mustangog2003]

JLT. Nothin else. It begins to be more worth it when you put more mods on the car.

 

[Winters98GT]

no it doesnt

 

[Roos85]

Well its got to do something, I am tired of everyone saying they do nothing they do nothing. They obviously do something if they made a business out of it and there still selling them.

 

[Black_02_GT]

remove the silencer and leave the stock filter, or go with a kn if you want, and call it a day. No need for a cold air kit, they really dont do anything.

+1 to the air silencer removal and k&n drop in. If a CAI adds 5 hp, and this adds like 2 or 3 who is ever gonna notice the difference? save yourself the money.

 

[Winters98GT]

Well its got to do something, I am tired of everyone saying they do nothing they do nothing. They obviously do something if they made a business out of it and there still selling them.

great reasoning you have there.

 

[Black_02_GT]

or maybe they stay in business because ricers think they get 50 extra ponies so they all run out and buy one

 

[darkside03gt]

I think it really depends on what your plans are for the car. If you plan on staying N/A get one from jlt. If you plan on boosting in the near future just get a k&n drop in it will pay for itself quick depending on how much you change your filter. Before i bought my aem brute force I changed my air filter every other oil change because of the dusty enviroment i was driving in every day.

After doing some data logging today I wunder what the IAT is with the stock intake compaired to any of the aftermarket CAIs? My IAT was around 135 today and it was over 90 today. anyone know?

 

[EPIK]

JLT makes the best CAI on the market. So what if they only add 5hp. Its not like adding a catback adds anymore than 5 hp too. With that being said, I run a C&L kit because it looks nice under the hood & it gave me more power, but if I was to do it again I would go with the JLT because C&L's make the car run lean unless you get a dynotune & the JLT's make more power.

 

[Jbauer]

things add up..you make 5HP from the KN typhoon..you make 5 from the catback...youmake 6 and throttle response from the intake plenum and throttle body..

 

[Roos85]

Right, every little bit counts.