I believe I had that same exact pipe on one of my older cars. It fit better than the mac i had and was polished aluminum. I gained 6 hp on the dyno with it too. IMO the same if not better than the competition. As stated above, just upgrade the filter.
My roommate bought me one like that...sorta. it was from EBAY and it was only lke $50 after shipping. It wasn't exacly for my year though, I'm guessing, because there was an extra opening for some type of hose that I didn't have/need. Oh yeah, and it works just fine.
Are CAI that much better than a regular intake kit? I noticed that the JLT is $50 difference between the 2 new. CAI sounds it would work better, but I'm not familiar with these as the only thing I've ever modded was my F150 8 years ago and there weren't any CAI's for it at the time.
It will become hotter than the stock CAI. This is dyno proven. Metal CAI's are not worth it. You haven't mentioned that you are looking for any gains, but that's good because there won't be any. The only thing you could expect is a loss in performance, however it will be at a minimum.
Frankly it's just to be shiny in the engine bay. Do you want to pay for that?
It will become hotter than the stock CAI. This is dyno proven. Metal CAI's are not worth it. You haven't mentioned that you are looking for any gains, but that's good because there won't be any. The only thing you could expect is a loss in performance, however it will be at a minimum.
Frankly it's just to be shiny in the engine bay. Do you want to pay for that?
how can you say that there will be a loss in performance? I had my car dyno-ed before and after i installed my bbk cold air intake and i gained 7 horsepower at 4300. If anything... more air equals more power. Thats usually how it works
how can you say that there will be a loss in performance? I had my car dyno-ed before and after i installed my bbk cold air intake and i gained 7 horsepower at 4300. If anything... more air equals more power. Thats usually how it works
You are suggesting that your BBK intake flows more air than the stock intake. It doesn't. The stock intake can handle the stock required CFM with no problem. Any reputable tuner, almost every company, and many individual dyno runs can tell you that the only gains (JLT is exluded in this, they consistently seem to provide some small gains ) are from the filter OR your MAF getting "tricked" by the change in airflow (usually some turbulence) to run your engine lean which, over time, is a bad thing. The MAC Straight Shot was notorious for this.
But it's hard to argue about this so I'm just going to say, take it or leave it. Btw, 7 hp is optimistic even for lying about a CAI on a Mustang, I know a lot of people would like to see that dyno chart.