Air Intakes ?
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Thanks Volzfan, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one, sort of, lol. By the way, been to Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol many times, used to deal with General Shale Brick Co., beautiful area.
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Def. worth the extra effort to install. I went from one of the cone intakes to the VR and it is a lot better 
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Sorry to burst your HP bubbles but you are NOT going to get 10-15 hp out of a CAI and Catback!
Show me the before and after Dyno #s.
Now maybe if you replace an old dirty stock setup and do a tune you see those #s but not with ANY CAI are you going to get more the a couple of RWHP and all ANY catback is gonna get you is sound.
BTW. I run a VARARAM and I am very happy with it.
Show me the before and after Dyno #s.
Now maybe if you replace an old dirty stock setup and do a tune you see those #s but not with ANY CAI are you going to get more the a couple of RWHP and all ANY catback is gonna get you is sound.
BTW. I run a VARARAM and I am very happy with it.
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Just changing an air filter by itself will do very little for hp so go with a filter you like , a particular one if you are going to add headers , cam, etc later and perhaps forced induction. Otherwise if mostly stock go with one you like how it looks when the hood is open IMO
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SOP you're not gonna feel it. The sound is different so it's all perception
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Btw, my tune alone netted me about 3 tenths, so I won't even go there.
Do you ever go to the track or the dyno?
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If this is true
You had a really bad tune to start with or you have just set a worlds record for HP gain with a CAI/Catback/Tune.I find that the are many other factors that contribute to better times at the track. The 1st being different track conditions and the 2nd and most important is more driver seat time.
Lots of time guys credit their mods for the better times when actually they are just becoming better drivers.
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Ok, so now you say you picked up .5 with a CAI, Catback and tune? .5 = 50 rwhp
If this is trueYou had a really bad tune to start with or you have just set a worlds record for HP gain with a CAI/Catback/Tune.
I find that the are many other factors that contribute to better times at the track. The 1st being different track conditions and the 2nd and most important is more driver seat time.
Lots of time guys credit their mods for the better times when actually they are just becoming better drivers.
If this is true
You had a really bad tune to start with or you have just set a worlds record for HP gain with a CAI/Catback/Tune.I find that the are many other factors that contribute to better times at the track. The 1st being different track conditions and the 2nd and most important is more driver seat time.
Lots of time guys credit their mods for the better times when actually they are just becoming better drivers.
argue with VetteWeb....
32RWHP from bassani tru-x catback, a hypertech(which probably cost them some hp) and a K&N FIPK
Dyno proven....
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http://www.vetteweb.com/tech/vemp_08...ons/index.html
argue with VetteWeb....
32RWHP from bassani tru-x catback, a hypertech(which probably cost them some hp) and a K&N FIPK
Dyno proven....
argue with VetteWeb....
32RWHP from bassani tru-x catback, a hypertech(which probably cost them some hp) and a K&N FIPK
Dyno proven....
If the filter was as installed by the owner prior to the baseline Dyno then it proves that he got no gain from the K&N CAI or perhaps was actually loosing power. (Maybe over oiled)
Stock depending an year is right at 295-305.
So getting to 321 with the mods and tune got about 20 which is great and pretty realistic but still nowhere close to 50 as some claim.
The X-pipe is part of the gain. Most don't include the X in catback gain discussions although it should definitely be considered in the equation.
I appreciate we can only rely on what we read as " indepenant and unbiased" However I'm alway suspect of claims made by the manufacturer in a magazine they run advertising in. Sometimes they neglect to tell you they changed plugs, wires etc.
Quite often the before run is done at much higher engine temps etc.
There have been cases that tuners pulled a plug wire or left a rag blocking the intake for the before run
That said. The very 1st thing I did when I bought my Vette was Corsa Catback with X and CAI (After removing the BSMs)
My 2004 A4 Dynoed at 308 rwhp with the CAI/Cat/X no tune.
Done a couple of mods since then.
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If this is trueYou had a really bad tune to start with or you have just set a worlds record for HP gain with a CAI/Catback/Tune.
You had a really bad tune to start with or you have just set a worlds record for HP gain with a CAI/Catback/Tune.
My tune was stock and no I haven't set any records. Others have done the same. Check the drag racing section. 
I find that the are many other factors that contribute to better times at the track. The 1st being different track conditions and the 2nd and most important is more driver seat time.
Lots of time guys credit their mods for the better times when actually they are just becoming better drivers.
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Have a airbridge that has been repainted from my original Halltech system but then added the Breathless Performance cold air ram system filter and box just recently. Since I show, it has really been dressed up. I did not see any HP gain but my Borla's sure growled more getting rid of the stock intake.
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I bought the car with it on so I have no idea if I gained any power. But I can definitely hear that thing. It's loud.
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I have a 99 coupe with the stock air box and the clips refuse to stay down in place. I tried everything short of drilling a screw into them. Finally got so frustrated I took the whole intake system apart and still could not figure out why they keep popping up. In any event, this exercise was good practice for when I replace the cai with a blackwing. I wound up taking the clips off completely in the meantime. I'm hoping to pickup some maginal gains in hp and mileage with the blackwing but after reading these posts, can I also expect the blackwing to make my magnaflows growl a little more?
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