marsheng

Thank you so much for posting the many detailed pictures of this performance part! I see now what the Engineer was referring to about working on air box volume and radius of the assembly as there has been some real thought put into this part concerning critical radius to improve airflow.LT1 engines may well show increased throttle response with this part. The dog sled teams are slow here in Canada and my part was ordered over 3 weeks ago but should soon be here for me to play.

Southeast Beast

glad to help,probably produces the same or less hp.
But it does look better,$400 xtra better,that's subjective & I'm a huge fan of the Jake logo.

Pacembellum

Wonder what the gains from filter only will be. If its the same size just buy that new filter for the stock housing!

Easy Money

Thanks for the link nice future reference ... went there and they are now out of stock until May 18th Good thing you got your's fast. I have one coming too but at a bit higher price.

BrunoTheMellow

I guess you got it for looks as physically you can tell it's a complete waste of money. In no way can that thing pull more air or colder air than the stock airbox with the eforce charge piping. I highly doubt the small change in shape of the back of the airbox would make a difference. It's all in the filter.

JerryU

Nice pics, thanks. Thought it had to have a dealer installed computer upgrade? Also dealer install but obviously with add-on blower you're not concerned with warranty.

BlueDevilZ51

No dealer computer tune required. I did see something about dealer install for warrenty, not sure about that.

Mikec7z

Has anyone asked a dealership if an "optional" tune is indeed available?

JerryU

Hmm, the air box is different, like some other systems to hold a larger filter! Larger filter less restrictive, higher flow. GM claims 25% higher flow that stock.

There are other ways to get more flow that may be part of the system, like filter construction that does not have the same restriction as the OEM. Yep that lets in somewhat more dust but it's a tradeoff.

BlueDevilZ51

It's larger in ever dimension then the factory box and 30% less restrictive then the original air box. The E force charge pipe is also much less restrictive then the original. GM posted the hp gains. Do you have any data proving it doesn't make any power, if so please post. After all is said and done factory or any aftermarket/Oem CAI is going onto an 87mm TB on the LT1/LT4 or 95mm on the LT5.

peter pan

Nice touch

BrunoTheMellow

Is the airbox 30% less restrictive or the filter? (likely the filter). Sure, there is some restriction on the sharp turns at the back of the air box but not enough to make a difference. Pipe is the same size as stock at the neck. I agree about the e-force charge pipe due to lack of baffling for noise, etc.

The stock airbox with a replacement filter can easily flow into the 700+ rwhp. Hell the zr1 uses the same airbox as the base c7 and it makes nearly that much rwhp.

If it was a full intake I'd be all for it on a supercharged car. Since it's only an airbox and a filter, I think its about $450 too expensive. Sadly, there hasn't been any dynos proving it works. Not even by GM.

Southeast Beast

He had all he needed to make horsepower but sold it to me.
But on the other side of the coin,this box does look awesome & if looks are important,which to many it is,then it's worth it.
I have had so many Good looking intakes,currently have one on my new 5.0 f150(jlt),but it also works with my rksport ram air hood & is more than just cosmetic & another one in a box for an ecoboost f150 i had that got totalled at 1700 miles.
I had an s&b intake on 2 of my powerstrokes that look alot like this one minus the jake,so I have made this type of purchase myself before several times(went with s&b instead of an open filter setup to be able to go mudding lol).
If this was half it's price or offered more gains it would be alot more appealing to the majority me included.
I do appreciate bluedevilz51 for sharing his purchase with us though & hope he'll except my apology for being sarcastic as he is a pretty good guy from what I can tell & did me right on the filter I got from him.

BlueDevilZ51

Hey, could be worse. Some guys buy HAI (hot air intakes). They put a big filter in the engine bay pulling hot air inches from the exhaust manifold.
Think someone has a picture of that in this thread in their avatar.
Just messing with ya.

BrunoTheMellow

I regret that decision after realizing how much track driving I actually do now. It's the least amount of restriction for high speed driving, but hot engine driving is ... well... darn.

Would be good to test if I change to stock airbox+green filter style, I have a lot of IAT data in very hot track driving with the current setup and seem to be losing timing.

But then again, at 90 ambient, 300+ EOT, 250 ECT, is 135 IAT at WOT really that bad? The highest I saw was 147 but only once.

Al3x_666

nice post! thank you

Vetteman Jack

Great looking air intake and thanks for all the pics.

robertbruce

I am sure this is what the OP wanted to hear after he spent his money and took the time with his pictures. Great Job with the pictures Blue Devil Z51>

Deftly

It is comments like this that keep people from sharing on this web site. I don't understand why negative comments are necessary.

Sk8Man_

For Sale: NIB GM OEM new "Performance" CAI here.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...mance-cai.html
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