My Bullitt CAI is on the way, and I got my new tunes for it downloaded from Doug (great service!). With any luck and some cooperation from the weather man, I might be able to do the install this weekend. If so, I'll post my thoughts.

Ford Racing still does not have 08 Tunes. So, if you buy the part through them -- you have to get an afternmarket tune. The deal with their tunes is CARB -- they're 50 state emission's legal. I had to install my CAK, take delivery and uninstall it pending the tune for warranty purposes. They are promising "mid January" at this point. It seems that the Shelby GT and Bullit tunes are available as OEM -- but the CAK's on the GT are aftermarket -- and even though they'll be the same, Ford Dealers can't use them on the Ford Racing Parts and Ford Racing won't ship them to users -- so you get stymied on that route. If the tune becomes available, I'll post.

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My Steeda filter came with bent pleats; At first I thought it was a performance upgrade, but now...

I still don't know where to buy this over the net. Any links?

Shoot a PM to Kevin. His screen name here is 05stangkc

Who said bent pleats would cause a performance problem?

i have posted the following a numberof times on various threads regarding hp/tq gains for various performance parts but it still holds true and bears repeating: absolute numbers mean almost absolutely nothing in the real world of every day driving.

the ONLY way to accurately gauge the performance of any part/system to your egnine is with a POWER GRAPH showing the power delivery from 1500 up to 6000 rpm.

when you drive around town or even on the hiway, most of the revs turned are in the 2000 to 4000 range and so many of these systems sacrifice the power delivered to make bigger numbers on top....and howoften do you see 6000 for any period of time?

when these various dyno runs are done i'm certain that the entinre rpm range is plotted: THAT"S what you want to post, not the absolute numbers...the power graphs are a much better indicator of the true value or worth of any change made to the engine.

intake sytems, different airfilters, exhasut headers, cams...all these things can deliver more power but at what price? and i don't mean dollars. the engineers that develop the mapping, cam and ignition timing spend thousands of hours to tweak every last bit of power out of the motors and still meet federal emmissions requirments...to put a system on a car that hasn't been thoroughly tested is making you the test mule: this is not a good scenario.

saave your money, use a quality top tier fuel and be happy.

my rant is done.

jackg
06sts6

You definitely being up a very interesting point Jack. And although your absolutely 100% on the money. There's only 2 area's with the stock programming that I couldn't tolerate. First was that annoying response delay, known as throttle lag. Then to make matters even worse. You also had to put up with throttle hang on deceleration. IMO not only was this very annoying, but also very dangerous as well. Especially when you need to suddenly stop your vehicle either on the highway, or in local traffic.

Needless to say, since upgrading to my Bamachip's programming. I no longer experience those throttle response issues.

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Just joking

Anything more on the Bullitt intake? Other reports/pics etc. from those who may have purchased it?

I have mine, but have not been able to install it yet. The weather went to hell right after I got it, and they put a ton of salt on the streets. I'm gonna have to wait til we get a good rain to wash the streets off, then I can bring it home from storage and install the intake.

Which tune are you going with?

Ok, Bama or Bren, which one of you are gonna sell me a combo first?

I have Doug's (Bama) tune. I already had his tune, and he sent me new files for the Bullitt intake.

I am in a quandry deciding whether or not to go with a Bama or Brenspeed tune once I get my intake. I don't want headaches with the dealer so if the Bullitt tune from Ford is a better one than the FRPP one they use now, then it might be good. If it is as conservative as the FRPP, then the Bama or Brenspeed tune might be the way to go.

Bama has actually dyno'd a Bullitt intake on the car. I don't know if anyone else has or not. The factory tune will not be as aggressive as an aftermarket tune.

Though Ford Racing supposedly has an aftermarket 08 tune -- it isn't available to any one. If you want it now -- no FRPP is available to you. If you're willing to wait, they promise it by the end of the month. (Per my conversation with them yesterday)

I should have a Couple More Intakes Available in a week or So. They are Priced on Hotsheets. You Will need a Tune from Doug before the Install.

KC

I'm confused why you all want this intake so bad when others make more power.