I have BBK CAI, and If you still have a stock throttle body I would recommend replacing it with a 62mm or higher twin throttle body I love that extra umpf you get combine those. You definitely appreciate it when you are passing people lol it's a great buy very pleased with it

 

The Steeda Cold Air Intake is awesome!!! I have it on my 08 GT and it is well worth the money. You can't go wrong an American product for an American made muscle car. I saw a large increase in HP and sound.. Definitely my first choice!!

Let us know what you go with!

 

Roush also offers great CAI's for naturally aspirated and supercharged applications.

 

The Roush does not offer as much horsepower as the Steeda cold air intake does. I did a lot of research and found that the Roush only offered an increase in 17 HP while the Steeda showed gains of up to 38 HP...

Steeda's new Cold Air Kit for the S197 produces the greatest power gains of any Cold Air Kit on the market. Testing has shown increases of up to 38 HP and 30 ft lbs of Torque to the rear wheels with Steeda's Cold Air Kit combined with our Custom SCT Tune.

Roush was only able to offer the following.
Increased power by 17 horsepower and 9 ft-lbs of torque

That made a huge difference in my purchase decision. You get what you pay for.. In this case i got quality and horsepower!

 

Roush is usually very conservative with advertised HP...under promise and over deliver.

 

Sounds like a corporate answer to me. Why not advertise the estimated horsepower and over deliver at the same time?

I am just saying.. You don't see to many companies advertise a conservative amount just to get you to try it, then over deliver. If that was the case then Ford should just advertise the Mustang GT at 350HP and then over deliver with 412. Doesn't sound as good

 

We all do realize that the Roush CAI numbers that are claimed by Roush is for their unit WITHOUT a tune, right? The claims by C&L, JLT etc all usually say that their intake COMBINED with a tune will get you those 38rwhp. With a canned tune you should expect numbers similar to the JLT and C&L. I doubt it will be quite as high, prob more in the range of 28-32hp. I am in no way trying to promote the Roush or any other intake as everyone gets what they think is best, but I am just trying to clear up the confusion as to why the Roush intake is rated with less HP than the others. It is unfair to compare CAI's with a tune TO CAI's without. ;-)

 

i agree with the last post. I purchased a K&n intake without a tune and the gain would only be 17HP MAX. With a tune is another story. I can't afford a tuner now and I found a used K&N intake cheap I could just get a tune for it later and wake up the whole car. In my opinion the tune is what gives you the HP not so much the intake. If you get it from a reputable maker you will be in good shape. From the sounds of everyone on the boards the real difference in the tune is the change to the throttle mapping. this is all just my thoughts... and i'n a nuwbe.

 

I was just trying to state the fact that It has been highly publicized that the Steeda's cold air intake got the best rating. The opinion was asked (what is the best CAI) and I was jus showing the numbers.

This is from the SCT president who tests many, many, CAI.

"SCT has seen the highest horsepower and torque results while using Steeda's Cold Air Kit, over any other brand." - Chris Johnson, President of SCT Performance

Just stating the facts...

 

Your comparison was like comparing an apple to an orange. If you are going to make comparisons like that, atleast compare them on an even playing field. Also, the word "Best" is subjective to the individual. Some may think that the highest HP numbers are "Best" where as someone with a show car may be willing to give up a few HP for something that looks better under the hood. No need to get offended, we are all just trying to learn and gain as much info as possible ;-)

 

I pondered this for several years and decided to order the Steeda CAI kit after exchanging messages with SteedaGus. I'm still interested in seeing the kit in person to gauge the quality of the heat shield, housing, gasket, and velocity stack.

The JLT came highly recommended by other S197 owners at work, but I wasn't a big fan of the pipe design or the heat shield.

The Bullitt 85mm intake looked the most OEM, but Ford Racing wouldn't help me out with the air transfer function.

 

Ford does exactly that. The new 5.0 is rated at 412HP, but most of them when tested are putting out 450HP+ at the flywheel(390 RWHP). The highest figure I've seen so far is 463HP. Ford does it because of that snafu they got into over the mid 90s cobras when they advertised 300RWHP when most were only pushing 285-290. Ended up costing them a ton because they had to initiate a recall.

 

The new 2012 Boss 302 is advertised at 444 hp. The only dyno sheet I saw of a stock 2011 5.0 produced less than 412 hp at the crank.

 

Ford advertised rear wheel horsepower? I've never seen such a thing and 463 on a stock GT 302...doubt it.

 

I really love the Ford Racing Cold air intake because of the bucket, heat shield and the OEM fit. The actual "intake" part just looks like the stock hose tho.

 

Every stat I've seen on the new 5.0 that was less than 400 was for RWHP. Car and Driver and Motor Trend both Dynoed the new stang at ~390 at the rear wheel and estimated that if you adjusted for power loss through the drivetrain it was putting out a minimum of 435-440 HP at the Flywheel. Before Ford announced that they were putting the new 5.0 in the F-150, there was a feature article in one of the off road magazines where an individual had a 5.0 transplanted from a 2011 Mustang into a 2010 F-150. The custom shop that did the work wanted to see what the 5.0 was really putting out before they dropped it under the hood of the truck. They Dynoed it at 463 HP at the Flywheel.

 

Ford doesn't advertise rear wheel horsepower. They advertise engine horsepower, so the 412 HP is what Ford has on the engine spec sheet for engine horsepower. Here is the link for the motortrend article where they estimate the new 5.0 at 435 stock.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t/viewall.html

I'll keep looking for the one for 463 for actual horsepower. Of course the downside to that is if you have 463 at the engine and only 390 at the rear wheel then you are losing more through the drivetrain.......

 

I need ideas of which intake Kit to put on my Mustang GT/CS 2016??

 

There are plenty of threads in these forums that address this subject..

I recommend using the search function, as this topic has been re-hashed time and time again.. Also when it comes down to which CAI is the best ? it really all depends on personal preference, so who's really to say as to which CAI is the best anyhow


And Btw: You should be posting in the 2015 next generation forums, and not the 2005-2009 forums..

 

I agree that it depends on personal preference and budget as well. Have an Airaid intake because of the price I got at 4wo|cold air intakes before. This Airaid made a sweet sound after installation. There's also a noticeable throttle response though I noticed no difference in performance.