All I know is a full Suspension set up w aluminum drive shaft aluminum fly wheel and a upgraded clutch on a otherwise stock car will be plenty of fun for a street car....

 

watch out for water in the intake down there

bad news

 

:Jester:

 

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Look it will free up HP lets just be real about how much, ther is nothing wrong with it and I will never say there is. I'll be the 1st to admit I have a MAC CAI but I have it for looks, maybe it gave me a few ponies but I'm not going to go post on the forums that my cai just made my car a stop light ripper.

I will stop short calling it a " must do power mod, oh my god I cannot believe this is the same car" The stock air box is a restriction by design, remove a restriction and you better flow, you get more hp. IMHO work on things that will net the most gains . Exhaust, headers, heads, cams, gears, intake ( the lump on the top of the motor) the real stuff that makes power and moves the **** car. boost and cubes work also. you can only push so much air in and out, that little intake kit isn't the do all.

Dyno test vary, weather, the car, the dyno all effect results. Don't believe everything you read just be real about what is going on. most of time in ads they will say " results will vary"

 

No body said it was super fantastic power mod....

 

Its a looks mod

 

IMOO I think they are beneficial to if you have supporting mods such as headers, full exhaust, tune, cams intake manifold, etc. etc. A motor that can suck in air easier well always run more efficient, a little more hp, tq, mpg

 

15hp

 

didn't say you did, and take it wrong. There are alot of threads out there where people believe it or tell others it is. maybe I went overboard on my statement I just wanted to clear up the myth that it is a big deal mod, like some will swear under drives are. It is a small gain mod, spend the cash if you want.

I agree and once you have spent money on upgrading your motor it is totally normal to ditch the stock air box. Once my 347 project is done, I'll toss out the MAC CAI for the anderson power pipe. then it makes sence.

 

A well designed CAI and tune are the best bang-for-the-buck performance mods for our late model Stangs. They produce anywhere from 15-25 rwhp, depending on the octane rating of the tune.
Before-and-after dyno test results posted by owners on various forums are proof positive.

A Ram Air intake is a complete misnomer for our cars. In order for an air intake to have a ram air effect, the vehicle must travel at 150 mph or faster, and the intake must be installed so its opening is located away from any boundary layer effect of the air flow. And that just doesn't happen with our cars.
The main design function of any "ram air" CAI is its ability to ingest cool air at all times, even when the car is at a standstill with the engine fully warmed up in hot weather. This is beneficial for 2 reasons. Cooler exterior air is denser and thus contains more O2 per unit volume than the hotter underhood air, which allows the ECU to flow more fuel into the engine resulting in more power output. Cooler exterior air also prevents the ECU from pulling timing, which happens when the inlet air temperature exceeds 100 F, and this also results in more power(unless the ambient temp exceeds 100 F). However, any CAI will ingest cool exterior air once the car is moving. My data log results are proof positive of this happening.

 

:Rofl2: you can get almoast the same numbers out of just a tune. No where near the best bang for the Buck.

 

http://www.mustang50magazine.com/tec...ons/index.html

 

Tell you what. You put an intake and tune on yours and ill put gears in mine and we will see who wins.

 

good article, pretty high price for 25rwhp on a premuim fuel tune. adding correction and an average I would be more apt to say 15rwhp, that is HP , that is bang for the buck or I'll even go 25rwhp that is bang for the buck. The price for the cai and the tune.

Tell you what lets go this way..

take your bone stock '05 GT with a CAI and tune with the high test fuel tune for your 25rwhp

I'll take another bone stock '05 GT add an X pipe and cat back, gears and a drop in K&N filter and I'll take you on.

You guys are missing the point didn't say not to do it, didn't say it wasn't good for you year cars . yeah I said it sounds good and is great for looks. yeah I said it isn't a big deal hp worth while mod if that what is what you are looking for. but if 25rwhp or in the real world 15rwhp makes your skirt ride high then I'm done. If you can feel that much hp then all that much more power to you.

I don't know maybe I'm to old school, maybe gears, headers, tuning and even heads/cams aren't power adders. when someone posted in the past about ways to make hp cai intakes wasn't on the list...guess all this time I was wrong.

 

I'll have to find this thread I came across the other day... This dude was basically explaining how he took his 08 bullet w upper and lower contol arms and a few other odds and ends... Not much... And ran a 12.8 the point of him telling his story was to let newbies know it's more about driver mod than anything... I watched a episode I'd pass time and a guy w a 08 gt w a blower ran a 14.... I've been told this car runs a 13.8 stock... I find that very hard to believe (have not taken my car to the track yet) my 97 cobra b4 any mods was supposed to run the same and I was hitting consistent 13.3s... I think most people should just spend their money on track time as opposed to mods that may or may not give you big gains....

 

Bring it on.
I'll be happy to add your ride to my dusted vehicle list:
'11 Mustang GT, C5 auto, 05 GTO, '99 Cobra, STI, LS1 T/A, 383 stroker '74 Chevelle, 460 stroker '79 T/A, 455 '70 GSX(gears/headers), Buick GNX, Syclone, and numerous older/newer Mustang GT's.

 

And you are driving what?!

 

The reply in my latest post in this thread also applies here.

That certainly appears to be the case.

 

Just an 05 GT w/CAI & tune.