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Old 3/18/10, 08:14 PM
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Advantages of CAI and Tuner??

Planning on getting a C&L Intake and SCT XCal2 tuner. Bone-stock 4.0 V6. What are the pros and cons?
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Pro-Substancial increase in performance

Con-recalibrating for state inspection & keeping the stock stuff around for resale.

The bottom line? The pro outweighs the con
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Lol very true. What kind of improvements am i gonna be seeing?
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Never had it dynoed, but I noticed a power increase after 4k rpm and a faster throttle response.
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Originally Posted by WaltM
Never had it dynoed, but I noticed a power increase after 4k rpm and a faster throttle response.
I too have noticed great response off the line and in the upper RPM range
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Pro:
More torque at low rpms
More response from auto transmission
More Throttle response
More power over 4000 rpms
Better mileage
Better sound (air filter and exhaust)

Con
you have to buy one

I have the VMP CAI Kit with SCT X-Cal2

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Old 3/19/10, 09:39 AM
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Well it seems like there's really no negatives here ha. Except for the price. Which I'm pretty sure I found a great deal on a used unlocked combo. What level octane rating programs are you guys using??
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I use Sunoco or Shell 93 octane. And like Swissdan says, it has a cool "sucking sound"

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they make you go fast
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yesss.
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I'm running 93 octane figure only cost me a penny a mile more to run over the 87 octance
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wow really? well does anybody have any info on HP gains with a combo? I'm expecting a noticeable difference, but what kind of mechanical differences is there going to be? What octane tune should I run?
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