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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 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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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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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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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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Lol very true. What kind of improvements am i gonna be seeing?
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 05:57 AM
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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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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:19 AM
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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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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:50 AM
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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 Mar 19, 2010 | 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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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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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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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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yesss.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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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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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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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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