I have the AE on my S550 and no AE on my Camaro (NPP in Camaro world). After owning both ways, I’d never go without AE again. Being able to adjust noise level on the fly is so great. Once I added headers to my Camaro it’s so damn loud… which is cool for like 20 minutes lol but you can’t do...
The $800 each doesn’t cover the dealer “franchise fee” that the dealer had to pay to sell the Shelby cars either. I know my local dealer did it but I remember him skipping the Shelby line for a couple of years because he thought the franchise fee was BS.
Out of curiosity did you datalog airflow values before and after to quantify any gains?
I had an AFE CAI on my wife’s previous car (Alfa Romeo Giulia) and it was a pretty bad design that kept triggering CELs. Went back to stock and the CELs went away. Ended up having to return it.