K&N cold air intake CAI installed

[ChitownStang]

Ive tuned a ton of GTs and DHs when various CAIs on them and not seen one in datalogs that flows better than the OEM airboxes with the traps out, including the ford paper airfilters. Dont waste your money on a CAI with these cars, its not the bottleneck for an NA car.

Agreed, for looks only: and I honestly think the only one that looks good is whipple’s crusher.
I’ve talked to my tuner and multiple others like ZX that say it’s worth nothing power wise .
Steeda Filters and rip out the traps: Voilà, CAI!

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[Garcia172]

I believe the same, aluminum is a heat conductor, absorbs heat quickly but can dispel heat quickly too. I'd prefer the filters draw air from below vs above.

They draw air from the front, just like stock. Note the gaskets that seal the air boxes against the hood.

 

[Garcia172]

Ive tuned a ton of GTs and DHs when various CAIs on them and not seen one in datalogs that flows better than the OEM airboxes with the traps out, including the ford paper airfilters. Dont waste your money on a CAI with these cars, its not the bottleneck for an NA car.

Are the traps actually hurting anything (I'd love to see pressure drop sensor readings before & after)

 

[Fusion Training Systems]

Ive tuned a ton of GTs and DHs when various CAIs on them and not seen one in datalogs that flows better than the OEM airboxes with the traps out, including the ford paper airfilters. Dont waste your money on a CAI with these cars, its not the bottleneck for an NA car.

Did you happen to test the difference between carbon traps in Vs. out?
is worth taking them out?

 

[ChitownStang]

Have you seen the traps, of course they are an obstruction.
If not much sitting on a dyno, definitely at 70-80mph on the highway.
Why wouldn’t you rip them out, takes 10 minutes

 

[Garcia172]

Have you seen the traps, of course they are an obstruction.
If not much sitting on a dyno, definitely at 70-80mph on the highway.
Why wouldn’t you rip them out, takes 10 minutes

Well there's 2 large TB's... so the restriction you see is 1/2 of what it appears. I can guarantee a 5 liter engines don't gain anything power wise with so much TB area... so the only explanation is to compensate for the traps. Looks cool, a good solution to the traps(restriction caused by the traps cut in 1/2), and better throttle response control. I get it..... But I've still not seen anything definitive on a dyno. The highway high mph only changes the IAT's... not the pressure drop... and that is the same with or without the traps. Personally, I think the GT grill would be more of an issue than the traps (given the dual TB's).

 

[AZ_Ryan]

It does void your warranty. Read your warranty no modifications.

This has been beat to death for years on mustang forums. Modifications only void a warranty REPAIR if its found the modification caused or contributed to a failure. And dealers have latitude with what they will enforce. Simply doing a small mod does not automatically void the cars entire warranty. And for the record, the handbook also says tracking your car voids the warranty too. So dont even think about taking that Dark Horse or GTPP on a road course lol.

 

[Frank Raspanti]

An unlikely scenario but didn’t want to take the chance on a brand new car. I’ll revisit Steeda cold air intakes in the Spring.
Thanks

 

[Frank Raspanti]

I’ve had many muscle cars and have joined forums for each of my Ford and GM cars.
One constant I find is that someone will always comment how a particular subject has been beaten to death. Never fails. I look at it differently. Each inquiry is based on a new car acquisition or just somebody having unique information and questions to the forum. It’s an opportunity for those of us that experienced the situation or the has knowledge about it, to help another Stang owner. Keep those questions coming, especially when the forum yields unsatisfactory search results.

 

[ChitownStang]

Well there's 2 large TB's... so the restriction you see is 1/2 of what it appears. I can guarantee a 5 liter engines don't gain anything power wise with so much TB area... so the only explanation is to compensate for the traps. Looks cool, a good solution to the traps(restriction caused by the traps cut in 1/2), and better throttle response control. I get it..... But I've still not seen anything definitive on a dyno. The highway high mph only changes the IAT's... not the pressure drop... and that is the same with or without the traps. Personally, I think the GT grill would be more of an issue than the traps (given the dual TB's).

Well there's 2 large TB's... so the restriction you see is 1/2 of what it appears. I can guarantee a 5 liter engines don't gain anything power wise with so much TB area... so the only explanation is to compensate for the traps. Looks cool, a good solution to the traps(restriction caused by the traps cut in 1/2), and better throttle response control. I get it..... But I've still not seen anything definitive on a dyno. The highway high mph only changes the IAT's... not the pressure drop... and that is the same with or without the traps. Personally, I think the GT grill would be more of an issue than the traps (given the dual TB's).

I’ve seen multiple dyno’s showing small gains but who knows. If air density can affect power then I think this obstruction can as well.
They’ve had the traps in since 22 before dual throttle body and removing them showed gains back then.

 

[BlueCollarDaily]

Gotta say I’m pretty impressed with the looks and build quality of their cold air intakes. Haven’t driven it enough to form an opinion on performance gains but I gotta say it turned out great!

Hmmm looks like enough metal for N20 nozzles!!!

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