How much performance gain from CAI?

[FormulaSlickG94]

How much is the TRUE performance gain of a CAI? I know there are a lot of claims...I've heard anything from 5-20 hp I can honestly say I've felt a difference with mine, but strictly when the RPMS shoot up...

What difference have you really seen on your car in a dyno because of a CAI with a high flow MAF and 1LE Elbow?

[Dave M]

In the real world, depending on brand and application you're probably looking at 5-8 hp for a CAI. Try www.ws6.com for the dyno numbers.

[KnightFire]

The real gain is when you mate it to a free flow intake and exhaust...also, if its not a daily driver, you can make a custom ram air pan in the splash gaurd and force feed the CAI some air

I did this a few months ago...it was pretty easy, BUT I wouldn't recommend it for a daily driver, the paper filter could EASILY get water soaked from rain, puddles, etc.



KnightFire

[Zigroid]

I dont have dyno runs, but I have timeslips.
last october I ran a 14.8@93 with the car completely stock (well with the exception of just a flowmaster muffler welded in place of stock one)
I then changed the following:
installed SLP CAI
lowered rear tire PSI to 26
removed spare tire and jack
I ran it last week and went 14.4@97 in pretty comparably weather conditions and at the same track.
It definitely helped my top end out a bit, but I also had a very clogged filter in it the first time I went. If I would have ran it just changing the CAI and keeping everything else exactly the same it probably wouldve been .1-.2 faster with the CAI.