I still havent seen an intake worthy of my $. I dont care for an open element air filter. I was hoping that Volant would come through for us by now. I e-mailed them last week, no response. No sense buying a tuner, until I Identify the intake. So now Im thinking that I may go with a GT setup. The airbox bottoms are the same, I would just need the top and the GT MAF, and the pipe between the MAF and TB. Im sure I can adapt something from Pepboys or Advance. If that setup is good for 300hp in the GT, it should be more than adequate for my V6. When I buy a tuner I can have it calibrated for the GT MAF. It would be much easier if someone would make a decent closed filter intake for us.
So a pricey Volant would be worth your money??? Why not run a new, non-corrogated tube from the TB to the stock airbox, and then enlarge the hole that feeds air into the bottom of the airbox?
Closed air boxes rock!!! I'm sooo glad to have found my closed MRT intake. In my opinion its the best looking intake out there.
A Mustang mag(MM&FF?) did a test on all of the available CAIs for the GTs and the C&L was rated the best. I have the Steeda but I'm thinking of getting the C&L instead. scrming already switched to the C&L. I'd recommend getting the C&L and SCT-2 from BamaChips, he has a great tune for them.
MM&FF said the the enclosed air box is a must have when they did their test. Think about it, the whole idea of a CAI is to get cold air into the engine. The heat shield does just that, keeps the hot engine air out of the intake.
Not sure how much. Here's the website: http://www.bamachips.com/ Contact him and ask I guess. If you do, lemme know how much for just the C&L.
Open element filters are to loud for my taste. They also seem to get dirty much faster. Ive had a Volant before, and was very pleased with it.
MM&FF said a 'Shield' is a must, not a closed airbox. There is a good comparison article on my site www.DeMolet.com as you scroll down on the entry page. This compares the system to the C&L (article link is just under 5.0 Mag pic) Have the filter breathe. Go with a system that elicits excellent tuning. The V6 is a single TB. You don't use a dual-TB GT system with a single TB. You'll loose velocity plus the TB coupler would be sized for a twin TB. Bigger isn't always better. I sent one of my new V6 CAI / NGK iridium / Xcal2 packages this past week for dyno testing and I'll post the results.
whoops... sorry... meant to post prices but forgot... X-cal II from Bamachips... $384 including shipping C&L intake directly from C&L... $308 including shipping
Jimp... I ordered directly from C&L before the first production units were shipping. Doug might have packages available now.
The jba's are great, as is the SCT. The K&N intake doesn't require a tune. Doug at Bamachips thinks an intake that doesn't require a tune isn't really going to make more power with a tune. I trust this guys opinion... he's been tuning 4.0L's for years. If you're getting an X-cal, might as well get a higher performing intake.
Thanx for the input. I msut agree with you. I'll have them change the intake to C&L, that was my first pick, but they suggested the K&N because it didn't need a tune, and less prone to heat sink.
