Cold Air Intake
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I got my drop in today and got a chance to drive some.
ABSOLUTELY noticed increased throttle response.
I'm not sure about the sound of the turbo and BOV. Perhaps a little bit. Nothing that got me all worked up. lol
I think there was an increase in power a bit. Nothing to write home about but seems like the top of 3rd goes a bit quicker. Which means I'm sure the others too but 1st and 2nd go by too fast for me to really observe closely.
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ABSOLUTELY noticed increased throttle response.
I'm not sure about the sound of the turbo and BOV. Perhaps a little bit. Nothing that got me all worked up. lol
I think there was an increase in power a bit. Nothing to write home about but seems like the top of 3rd goes a bit quicker. Which means I'm sure the others too but 1st and 2nd go by too fast for me to really observe closely.
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yea its definatly a personal choice. The difference in sound between a drop in K&N and a full tube is probably twice the difference in sound. I had a drop in in it from day 2 of owning it. Now that said the biggest change if your going to use a drop in is to remove the air filter outlet snorkel from under the headlamp. Its not a resonator its just a snorkle. The problem with the snorkle is it necks down to about 2 1/4 inches where it goes into the air box (big restriction) I took that off last week prior to putting on the full cai. As soon as I took that off on the first drive the boost went to about 16.5 pounds and there was in improvement in spool (it did learn back to 15.5 which I expected) but the initial gain in boost told me that the overall airflow had increased. When I put the full tube on the boost went to 18/19 or so (and yes it learned back) but that indicated a large increase in air flow over the K&N without the snorkle.
The difference in spool rate of the turbo I cannot underemphasize. The thing launches like it was shot out of a cannon now which it never did before and it hits 15.5 LBS in 1 second from the time you drop the hammer in first gear. It took about three seconds or to about 4800 RPM stock. The HP/torque total hasn't changed but the torque curve definatly has which should equate to ET regardless of the ECM tuning.
The difference in spool rate of the turbo I cannot underemphasize. The thing launches like it was shot out of a cannon now which it never did before and it hits 15.5 LBS in 1 second from the time you drop the hammer in first gear. It took about three seconds or to about 4800 RPM stock. The HP/torque total hasn't changed but the torque curve definatly has which should equate to ET regardless of the ECM tuning.
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...anyway moving on.
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