Hey guys.
So Im currently looking for an intake for my 2014 Mustang 5.0 and I came across the C&L cold air intakes. As far as the construction of the intake goes it looks like its high quality and well designed. However, I came along something strange. These are the C&L Intakes that American Muscle offers for my model GT:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-intake-2011gt-notune.html
and
http://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-cai-13gt-tune.html
So the first intake claims 45% increased airflow and 12 hp gain WITHOUT a tune. This is because the first one comes with a "no tune insert" which keeps the diameter of the MAF housing the same as stock which therefore doesnt require it to be tuned.
The second intake claims 47% increased airflow and 28 hp gain WITH a tune. This one comes without the insert.
If you notice, the price is $400 vs $430, and the more expensive one is the one that does NOT include the extra part that allows you to run the intake without a tune. This confused me and probably a lot of you also. To me it almost seems like C&L was trying to fool people into buying the more expensive one that didnt have the extra part because they claimed more hp. Are they essentially exactly the same intake??
Also, what kind of reputation do these have vs the JLT and Steeda CAI?
Thank you for the help in advanced guys!
-Shah
So Im currently looking for an intake for my 2014 Mustang 5.0 and I came across the C&L cold air intakes. As far as the construction of the intake goes it looks like its high quality and well designed. However, I came along something strange. These are the C&L Intakes that American Muscle offers for my model GT:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-intake-2011gt-notune.html
and
http://www.americanmuscle.com/cnl-cai-13gt-tune.html
So the first intake claims 45% increased airflow and 12 hp gain WITHOUT a tune. This is because the first one comes with a "no tune insert" which keeps the diameter of the MAF housing the same as stock which therefore doesnt require it to be tuned.
The second intake claims 47% increased airflow and 28 hp gain WITH a tune. This one comes without the insert.
If you notice, the price is $400 vs $430, and the more expensive one is the one that does NOT include the extra part that allows you to run the intake without a tune. This confused me and probably a lot of you also. To me it almost seems like C&L was trying to fool people into buying the more expensive one that didnt have the extra part because they claimed more hp. Are they essentially exactly the same intake??
Also, what kind of reputation do these have vs the JLT and Steeda CAI?
Thank you for the help in advanced guys!
-Shah
