New to the site but have been on BuckeyeStangs for a while. I bought a 2012 Premium GT loaded in August of 2012 and have put stripes on it, louvers and Roush axle backs. I am looking to put a cold air system on it but want something that looks great. From what I understand the cold air intakes really do not add much as far as performance goes on thre new 5.0's but I like the look. Suggestions with pics. Great to be back into it.....the last 5.0 I had was a new 1992 LX that was Calypso Green. Before that I had 1 1983 GT, 2 1982 GT's and a 1970 Mach 1 428SCJ. Love reading from all. Thanks for your help.:coolman:
Cold air intakes for 2012 GT
- Thread starter JimD
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keep the stocker on
no intake is best
makes for the best throttle response
makes for the best throttle response
Get a body color matched intake from JLT, idl about the other ones but ingot silver is dead on
If you know it's just about looks, why are you asking us? Buy the one you think looks the best.
Steeda makes the nicest looking CAI. The rest look cheap.
well for what it's worth, I have the roush intake now I got it for free... so no money wasted! Now I didn't dyno but did run the car before intake and tune and ran a 12.6 @ 113 with factory 3.73's and on 93 octane. I than put the (free) intake on (which basically is just an open filter on stock piping but does have the cold air port) And installed the Lund tune and have been on the edge of 11's @ 119-118. Now I believe it has nothing to do with the intake and is all in the tune but just my .02. So if you need an intake and have to have one well It's the cheapest one of them Again this is if you need to have it..
Thanks to all. I have not really seen any on the 5.0's so that was why I was asking. I think I will either go with none or possibly the JLT bdy color match.
Look at the airraid. You can use it with either the stock tune or take out the tube and tune it. The fit and finish is great. It also uses the stock air sciip in the grill.
Here is my Steeda intake on my 2012 GT...
It really is a good looking intake for these cars...
It really is a good looking intake for these cars...
Looks great!
The Steeda piece is a very nice CAI! As said above, most of the gains are had from the tune, however, I'm like you and I like the look of a nice CAI under the hood instead of the boring and ugly black box from the factory!
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Agreed....I want it to look as good as it runs. Thanks for your input.
shitty cellphone pic but this is my Colour matched JLT on my 2011
this...ive ran the JLT carbon fiber intake on the track, then took it off and installed the stock box and i ran the same times...no need for an aftermarket intake IMO
ETA: i have an AED tune for the JLT intake and an AED tune for the stock box.
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Well one thing is for sure the engines need more fuel when you put a cai on. even if you retune for the new larger MAF, the huge air coming in will blow up the fuel trims trying to compensate and you will get a lean engine light. so maybe the gains are minimal since we have such a good stock airbox, but they are real and a racer boy would not be complete w/o one!
Intake definitely makes a difference!! My buddy has a 2013 boss and is aed tuned. He had stock box and o/r xpipe and I would pull 1-1.5 cars on a roll run from 40. He got the jlt installed with a new tune from aed, now we r dead even and he pulls me up top. So from my experience definitely makes a difference.
This is what mines looks like!!!
that's called driver mod! it takes at least 50 hp to make a difference in similar cars
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