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can u feel the difference when installing cai?

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Old Feb 3, 2003 | 02:07 PM
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can u feel the difference when installing cai?

can u ?
cold air intake , is it really usefull?
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 02:10 PM
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could u feel the diff when u installed a catback?

how good is slp loud mouth and do u feel the sound at idle(is it loud) also can u feel more power?
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 02:13 PM
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CAI is more usefull then the stock intake box thats fosure
u may feel a slight gain!
I'd go for it!
Look on ebay or in the forsale section u can get some good deals
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 02:46 PM
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I *think* I could feel it. However, I did my cat-back at the same time, and when I installed both I hammered the throttle real hard for the first time....A CAI certainly a'int a supercharger, but it will give you like 5 HP......
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 03:36 PM
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i did.

Hot Rod mag showed a dyno gain of 17 hp on a stock 95 Z28 in 1996.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 03:52 PM
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i felt it....more HP, not sure about TQ though....
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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Not really, its been so damn long.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 04:02 PM
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I didn't really notice a difference. The only modification I could tell a difference with was headers, but that's probably just because my SOTP meter sucks. I know it did provide a nice hp/tq gain even though I couldn't really feel it.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 04:08 PM
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if it's your first mod your'e most defenatly will feel the difference.
I did and in that time I figured that moding is fun
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 04:10 PM
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Ditto. If its your first or basic mod, then you'll DEFINITELY feel a difference. I did with my moroso. I already had blowmasters installed before I bought the car. ANd even with thatr, I noticed a BIG gain.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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I am not sure if I did notice anything. I did the SLP a long time ago & it was my only mod. Kinda hard to tell... for me anyway.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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The feeling you get after installing one is psycological. I didn't feel any difference in the way the car accelerated but it did drop my 1/4 mile times and pick up a few mph so I have timeslips to prove it did work.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 06:17 PM
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when i put mine on i felt a big improvement in the higher rpm's not much on the lower end, wich makes sence cause the engine doesn't use as much at 500prm as it does at 5000rpm's
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 06:21 PM
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The stock air box was part of the plan to make f cars slower than vettes. So is the y pipe. The cai adds 15 very noticeable hp.
Old Feb 3, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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ok lets say i just bought a 1995 z28 navy blue metalic really nice m6 5.7L with chrome everything(my dream) and its all stock (engine meaning) and i put a used slp,k&n or morocco cai and also slp loudmouth catback and my stock times were 14.0 now with the exhaust and cai which would be my time and hp-tq?
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