I need some info/opinions

[fastfreddy]

I plan on installing the following in a couple weeks:
Jlt rai carbon fiber w/ sct tune from jlt
OR
accufab tb polished ,big oval from form a/muscle

I'm eventually will do both but,

The info I need for now is this would I need a tune for the tb upgrade?

And for your opinions which upgrade would give me the most power gains?? Thanks

 

[03svt]

I plan on getting the accufab myself after my new clutch is broken in and I can get the car back on the dyno, so this is from what I've heard:

yes you need tune for new TB. If your blower is stock/unported then you wont see more than a couple HP if at all but throttle response will be night and day.

do you have cold air now or stock air box lol. I am not familiar with ram air but dont think you will see any gains compared to typical CAI if thats what you're running now. if your bone stock by all means get a RAI/CAI

 

[fastfreddy]

the jlt cai goes into the fender wall and the ram air stays in the engine bay. The last owner of my car took out the stock cai and replaced with what looks like a K&n flilter with no heat shield , kind of like the jlt rai. So even with one of those sct tuners and a jlt rai I probably won't see much hp increase ?? American muscle claims the jlt rai will make around 5-10 hp while JLT claims any where from 26-30 hp with the sct tuner. I'm just curious if anyone out there finds this sort of accurate. I may just pass on the throttle body and just swap my stock pulley with a 2.8 and a tune instead

 

[03svt]

geez you're still running the wagon wheel. get the 2.8/dyno tune it will be a whole new animal

 

[fastfreddy]

lol, heard that:smash:

 

[03SONIC]

I plan on installing the following in a couple weeks:
Jlt rai carbon fiber w/ sct tune from jlt
OR
accufab tb polished ,big oval from form a/muscle

I'm eventually will do both but,

The info I need for now is this would I need a tune for the tb upgrade?

And for your opinions which upgrade would give me the most power gains?? Thanks

I would not run a can tune, the TBI will need adjustments. I would run a straight shot, pulley and custom tune.

 

[Ghostly Echo]

if you looking for the jlt intake i have one for the gt for 85 bucks shipped lmk

 

[TBapp3]

the jlt cai goes into the fender wall and the ram air stays in the engine bay. The last owner of my car took out the stock cai and replaced with what looks like a K&n flilter with no heat shield , kind of like the jlt rai. So even with one of those sct tuners and a jlt rai I probably won't see much hp increase ?? American muscle claims the jlt rai will make around 5-10 hp while JLT claims any where from 26-30 hp with the sct tuner. I'm just curious if anyone out there finds this sort of accurate. I may just pass on the throttle body and just swap my stock pulley with a 2.8 and a tune instead

They will clam alot higher of gains than you usually see!

 

[fastfreddy]

I would not run a can tune, the TBI will need adjustments. I would run a straight shot, pulley and custom tune.

Sorry, what's a straight shot is that a another way of calling it a cai?

 

[scotts99snake]

The difference in hp between the JLT rai and cai is less than 1 hp. The cai is MUCH more difficult to install, MUCH more difficult to change/clean filter (not to mention if you have to clean MAF), and costs more. I would buy the rai personally. The reason JLT claims it makes so much more hp is because they send you a tune with the x-cal along with the intake.

 

[fastfreddy]

The difference in hp between the JLT rai and cai is less than 1 hp. The cai is MUCH more difficult to install, MUCH more difficult to change/clean filter (not to mention if you have to clean MAF), and costs more. I would buy the rai personally. The reason JLT claims it makes so much more hp is because they send you a tune with the x-cal along with the intake.

Have you experienced an increase of power going this route? Even if I can get 10-20hp from this that's good for me. I'll do a pulley swap later in the year, I can only imagine guys like Mustang Magic are pretty busy right now.

 

[03SONIC]

The difference in hp between the JLT rai and cai is less than 1 hp. The cai is MUCH more difficult to install, MUCH more difficult to change/clean filter (not to mention if you have to clean MAF), and costs more. I would buy the rai personally. The reason JLT claims it makes so much more hp is because they send you a tune with the x-cal along with the intake.

If you look at the early advertising before he did can tunes, the claims were 20-25hp. Time and time again we have done back to back pulls on higher HP cars a straight shot (air filter under the hood 12 inch) makes more power. Some will argue that the Iat's are much cooler with the JLT kit. This is were it gets touchy, the incoming air at the track was 5-7deg cooler than having a under the hood filter, yet the Iat's after the blower were the same. There is a decent thread on modford about this.

 

[fastfreddy]

If you look at the early advertising before he did can tunes, the claims were 20-25hp. Time and time again we have done back to back pulls on higher HP cars a straight shot (air filter under the hood 12 inch) makes more power. Some will argue that the Iat's are much cooler with the JLT kit. This is were it gets touchy, the incoming air at the track was 5-7deg cooler than having a under the hood filter, yet the Iat's after the blower were the same. There is a decent thread on modford about this.

Hmmm thanks for that. I'll check it out