Originally Posted by
lakeforkfisherman
Charger- thanks for your input. You sound awfully anti-CAI. If its because their price is so high- I am right there with you (pipes and tuners, too). Compressed air would take a little more money than I have or want to spend. Thinking about pipes next, but not in a hurry (thanks to the economy). The more I drive it, the more I can feel a difference in giddy up. Its not significant, but today my mpg went up a little. I will know more over the next couple of weeks if my $11 was well spent. IF no real difference, then I can return to the stock setup in a matter of minutes. Happy trails.
So....if you could pick up 10 hp with a larger intake tube....or even 3....don't you think ford would have put a bigger tube in stock? CAI's don't do much of anything for a stock truck but make it sound faster off the line....they're noisy and make you think they're giving you power....but i'd bet if you dyno'd it...you'd find no real difference....