wich would be better the granatilli mass air intake system of the afe stage two air intake system? the afe claims 17hp on the dyno. i don't know about the granatilli.

 

Dont waste your money...your stock setup is just right. Air intakes etc are mostly hype! The only way your gonna get the kind of HP is full throttle wide open on the dyno...not normal driving conditions!

 

Quoted for truth. Just use some thermal insulation on the stock unit.

 

i third that!all my volant cai did was make annoying noise.maybe a little top end but who sensibly drives there

 

why change out our stock intake? it is a cold air intake to begin with...our oem tubing goes into the fender and down....i dont know if you see any true gains from just changing the piping

 

I totally disagree. About a month before I installed the Edge in my truck I installed an AEM Brute Force. Simply adding the brute force improved the throttle response and pickup of the truck. After installing the intake I could break the back wheels of my fully gassed up SuperCrew loose on dry pavement with ease. I couldn’t do that with the stock intake.

I personally don’t like the AEM as I and a buddy had troubles with it causing the check engine light to throw. When this happens my truck reports that I’m running too lean on bank 2, sometimes bank 1 as well. After installing the Edge the engine got louder and ‘growls’ more and there is a very annoying resonation when running 2100 – 2200 RPM. I’ve tracked this down to the fuel setting at WOT. When running the performance tune the default setting is 1.5. Lowering this value down to 1.2 or so will make this go away but then you lose some of the performance so there isn’t much point in doing that.

I’m going to replace my AEM with a Volant as it solves both the check engine light and resonation problems I’ve experienced...my buddy has been running the Volant for 3 months now, with the Edge and hasn’t experienced any of the problems he did with the AEM.

I’m assuming that since Volant uses a plastic intake tube and they house their filter in an enclosed box the resonation problem isn’t there as it is with the AEM. If you get on it you’ll still hear it growl as it sucks air, but I don’t mind that...I just don’t want to hear it when I’m driving 80 down the highway.

 

There is no doubt CAI's improve air flow and throttle response. Probably just not enough to justify the cost, but if you have the cash what the hell.

 

If ya want to do this I vote for ---VOLANT--

 

dont waste the $$...save for a supercharger if you wan tmore power

 

For most applications a good intake, cat-back and a tuner will give a noticeable increase in power. In the case of the newer F-150's, the stock intake is just as good as most aftermarket stuff, so the benefit isn't as great as in other vehicles.
If I had an F-150, I would spend my $$$ on every other option and do an intake last, if at all, but I'd probably at least opt for a high-flow air filter.
I had an SVT Focus that had a very good exhaust system stock. There were a lot of aftermarket cat-back systems, but most only showed a less than 4HP increase, so the cost was not worth the results. But an AEM CAI gave me a dyno-proven 10HP and 14TQ, which is nearly a 10% increase. So in that case it was worth it.
Think about a 10% increase in a 300HP truck, that would make definately make it worth the cost, but in this case it just doesn't measure up.

 

yea what he said. I just have the K&N drop in air filter. If anything, I would do e-fans after I save up some money from buying the Edge...im broke