Hitch brand gives best performance and best fit. I want to get one that is easy to clean but works well. I live in dusty west Texas so take that into consideration. Don't need a snorkel no water round here. Any info would help greatly

 

I had a purejeep CAI on my 07 jk sport. It was a pain in the ass to install the box but it was great. I just put in a banks ram CAI in my 12 jku and it's pretty nice too.

I never did figure out exactly how much HP or MPG was gained but for less than $300, they have to be paying for themselves.

 

Paying for themselves? Hardly. If you gained that much MPG from them, don't you think the manufacturers would be putting them in every vehicle to meet the stringent government mandates?

 

Are you telling us that changing out a plastic tube with a filter on the end of it with an expensive fancier plastic tube with a filter on the end of it does not provide any real world gains?

 

I would have to say that a true CAI would most likely net a few added horses, however the ones that end up sitting with the filters in the engine bay are in fact NOT CAI's but rather short ram air intakes.
They do nothing or maybe little at best for a naturally aspirated engine.

 

I'm talking HP and MPG. If I gained 1/2 MPG and 4-5 HP, to me, then it did pay for itself. Would that be enough for you? I don't know but it's enough for me.

I'm not going to have the thing dyno'd but each manufacturer says what potential a CAI has.

 

I don't take a lot of stock in aftermarket intakes unless it is going on a high performance car but, for poops and giggles, I took an old FRPP intake from my Shelby and modified it to fit the factory tube replacing the factory air box. It did make a difference but not anywhere near $300 worth of difference. I pick up a little bit of mileage at first, maybe 1/2 to 1 mpg, but it settled back down once the computer readjusted. The most noticeable was the Jeep stopped shifting on hills. I have the automatic and now about 90% of the time it will take hills without down-shifting to 3rd.
I've been running like this for a few weeks now. I'm going to put the factory airbox back on this weekend and run it for awhile to see if the filter really made a difference or if it's a placebo effect.

 

I put a K&N intake and a cat-back exhaust on my 11' Unl. Rubi and it definately added some power; no question. It doesn't make a huge difference; most of the gains are at higher rpms that I don't use that often. If I recall correctly most intakes don't claim specific hp increase numbers but the K&N did, so I went with that. I don't think any of them are really "cold air" intakes though; I just call it an intake.

 

My dad has the airraid which was nice, but not much power increase.
My fiancee has the K&N drop in - not much difference in city driving, but noticeable difference on highway.
I use the AEM Brute force and there is a noticeable seat of the pants difference all around, especially on the highway.

 

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