Cold Air Intake for the most power??

[Goodlife_chevy]

Has anyone tested the power gain in the different brand intakes? Im getting ready to buy one, most the time im happy to have one to let the truck breathe better but I know this tahoe will be with me long term and would rather buy the best and not have to replace being dissapointed!

Let me hear your pros and cons to the intakes you've tried out!

Thanks,

Brennan

 

[LordWayback]

unless you’re getting a tune a intake will do about jack My 2001 Yukon xl has a spectre intake the reason I’d recommend Spectre is because you can walk into any oreilys (pending stock) and get one or filters or pieces for it
Pros : 50 state legal , requires no modifications to the body of the truck or screwing/drilling With a proper tune you might gain 3 hp lol, sounds cool
Cons : costs a pretty penny for what it is
Nearly no splash protection.YouTube short how it sounds with a thrush muffler

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Unless the aftermarket intake is pulling in air from OUTSIDE the engine bay (like through a tire wheel well) it is NOT a cold air intake, regardless of what the packaging says.

You will get some additional sound at WOT, but any power increase won't be noticeable.

Spend your money on a Black Bear Performance tune, and you WILL notice significant motor and transmission performance increases.

 

[Goodlife_chevy]

Unless the aftermarket intake is pulling in air from OUTSIDE the engine bay (like through a tire wheel well) it is NOT a cold air intake, regardless of what the packaging says.

You will get some additional sound at WOT, but any power increase won't be noticeable.

Spend your money on a Black Bear Performance tune, and you WILL notice significant motor and transmission performance increases.

I have a simple plug and play S1000, mainly wanted to get that V4 mode turned off! Yeah that’s the tough part I’m not going through the effort to allow cold air like I did my Subaru. Seems like most people say they gain small power, small sound but it looks good under the hood. Just feels like it’s missing something

 

[j91z28d1]

after looking at it.. this one might actually be a thing.

VR Tri-Power

I'm sure their numbers are way over board, and I can't try one as it looks like it mounts right where my coolent tank goes. but could he real ram air.

 

[j91z28d1]

I am still temped to try this one some day if can ever stop spending the money are repairs haha.

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only with the Donaldson power core filter. I don't trust the others. they also have a ram air duct that runs down behind the tow hook I believe that you can add on.


you'll never get a hp to $ value from it but it looks nice.

 

[Doubeleive]

Has anyone tested the power gain in the different brand intakes? Im getting ready to buy one, most the time im happy to have one to let the truck breathe better but I know this tahoe will be with me long term and would rather buy the best and not have to replace being dissapointed!

Let me hear your pros and cons to the intakes you've tried out!

Thanks,

Brennan

all claims of power aside, the bottom line is a nice $300-400 cai is going to fit and work better than a $100 cai.
you get what you pay for.
if you buy that $60 special off amazon/ebay, you get a $60 piece of junk that has to be modified to just stay attached.

 

[Doubeleive]

you want one that has a support bracket for the tube and the filter, otherwise they wiggle and come apart, break, etc
a good well thought out design is worth it.

 

[LordWayback]

you want one that has a support bracket for the tube and the filter, otherwise they wiggle and come apart, break, etc
a good well thought out design is worth it.

I think the overall best value one is the one I have the only problem is you have to crank the hose clamp on the filter pretty good

 

[Foggy]

I've tried diff ones on my Yuk and on several other cars over the years.
I finally decided on the MIT tube only for the Yukon...
The OE filter box IS A CAI !!!! I have a good " green filter" in there
(it came with my supercharger that is now gone)...
I've looked at my IAT's quite a bit...
The stock box is about the best and the MIT gets rid of the clutter
from the factory tubing. It gives a noticeable sound too when you get into
the throttle

 

[Marky Dissod]

pcm tune / ecm & tcm tune is a MUCH better bang for the buck.
Axle gear upgrade costs more, but can actually improve city MpG.

I actually think I'm done with cold air intakes.
Almost any other mod will get more horses per dollar spent.
It's not like my hood is transparent.

 

[ivin74]

Has anyone tested the power gain in the different brand intakes? Im getting ready to buy one, most the time im happy to have one to let the truck breathe better but I know this tahoe will be with me long term and would rather buy the best and not have to replace being dissapointed!

Let me hear your pros and cons to the intakes you've tried out!

Thanks,

Brennan

Home made intake,super cheap and added the k&n filter.

Gained 50hp. Lol

 

[Joseph Garcia]

As @Foggy stated above, an MIT tube will clean up the 'plumbing' around the top of the motor and give you a bit of sound. And it comes with Black Bear Performance's blessing.

 

[iamdub]

The factory setup is a damned good design as it isolates the intake air from the engine bay heat. It just looks boring and the duct has Hemholtz resonators to quiet down the intake air sound. It is NOT choking the engine of air. To improve the looks and sound, throw on an MIT. The one weak point to the factory design is the seal between the filter box and fender. That thin foam seal and the adhesive securing it degrades with time. It falls in or rots away, allowing a little engine bay heat to be sucked in. It's still a very small amount of hot air compared to the pretty chrome tube and giant cone filter setup.

My solution for the seal starts here:

Growing up doesn't have to suck

I had some 20K-mile LS6 springs (yellow) from some Z06 heads I had for a past project. I got the 2600-2800 converter. I think it's the famed I-6 Trailblazer converter, but with an upgraded clutch and slightly higher stall. The rep said my Tahoe should still roll if I idled in gear with my...

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Checking it after three years- Sealing great!

 

[DaveO9]

I'll add my $0.02. 100% agree that we already have CAI on our trucks and that it's a pretty good system as-is. But slight advantages in getting rid of the accordion flex tube and all the resonators, if only for looks/sound/clean up engine bay. On my '09, I added the Airaid MIT as some have suggested, but I got it used from a member on here. Looks like they are going $200 new - a LOT to pay for a plastic tube! On my current '13, I plan to replace the factory tube in one of two ways: 1) home-made tube or 2) buy a $60 Amazon or E-bay cheapie and just use the tube by plumbing it to factory air box. I know folks on here have done #1, so that's doable. Anyone know someone that's done #2? There are threads on here where it's been discussed as an option, but I haven't seen any where it's been done.

 

[mikez71]

Very nice! And +1 for a tune!
My intake air temps have typically been around 20 degrees above ambient after warmup. (stock intake old foam)

 

[Thrust]

Has anyone tested the power gain in the different brand intakes? Im getting ready to buy one, most the time im happy to have one to let the truck breathe better but I know this tahoe will be with me long term and would rather buy the best and not have to replace being dissapointed!

Let me hear your pros and cons to the intakes you've tried out!

Thanks,

Brennan

2016 Yukon Cold Air Intake Test Results

2016 GMC Yukon Denali Intake Test Results With many different models and styles of cold air intakes offered, we decided to put together a comparison test of a few of the more popular models that we've seen. This evaluation was performed without any expectation of results and no bias towards any...

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Not the same years of truck but at least gives you an idea on how some of them performed.

 

[tgwhit12]

I don't want to sound contrary to many of the replies, but I tried the Air Raid which came with the K&N. It's not a hill I want to die on with regard to increased horsepower or torque, but I could feel a different throttle response before I was completely reversed out of my driveway. That's on my 13 PPV Tahoe where I'd replaced the 5.3 with a new GM 6.0. As others say, the sound / groan at mid throttle to wot is noticeable, but I have it in my head that it's a nice upgrade for $$225.00. Afterwards, I liked it so much that I did it to my 11 PPV Tahoe with a higher mileage 5.3. I like it and they "feel like" they get more air. And, I swear the "seat of the pants" feel is better. Certainly worth a few hundred bucks if you're keeping the trtuck a while.

 

[Burban22]

I have 2 afe CAI. Besides looking cool, cleaning up the engine bay and more intake noise I can’t tell a power difference but blackbear did a test showing some power gains.

2016 Yukon Cold Air Intake Test Results

2016 GMC Yukon Denali Intake Test Results With many different models and styles of cold air intakes offered, we decided to put together a comparison test of a few of the more popular models that we've seen. This evaluation was performed without any expectation of results and no bias towards any...

www.blackbearperformance.com

Installed on my black bear tuned 2003 suburban afe 54-74101

I have this on my 2018 sierra 6.2L
aFe Momentum GT - 54-74104

 

[Burban22]

i purchased one used from a different forum member and the other on Amazon but a return sold by Amazon warehouse. Both were a good discount vs buying new and paying retail so check marketplace, etc.