Is a cold air intake gonna help my RST in any way state your opinion

[Jorge1313]

I have a RST does the cold air intake do any thing or it a joke mine bring high volume filter the so I don’t have a cold air intake. Let’s all be honest who has one and what you felt quicker more power louder or just a waste of money. Doesn’t do anything what your thought

 

[Doubeleive]

it will make it sound better, that's about it roughly. If you also ported the tb and intake and got a tune then yes more pony's

 

[Jorge1313]

Any good intake that give the most sound lol that you know about

 

[Doubeleive]

Any good intake that give the most sound lol that you know about

@BlackBearPerf these guys can point you in the right direction, they did a run down on all the popular models a little while back

 

[Jeff Groves]

You'll probably get the same sound and performance by cutting the baffles off the stock unit.
That's what I'll be doing soon.
I'm also working on adding parts to direct more pressurized air into the stock filter housing.

 

[gat0r]

http://blackbearperformance.com/IntakeTestResults_2016.asp

 

[gat0r]

CAI will be more sound & a few extra ponies

stock airbox flows well.

now... after you add a supercharger or boost, then it will give more

 

[WillCO]

I suggest finding someone in your area who has one and listening to it before you buy.

I installed a K&N in my '16 shortly after I got it. Not sure it felt any faster, but the intake sound was most certainly louder and, to my ears, a bit obnoxious. I put the stock unit back on.

 

[08HoeCD]

Forget the CAI unless you want it mainly for sound.

 

[Jorge1313]

I suggest finding someone in your area who has one and listening to it before you buy.

I installed a K&N in my '16 shortly after I got it. Not sure it felt any faster, but the intake sound was most certainly louder and, to my ears, a bit obnoxious. I put the stock unit back on.

What engine do you have and what k and n did you use just filter or whole cold air intake how obnoxious was it explain please

 

[cardude2000]

Forget the CAI unless you want it mainly for sound.

They add ~15-30hp.

Not enough IMO to justify the cost.

 

[08HoeCD]

They add ~15-30hp.

Not enough IMO to justify the cost.

No chance that a CAI alone in these trucks bumps hp that much.

 

[cardude2000]

No chance that a CAI alone in these trucks bumps hp that much.

Yep.

http://blackbearperformance.com/IntakeTestResults_2016.asp

 

[Jorge1313]

Yep.

http://blackbearperformance.com/IntakeTestResults_2016.asp

I. Still lost with that graph what is bottom line does cold air intake do anything

 

[08HoeCD]

I. Still lost with that graph what is bottom line does cold air intake do anything

All significant gains depend on, or are the result of, custom tuning.

 

[fozzi58]

I added the aFe and a blackbear tune to my truck and from a "seat of the pants" feel, it was very noticeable. I can get the tires to squeak on a WOT start. Before the CAI and tune it was a struggle to power brake it.

 

[WillCO]

What engine do you have and what k and n did you use just filter or whole cold air intake how obnoxious was it explain please

The whole thing. Most of what it did was remove all muffling from the engine's normal intake sound. It's a throaty, high-midrange sound that is very noticeable in the cabin and rather loud at WOT. To my ears, it was the sort of sound you might want to hear in a 2-seat sportscar but not in a full-size SUV.

 

[cardude2000]

All significant gains depend on, or are the result of, custom tuning.

Some of those CAI’s generated >25hp gains with zero tuning.

 

[Sean James]

25 hp and bone stock? Wow, not my experience with a Tahoe, Caprice, or Crown Vic cvpi. All they did was whine during hard acceleration, making me think it was the trans about to drop. Then the "k&n filter oil" gets all over the MAF sensor, reducing "calculated load" values. And it actually sucks in HOTTER air from the engine compartment via the radiator. Whereas the factory box pulls air from outside the inner wheel well. Just my experience with bone stock V-8's.

I guess with a tune it's possible. But 25 ponies with just a cai? I am very skeptical.

 

[08HoeCD]

Maybe @BlackBearPerf can clarify/verify exactly what is the expected 20+HP from adding a CAI alone, without any tuning, on a 2015+ Tahoe/Yukon.