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Performance Modifications and Other Conversations This is a place where we can have real, honest discussions about all things performance related. Whether it's power adders, engine parts, configurations, injectors, tuning, or whatever else you can thing of, let's talk about it! |
View Poll Results: What CAI are you running? | |||
AFE | 27 | 9.64% | |
Air Force One | 10 | 3.57% | |
Airaid | 19 | 6.79% | |
Banks | 9 | 3.21% | |
K&N | 73 | 26.07% | |
S&B | 21 | 7.50% | |
Other | 60 | 21.43% | |
Volant | 22 | 7.86% | |
I don't have a CAI. | 39 | 13.93% | |
Voters: 280. You may not vote on this poll |
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I've looked at a thousand posts on f150online and other places and it seems like there are mixed reviews about every cai. Some say they are awesome and some say they wouldn't waste their money on them. Maybe I should just spend my money on underdrive pullies...they seem to get more consistent good reviews. How does everyone on here that polled like their cai's?
Jerod
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Pullies and Exhaust Mods =
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Joe, why don't you start a new thread in this section and ask if anyone knows where you can purchase it? Just a suggestion. It's a good question, and I wouldn't want it to get lost way down here in this thread.
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I just found a web site................Thank you.
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I have a Banks CAI and their exhaust on my F150, course I also gryphonized my truck at the same time so it is really hard to tell what I got and from where.
I like it though.
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so bill recomends pullies over a cai? i might have to get a set of pullies then...cheaper than a cai too...you just saved me some money
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Yeah I have been considering that for a while actually.
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Why pullies?? I have never heard of this.
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Pulleys help reduce the parasitic loads on the front of the engine by slowing everything down using a smaller balancer pulley and larger accessory pulleys. The only disadvantage is that they can cause the alternator to spin slow enough at idle to not keep the battery fully charged, especially with high loads such as headlights or high current stereo equipment. This problem is easy to overcome by raising the idle around 50-75 RPM.
The gains from pulley are claimed at about 6-8 HP and 1/2 MPG. I think the mileage is a little optimistic but the HP gains are pretty accurate. Hope this helps.
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You know, I've been reading a lot about CAIs and come to this impass in my understanding how any airbox mod or CAI actually helps. If you don't replace or modify how the Mass Airflow Sensor regulates the air flow, how does any mod increase air flow into the engine? Doesn't the computer adjust to MAFS back to the stock air flow specs? Is this one of the parameters adjusted by a tuner?
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