Which is better? JLT CAI vs. STEEDA CAI

After reading all the threads on numerous sites on who has the better CAI - JLT or STEEDA???
We here at BBR decided to end all the controversy.
We tested BOTH of these cold air intake systems on my 2011 Mustang GT 5.0L Automatic.

We did baseline on the car on a dynojet dyno and it made 350 rwhp / 332 rwtq 100% completely stock on 93 Octane fuel.

We then put a tune in it with a stock setup using BBR Tune w/ SCT software. It then made 375 rwhp / 354 rwtq on 93 octane with JUST A TUNE.

Then we installed a JLT Carbon Fiber CAI onto the car and it jumped up to an amazing 393rwhp/377rwtq on 93 octane.

Then we took off the JLT and installed the STEEDA CAI onto the same car and it made 393rwhp/376rwtq on 93 octane.


So, to our findings based off our testing of both of these cold air intake systems is....

BOTH the JLT and the STEEDA CAI's are BAD ASS!!!!!

They both picked up 40+ horsepower with one of our BBR Xtreme tunes incorporated with them over stock.

Dyno Graphs will be added tomorrow on all 4 runs.

JLT wins with 1ft-lb of torque, JLT FTW!

that's a crazy gain... ty

oh boy...somebodys discount bout to decrease!! lol.
thats the way it SHOULD be tested!! (if not at the track) dyno with a tune, THEN with CAI and tune.
id love to see a 2010 done the same way..........
kudos to BBR

I'll be going to the track hopefully tomorrow night to test both systems down the 1320'

That'll be the ultimate test!!!

What about the CnL?

Just goes to show you they are all pretty good. I have the CnL, and my dyno numbers are in the sig.

i also have the cnl. made 399/376

moved to Mustang chat befuckin' cause it just seems too chattable to be tech

fdjizm said:

JLT wins with 1ft-lb of torque, JLT FTW!

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It IS cheaper, and looks better...

I can't wait for a black Friday special on one of them

very impressive gains! i would go with jlt just cuz its carbon fiber

my GT made 393/375 on 91 octane, JLT and Brenspeed tune.

Of course all dyno numbers vary, but I made just that with a BBR tune

I'm hoping to see 400-405 with the addition of an intake, hope I am not expecting too much

D98GT said:

Of course all dyno numbers vary, but I made just that with a BBR tune

I'm hoping to see 400-405 with the addition of an intake, hope I am not expecting too much

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Lets not forget.... My car is an automatic... So the numbers are going to be lower on my car than on a manual car.

With the C&L and BamaTune, I'm making about the same numbers. But I have modified the stock exhaust too.

Great job BBR and killer numbers for an automatic. Just insane!!

Thanks for your efforts

Jay

John I realize that and I hope to see similar gains!

Tucker said:

Great job BBR and killer numbers for an automatic. Just insane!!

Thanks for your efforts

Jay

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Of course!
Anytime Jay. We are going to be playing with them more on the dyno and attempting to maximize the power increases. We used our e-mail tunes for these numbers to prove that they work. But we are now going to go in and fine tune both of these intakes, not only so I can get the optimum power, but so we can also improve the tunes for these items that we send out to our customers.

Was there much re-tuning done when the intake was put on? Or can the MAF and WB O2s figure out the airflow on their own?