JLT before & after on another stocker

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When I first strapped my car to the dyno(650 hard miles)

My first pull netted only ~360RWHP/330RWTQ on 93 octane. It wasnt after a solid 3-4 pulls that I got the best numbers of 373/351.

The breakin miles were tough, so its not as if the car didnt have a chance to learn the 93 octane and its limits.

If I would have used my lowest baseline compared to my highest tuned, I would have posted 30RWHP gains from a base tune only. I feel this is a VERY easy way for "some" vendors to skew the numbers(not accusing anyone specifically). Also, I see a few vendors using SAE for baseline, and making new pulls with STD correction or what not. That alone is worth 2-3% alone
 

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This is what SCT tech support wrote me about their 93 tune compared to a vendors 93 tune on stock car.


"If the vehicle is stock the tunes will be about the same - if you have modification on the vehicle then the custom tune will be the route to take."
 

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Bama said they made 26-27 peak rwhp with Steeda CAI and their tune. 93 to 93.
 

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I think it would be great to have a third party... no affiliation member of this board, get one of each CAI's given to him to try. have him set up an appointment at his local dynoshop. Have the suppliers of the CAI get him a base tune file for him to install and let him do dyno testing for numbers. That way it's same car... same air quality...etc...

Who's up for that?

C&L vs. STEEDA vs. JLT vs. Who ever else makes one.

Just think that'll clear up a lot of the "talk"

I think all are great quality cold air's and they all make power. There is no doubt.
 

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I think it would be great to have a third party... no affiliation member of this board, get one of each CAI's given to him to try. have him set up an appointment at his local dynoshop. Have the suppliers of the CAI get him a base tune file for him to install and let him do dyno testing for numbers. That way it's same car... same air quality...etc...

Who's up for that?

C&L vs. STEEDA vs. JLT vs. Who ever else makes one.

Just think that'll clear up a lot of the "talk"

I think all are great quality cold air's and they all make power. There is no doubt.

That may be what is needed to prove the claims... Realistically all will most likely be within 5-10RWHP, if not even closer in my opinion

Same air, same car, same dyno

I have seen up to 2.5% variance just by using different dynojets on the SAME day...
 

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I think it would be great to have a third party... no affiliation member of this board, get one of each CAI's given to him to try. have him set up an appointment at his local dynoshop. Have the suppliers of the CAI get him a base tune file for him to install and let him do dyno testing for numbers. That way it's same car... same air quality...etc...

Who's up for that?

C&L vs. STEEDA vs. JLT vs. Who ever else makes one.

Just think that'll clear up a lot of the "talk"

I think all are great quality cold air's and they all make power. There is no doubt.
We are and IMO that person should be the magazine and or a highly respected SCT tuner like Chris Johnson at JMS. JMS doesn't sell JLT and any of the others as far as I know, but he does know tuning.
 

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This is what SCT tech support wrote me about their 93 tune compared to a vendors 93 tune on stock car.


"If the vehicle is stock the tunes will be about the same - if you have modification on the vehicle then the custom tune will be the route to take."
Agreed!
Bama said they made 26-27 peak rwhp with Steeda CAI and their tune. 93 to 93.
right on par
 
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You are right, it has been beat to DEATH and no good proof has come out.

Steeda first test the base line car made 330's RWHP ;)
Hmmm, No other car has done that here or anywhere on the net for that matter

And we explained why that is in detail in many posts on many boards already, plus its no secret our dyno reads low. Even Chris Johnson of SCT has publicly stated so. He has brought cars to us that read lower on our dyno than his. That is just dyno variance.

Different dyno's at different locations, different cars, etc will dyno differently. Even you cant deny that. You going to say Livernois's 430 horsepower to the wheels with just a Steeda cold air and tune is bogus too? No other car has done that either. But it wouldnt be convenient for you to admit thats just dyno variance, which is what it really is.

Our test and theirs was done back to back like it should be. Theirs was actually done with 93 octane to eliminate that variable. We also didnt vary coolant temperatures to see what that would do. Ours were done straight up at 200 degrees.

SCT's facebook page has a graph from their test only gaining 28 with the Steeda and tune (8 from the Steeda alone)

That should be a 93/93 dyno. Different cars, different days. You know the drill.

Chris Johnson has dyno'd our intake on SCT's own company car and got 11hp over tune/stock airbox alone. That car is the one they use for their own 28hp gain claims. Livernois also tested the stock box vs our cold air and saw around 10hp. Brenspeed I believe saw 11 or 12.

We have made the same gains on a few different cars, had JJ from Woodbine gain .2 and 2 mph in the 1/4 and even more "independent" results to come.

We've got "independent" test showing 7 tenths before and after. That even blows away the 1/2 second we got in our own testing. Results like that must be bogus too though.

http://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...volution-performance-tune-w-steeda-cai-2.html

This guy also didn't get much with the Steeda:

So the tune gained him a whopping 4 RWHP and 10 RWTQ.

Added the STEEDA CAI for a extra 10 RWHP and 10 RWTQ

So start to STEEDA and tune he gained 14 RWHP and 20 RWTQ

He gained what we would expect over the stock airbox, as confirmed by Livernois, Brenspeed, SCT as i mentioned earlier and others I have not mentioned which leads me to question the tuning. You of all people know every car is different. Consistency is an exception, not the rule when you are dealing with different cars on different days at different dynos. I feel its likely that is the case here but no way to know for sure.

Gus, please don't come in with those 2 odd cars and expect them not to be questioned.

Back at you. You went ahead and picked a couple of odd cars yourself just for your own benefit.

Tucker, you have a good product and I am glad you are in the market, but we do take exception to your comments on bogus claims out there. By including examples like SCT's claims, not just our own and explaning the methods behind how they were arrived at and why those methods were chosen I simply intended to clarify that the claims being made aren't bogus. I wanted people reading this thread to understand how claims are being made by different manufacturers so they could understand why some claims are higher than others, which would lead them to a better understanding of what they can expect for themselves.
 
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And we explained why that is in detail in many posts on many boards already, plus its no secret our dyno reads low. Even Chris Johnson of SCT has publicly stated so. He has brought cars to us that read lower on our dyno than his. That is just dyno variance.
Read low? Seriously? 330 RWHP It didn't read low for your ending numbers now did it?
Different dyno's at different locations, different cars, etc will dyno differently. Even you cant deny that. You going to say Livernois's 430 horsepower to the wheels with just a Steeda cold air and tune is bogus too? No other car has done that either. But it wouldnt be convenient for you to admit thats just dyno variance, which is what it really is.
This is the only car ever to pull 391 stock and I mentioned it in my post. I don't dispute the numbers from Livernois, just that's it a freak car like your 330 car.
Our test and theirs was done back to back like it should be. Theirs was actually done with 93 octane to eliminate that variable. We also didnt vary coolant temperatures to see what that would do. Ours were done straight up at 200 degrees.


That should be a 93/93 dyno. Different cars, different days. You know the drill.

Chris Johnson has dyno'd our intake on SCT's own company car and got 11hp over tune/stock airbox alone. That car is the one they use for their own 28hp gain claims. Livernois also tested the stock box vs our cold air and saw around 10hp. Brenspeed I believe saw 11 or 12.

Sct Performance Stock 2011 Mustang, Manual Trans, 3.31 Gear = 368rwhp
SCT Value File Tune + Stock 2011 Mustang = 384rwhp
Steeda Cold Air Intake + SCT Value File Tune + Stock 2011 Mustang = 392rwhp
From SCT's facebook test and results. That's a normal looking base line and ending number and my math says it's a 8 RWHP gain, not 11. That's a 24 RWHP gain, right on par with all the rest of the results from Bama, VMP, C&L and others have posted.


We've got "independent" test showing 7 tenths before and after. That even blows away the 1/2 second we got in our own testing. Results like that must be bogus too though.

http://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...volution-performance-tune-w-steeda-cai-2.html

Good job for him, he learned how to drive better on his new car in a couple weeks. I'm not disputing the kit works, just not 70 HP worth. .10 = about 10 HP right? So are you claiming this guy gained the equivilant of 70 HP?

He gained what we would expect over the stock airbox, as confirmed by Livernois, Brenspeed, SCT as i mentioned earlier and others I have not mentioned which leads me to question the tuning. You of all people know every car is different. Consistency is an exception, not the rule when you are dealing with different cars on different days at different dynos. I feel its likely that is the case here but no way to know for sure.

Agreed, all cars are different as well as dynos, but not 30 HP different. Stock 87 cars do not dyno 330, sorry I don't buy it and neither did many more in your thread here and other sites

Back at you. You went ahead and picked a couple of odd cars yourself just for your own benefit.

Tucker, you have a good product and I am glad you are in the market, but we do take exception to your comments on bogus claims out there. By including examples like SCT's claims, not just our own and explaning the methods behind how they were arrived at and why those methods were chosen I simply intended to clarify that the claims being made aren't bogus. I wanted people reading this thread to understand how claims are being made by different manufacturers so they could understand why some claims are higher than others, which would lead them to a better understanding of what they can expect for themselves.

As a customer reads your claims of 44 RWHP they expect it. More and more customers are dynoing their cars and 90% are getting 358-367 stock.
With these numbers and your claimed gains these customers will expect 44+ RWHP from your package putting them over 400 RWHP and you know as well as I do that's not going to happen.
Then your stuck explaining all about the 87 - 93 stock tune thing when if the claims were more realistic you wouldn't have to.

My customers will see my realistic gains of 22-26 RWHP over stock and 93 fuel. If they see more it's a bonus, but I'm comfortable knowing they won't see less.

Gus, the last thing I want to do is get into a pissing match with you on gains. I DO respect you and Steeda for all it's years in the Mustang market, so I'll end it there.
We are just starting to release kits, so we are very far behind, but so far the results are great and repeatable. I look forward to more results from customers as they get them.
 

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Lets not turn this into a pissing match thread guys.

Glad to see your product out for the 11's Jay :highfive:
 

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Since my results came up in this thread I will put this out there for all to read.

When we took delivery of our car a few months ago it was one of the first to be dyno'd and we were the first to dyno the only available CAI at the time, the MMR CAI which claimed 25hp with no tune. I paid full price for it, waited two weeks for it and maybe gained 6hp.

Now after that we got invited to an event for a magazine and I contacted each company that had or would have an available CAI for this car, Steeda, C&L and JLT and got two responses of which only one company came thru with a product and that was JLT. Jay provided us with a CAI and I gave him honest to goodness feedback which he appreciated. Considering this unit was pretty much brand new I was wondering what it did but after feeling and hearing the results of what he is producing there is no doubt that he CAI was well thought out and different from what others are offering. Jay might have been late to the game but I think that was because he didnt want to rush anything out there like MMR did. He took his time and refined his product and I am happy to have had the chance to test it.

Now I am not one to swing from anyones tree, I will tell it like it is so this is not an endorsement for JLT, this is just a story based on personal experience.

If any company wants me to test a product I would be happy to do so in an unbiased way. I wont blow smoke up your butt just because you gave me a product or offered me a discount and I think thats what some companies are affraid of but Jay came thru because he was confident in his product and that should speak volumes to everyone.

Steeda, send me one and I'll test it. Check your VM's and your Emails, I sent you guys plenty. Lee, same thing, send me one and I'll test it and trust me when I say that Jay knows that if either unit is better or makes more power then I will say so but thats a good thing for everyone because it will make Jay rack his brain to do better and visa versa but so far IMHO nobody has. :thumb2:

Anyone want a slightly used MMR CAI? :roflmao:

JJ
 

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Kits are shipping and results are coming in.
This was just posted on another forum:

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...t-cai-just-arrived-install-dyno-tomorrow.html

Just got back from the dyno.
Here are the results:

Baseline: 1,300 miles on the car, 6 speed manual, 5th gear pull, 3.73 gears, 3" Lethal O/R X-pipe, Flowmaster 'Hushpower' axleback, K&N filter, Lethal 93 octane tune by Jon Lund.

406.91 RWHP
391.89 RWTQ

After: Installed JLT carbon fiber CAI kit and downloaded revised Lethal 93 octane tune for JLT CAI by Jon Lund.

422.73 RWHP
400.70 RWTQ

Made an additional pull right after the first pull with the JLT

421.29 RWHP
400.93 RWTQ

So the end results are an improvement of:

15.82 RWHP
8.81 RWTQ

Over the stock air box with a K&N filter!!
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Driving home the power and drivability of the car are awesome!!

Thanks to Lethal Performance, JLT and Jon Lund!!!
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He posted graphs and pics.

So the JLT CAI only gained him just under 16 RWHP "apples to apples"

Not bad.:thumb2:
 

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