Re: CAI install
]I also am not pleased with the look of the engine compartment without the stock intakes but I knew exactly how it would look prior to my doing so. Plenty of pictures were on this forum for me to see what it would look like. The needwings install was very painless and quick.
As for performance...? I cannot tell the difference. I feel no added power or pickup in any range. I know that for most the sound the intake makes may give a placebo effect on the 'butt dyno'.
I was also disappointed in the lack of supercharger whine that so many have wrote about. I barley hear the difference. That said.. It is true that before the CAI I could not hear it at all. But even now it is barley noticeable. Very little sound increase of air induction of SC Whine.
I dont want to but down Needswings and their product. There was nothing wrong with the material or engineering or instruction. I just was hoping for the roar my other autos have with their AEM intakes. I was hoping for a difference in felt power.