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Sure, it will suck warmer air (though it appears the stock inlet duct is there to help feed it...) and sure, it's not a true CAI but as far as the turbocharger is concerned, that is a lot more preferable to breathing through the airbox and the intercooler ought to help somewhat.
That intake should be louder. The steel baffle is more of a heat shield if it's like most other short rams out there.
Not talking about the heat shield. There's a chamber right before the turbo behind the engine. That piece needs to be replaced with straight tubing for maximum funzee noises.
Not talking about the heat shield. There's a chamber right before the turbo behind the engine. That piece needs to be replaced with straight tubing for maximum funzee noises.
$350.00 for that intake seems a bit high for what you're getting. I have a friend who manufactures intakes (both CAI and RAI) for Mustangs. His RAI is nicer than that one and only sells for $259.00, and it includes a non-metallic heat shield. His CAI sells for $289.00. IMO the Craven intake should include a non-metallic heat shield. Speaking of non-metallic, not good making the intake tube from metal. Everything about that intake screams HEAT. Heat that sucks power. They should have gone with non-metallic tubing.
Looks like VIP parts has one coming for $290 and NM Engineering should have one soon costing $400+ (estimated based on their last kit). I'm looking forward to see how they all compare.
It does everything an Apple Watch (also $350 btw) won't do. I put these in the same category as the bolt on chassis brace things that go under the hood. Or a smoke shifter. Or a bacon stretcher.
Gains are probably minimal if any. Turbo cars don't benefit from intakes the way Naturally Aspirated cars do. As for intake temperatures, again with intercooled cars it really doesnt matter if you have a "cold air" or "hot air" intake as the intercooler is cooling the air off anyways. If you were worried about intake temps you would be better off investing in a larger intercooler than a "cold air" intake. Basically your just getting the turbo intake noise and louder bypass valve noise.