slaterracing Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Installed yesteray Looks Good sounds even better. Good performance gain as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 What a sweet purrr. What's the estimated HP gain with the Steeda kit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meelaan Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 What a sweet purrr. What's the estimated HP gain with the Steeda kit? You mean with, or without the stickers? Mad stickaz = +15hp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterracing Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Sorry had not been out on this board for a while but yes there is a def HP gain. You can feel it alot more. The wife even said she could tell that getting onto the freeway was much esier. Well worth the money and the small time to install it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meelaan Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Sorry had not been out on this board for a while but yes there is a def HP gain. You can feel it alot more. The wife even said she could tell that getting onto the freeway was much esier. Well worth the money and the small time to install it. Until you dyno this vehicle, scan in your readout, and post it on this forum, I'll remain on the "you're-probably-imagining-a-substantial-horsepower-gain" side of the fence. Sorry, but getting a fantastic performance increase out of a 2.3L four-cylinder in a Fusion by simply swapping the intake manifold brings out the skeptic in me. Want a performance increase? Reprogram your fuel system to squirt more gas in the cylinders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Want a performance increase? Reprogram your fuel system to squirt more gas in the cylinders. All that will do is make the air/fuel mixture too rich - won't do a thing for power. At least the air intake will add SOME horsepower. Stick to something you know, like insulting people for no reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterracing Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Until you dyno this vehicle, scan in your readout, and post it on this forum, I'll remain on the "you're-probably-imagining-a-substantial-horsepower-gain" side of the fence. Sorry, but getting a fantastic performance increase out of a 2.3L four-cylinder in a Fusion by simply swapping the intake manifold brings out the skeptic in me. Want a performance increase? Reprogram your fuel system to squirt more gas in the cylinders. I have been building cars for more years then i want to remember. Adding an air intake is a proven way to make power. Now the results vary car to car. But if you take a look at this dyno sheet from K&N on their intake they are making 6.05 more HP on the fusion and the Steeda intake is a very close design. Steeda is also stating a 6hp gain on the fusion. So maybe you want to do some research before you open up your mouth from down on. :hysterical2: http://www.kandn.com/dynocharts/69-3514.pdf And by the way you just got 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meelaan Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I have been building cars for more years then i want to remember. Adding an air intake is a proven way to make power. Now the results vary car to car. But if you take a look at this dyno sheet from K&N on their intake they are making 6.05 more HP on the fusion and the Steeda intake is a very close design. Steeda is also stating a 6hp gain on the fusion. So maybe you want to do some research before you open up your mouth from down on. :hysterical2: Oh shit... a friggin CAI piece of crap. Guess what that does? Nothing. Advertised horsepower gain? B.S. Great job on getting the trendiest "mod" available. Really shows your years of automotive mechanic experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterracing Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Oh shit... a friggin CAI piece of crap. Guess what that does? Nothing. Advertised horsepower gain? B.S. Great job on getting the trendiest "mod" available. Really shows your years of automotive mechanic experience. now that is funny. i have only been working on cars for 25 years. a CAI is nothing new. It is the same as putting on a open air cleaner on a Carb car. With the years that i have been working on cars and building race cars i used products that work. As for the ricer comment so the Mustang Shelby GT is a ricer because ford puts and intake on it from the factory? No they put it on there because it works. An engine is an air pump. The more air in the more performance plain and simple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 now that is funny. i have only been working on cars for 25 years. a CAI is nothing new. It is the same as putting on a open air cleaner on a Carb car. With the years that i have been working on cars and building race cars i used products that work. As for the ricer comment so the Mustang Shelby GT is a ricer because ford puts and intake on it from the factory? No they put it on there because it works. An engine is an air pump. The more air in the more performance plain and simple. Is this drawing cooler outside air or engine compartment air? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterracing Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Is this drawing cooler outside air or engine compartment air? a little of both. It is getting air flow from below the filter as well as from the fender area. there is a heat shield that helps to block engine heat but will not block it 100%. On one of the other fusion forums there is a guy doing an air temp study and it is showing there is not a ton of diff between were the filter is located in steeda's CAI and behind the front bumper. Also after i installed mine i drove home from work about 20 miles or so. after getting home i popped the hood and gabbed the MAF housing and it was not hot at all. Since the intake is as far away from the exhaust manifold it can go it is pulling the coolest air possible without mounting it down low in the fender or behind the bumper. But it would not be hard at all to run another piped down low and attach the filter to it. i choose not to do that since i am in Iowa and it rains a ton here and snows alot in winter so the road grime on a filter is bad. My prev car was a 98 neon sport with the DOHC 2.0 in it. I had an iceman intake on it and it mounts just above the front bumper about 10 inches from the ground and was always afraid of hydro locking my motor. Any time it would rain alot i would have to make sure that i did not drive thru any large puddles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 a little of both. It is getting air flow from below the filter as well as from the fender area. there is a heat shield that helps to block engine heat but will not block it 100%. On one of the other fusion forums there is a guy doing an air temp study and it is showing there is not a ton of diff between were the filter is located in steeda's CAI and behind the front bumper. Also after i installed mine i drove home from work about 20 miles or so. after getting home i popped the hood and gabbed the MAF housing and it was not hot at all. Since the intake is as far away from the exhaust manifold it can go it is pulling the coolest air possible without mounting it down low in the fender or behind the bumper. But it would not be hard at all to run another piped down low and attach the filter to it. i choose not to do that since i am in Iowa and it rains a ton here and snows alot in winter so the road grime on a filter is bad. My prev car was a 98 neon sport with the DOHC 2.0 in it. I had an iceman intake on it and it mounts just above the front bumper about 10 inches from the ground and was always afraid of hydro locking my motor. Any time it would rain alot i would have to make sure that i did not drive thru any large puddles. I've got a K&N panel filter in mine. Stock replacement. I used to have a 5 liter Mustang notch back that I installed a cold air intake on. The intake portion was under the front bumper. I never had a problem with rain or snow with that and I'm in Ohio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterracing Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 a little of both. It is getting air flow from below the filter as well as from the fender area. there is a heat shield that helps to block engine heat but will not block it 100%. On one of the other fusion forums there is a guy doing an air temp study and it is showing there is not a ton of diff between were the filter is located in steeda's CAI and behind the front bumper. Also after i installed mine i drove home from work about 20 miles or so. after getting home i popped the hood and gabbed the MAF housing and it was not hot at all. Since the intake is as far away from the exhaust manifold it can go it is pulling the coolest air possible without mounting it down low in the fender or behind the bumper. But it would not be hard at all to run another piped down low and attach the filter to it. i choose not to do that since i am in Iowa and it rains a ton here and snows alot in winter so the road grime on a filter is bad. My prev car was a 98 neon sport with the DOHC 2.0 in it. I had an iceman intake on it and it mounts just above the front bumper about 10 inches from the ground and was always afraid of hydro locking my motor. Any time it would rain alot i would have to make sure that i did not drive thru any large puddles. i have never personally had a problem either but have heard stories and seen pix. The only issue i did have was i had to clean the filter about once a month because of the road grime. i also had the panel filter first and the steeda intake is so much better. you can feel the gain in hp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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