Is a cold air intake gonna help my RST in any way state your opinion

[cardude2000]

Forget the CAI unless you want it mainly for sound.

They add ~15-30hp.

Not enough IMO to justify the cost.

 

[08HoeCD]

They add ~15-30hp.

Not enough IMO to justify the cost.

No chance that a CAI alone in these trucks bumps hp that much.

 

[cardude2000]

No chance that a CAI alone in these trucks bumps hp that much.

Yep.

http://blackbearperformance.com/IntakeTestResults_2016.asp

 

[Jorge1313]

Yep.

http://blackbearperformance.com/IntakeTestResults_2016.asp

I. Still lost with that graph what is bottom line does cold air intake do anything

 

[08HoeCD]

I. Still lost with that graph what is bottom line does cold air intake do anything

All significant gains depend on, or are the result of, custom tuning.

 

[fozzi58]

I added the aFe and a blackbear tune to my truck and from a "seat of the pants" feel, it was very noticeable. I can get the tires to squeak on a WOT start. Before the CAI and tune it was a struggle to power brake it.

 

[WillCO]

What engine do you have and what k and n did you use just filter or whole cold air intake how obnoxious was it explain please

The whole thing. Most of what it did was remove all muffling from the engine's normal intake sound. It's a throaty, high-midrange sound that is very noticeable in the cabin and rather loud at WOT. To my ears, it was the sort of sound you might want to hear in a 2-seat sportscar but not in a full-size SUV.

 

[cardude2000]

All significant gains depend on, or are the result of, custom tuning.

Some of those CAI’s generated >25hp gains with zero tuning.

 

[Sean James]

25 hp and bone stock? Wow, not my experience with a Tahoe, Caprice, or Crown Vic cvpi. All they did was whine during hard acceleration, making me think it was the trans about to drop. Then the "k&n filter oil" gets all over the MAF sensor, reducing "calculated load" values. And it actually sucks in HOTTER air from the engine compartment via the radiator. Whereas the factory box pulls air from outside the inner wheel well. Just my experience with bone stock V-8's.

I guess with a tune it's possible. But 25 ponies with just a cai? I am very skeptical.

 

[08HoeCD]

Maybe @BlackBearPerf can clarify/verify exactly what is the expected 20+HP from adding a CAI alone, without any tuning, on a 2015+ Tahoe/Yukon.