‘24 Raptors and the CAI Dilemma

[Coleblack]

I recently installed a AWE dual tube CAI on my 24 and it seems to spool up a lot faster ,also installed the pulsar xt for the time being ,I really wanna run E85 as it's plenty available here in buford ,ga. but I'm sure I'll need a tune for that and some bigger injectors ,the injectors I can get the tune I cannot.

 

[Coleblack]

 

[Relentles0ne]

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Looks beautiful man! I have heard AFE throw codes on a few folks which deterred me from going this direction but I can’t help but admire how good these look! And the scoop just looks huge!

 

[Coleblack]

It comes with a small tube that has to be stuck into the pvc port and turned a certain direction to keep it from throwing codes

 

[Coleblack]

So far so good.

 

[scsponger31]

For what it is worth, I tried the S&B on my 24'. Fitment was awful. Took it off before ever turning the truck on.

 

[Relentles0ne]

For what it is worth, I tried the S&B on my 24'. Fitment was awful. Took it off before ever turning the truck on.

Ya I heard that although their filter is huge and looks good. Getting it actually out to clean it is a pain in the rear and hardly functional. I think if I didn’t buy my corsa I would have gone to the Cobb or one of the AFE. It’s good to hear from @Coleblack experience that they provide direction on how to prevent cels from happening now. While in the past it was just put it in and figure it out.
Either of you two doing an intercooler too?

 

[Coleblack]

I haven't as of yet ,I installed this piggyback tuner the pulsar xt and I'm driving around thinking yeah man ,I can feel a difference ,then the other day I opened the app and realized I didn't even have the thing turned on ,lmao ,so I put it on like power level 3 and I'm afraid it's gonna burn up a turbo ,big difference in power

 

[scsponger31]

Ya I heard that although their filter is huge and looks good. Getting it actually out to clean it is a pain in the rear and hardly functional. I think if I didn’t buy my corsa I would have gone to the Cobb or one of the AFE. It’s good to hear from @Coleblack experience that they provide direction on how to prevent cels from happening now. While in the past it was just put it in and figure it out.
Either of you two doing an intercooler too?

Not yet. Trying to decide if I want to do a hidden winch or not. That will determine the IC I go with.

 

[GCATX]

For me swapping the scoop was more about lack of power loss as opposed to any power gains. Under perfect circumstances sure it doesn’t do anything. When the stock scoop starts to get squeezed in, a stiffer scoop certainly prevents power loss. There’s info on this here https://cobbtuning.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PRS/pages/2739634299/Gen3+Raptor+Issues:+Intake+Collapse. When the scoop collapses a power loss is very evident. When the scoop begins to close up but hasn’t collapsed the waste gate begins to close beyond its nominal position. I don’t have a tune on my truck and the scoop collapsed.

Maybe this will help some. The scoop on our Gen 3's were most definitely deformed when I looked at them a couple years ago. I drilled a hole and put a push pin in through the radiator support. The top of the scoop is plenty rigid enough, so just the bottom has to be pinned.