GMPP Air Intake= How many +HP? If any?

[dodson914]

Originally Posted by Edrock

Anybody know how difficult the GMPP CAI box will be to install? Is it just a couple of screws and clamps and you're done? The reason I ask is that the installation fee on my dealer's accessory site shows ~$30 for installation. I'm thinking that's $30 I could save doing it myself unless there is something special about it requiring special tools or something....

They are extremely easy to install. I'd save the money and do it yourself. All the ones I have done have been a couple of bolts and clamps and you are good to go.

[ZZcamaro]

Do it yourself...Also you could wait a couple of weeks and see what the aftermarket offers...WINK WINK

[Robin Lawrence]

As soon as my car arrives I will have it on the dyno with the GMPP Cold Air Kit as well as several other mods.

Stay tuned


Robin

[BackinBlackSS/RS]

Originally Posted by Robin Lawrence

As soon as my car arrives I will have it on the dyno with the GMPP Cold Air Kit as well as several other mods.

Stay tuned


Robin

Your car won't be moving, so expect very little if any increase.

[Edrock]

Originally Posted by ZZcamaro

Do it yourself...Also you could wait a couple of weeks and see what the aftermarket offers...WINK WINK

True. Why not? It's not like I'm going to have my car any time soon so it seems...

[Robin Lawrence]

I doubt that, I have seen increases on every other system that I have installed and dyno'd

Camaro sould repeat those results, by how much remains the question.

Robin

[Hesh]

Usally to get the cold air intake to show increases the place a couple of large fans in front of the car to simulate air moving over the car.

[Robin Lawrence]

Have the kit but not the car......






Robin

[LSxJunkie]

I'm betting somewhere between 2-3whp max, which is small enough that it might be just a dyno discrepancy.

[dodson914]

Looks nice, just wish they didn't want so much money for it.

[Camaro Fan]

A half decent lid and/or cold air kit has been a dyno proven 10+ rwhp mod on LT1 and LS1 Fbodies. Looking at the design of the stock intake here I'm figuring i will be worth about that here as well provided it is a good kit. I look forward to a dyno test to get real numbers from both the GMPP intake and other aftermarket models though. I'll buy whatever gives the best bang for the buck...

Heck a cold air intake kit has proven to be worth a good chunk of power on virtually every modern V8 car out. The G8 GTs and Chrysler Hemi cars, Mustangs, etc are pretty much all guaranteed to gain ~10ish rwhp at least as well. Just depends on how much the factory intake sacrifices to cut noise and fit in a cramped engine bay...

[detroitboy]

Wow...sure does look pretty and might be worth the money in that department alone if you can get a discount on the price. However, I can't help but to wonder if GM has already gotten a pretty large amount of HP out of the existing intake and exhaust, thereby making the difference of the aftermarket parts somewhat negligible. I'm sure the GM engineers have learned a lot about squeezing maximum HP out of an application through the years. I guess we will not know until we see some dyno numbers further down the line.

[SicSix6]

Ok, Just FYI for those that are less performance savvy. 1. One of the first things you want to do on almost any vehicle including your daily driver, Is the intake. It isn't so much the horsepower gain you are looking for rather than the end result onece you have put time and effort into working and modifying your car. If you want the car to perform 1st it needs to breath in the air it needs to perform. All, I say all, factory intake boxes are very restrictive. If you don't believe me, go pull the one in your car out and ask yourself "how in the hell does this help my car breathe?"
Then look at aftermarket air boxes and lids. you don't need to be a scientist to see the difference and how your car will benifit from a better intake.
It would be like putting a nose plug on your nose and going for a jog.
The after that remove the nose plug, insert tubes to make the nostrils bigger, wahlah..... more power and ability to breathe more.

2. Then you need to exhail. So We get headers, preferably long tubes, and exhaust. Why? Because you can breathe in alday long, but it does no good unless you can also breathe out.

Hope this helps to put this into perspective.

[detroitboy]

I'm anxious to see the dyno results of the CAI alone on the intake side - no other intake changes. I'm sure the only reason GM might have a restriction in it is due to noise. If the only restriction is before the filter you might be able to just let more air into the box and pick up some HP for free.