My thoughts about the CAI and the install.
* Everything looked top drawer. Face it, if someone was motivated enough, one could do this from Home Depot, Kragen, and a lot of time and swearing. What you pay for is a nicely designed kit that makes it very simple and looks professional, and works. This does that.
* Fit was perfect.
* Everything was well packed in a lot of bubble wrap.
* I think the instructions are a work in progress. Since this is a new poduct, this is not a surprise. Perhaps Brett can use some of my instructions? I don't want to be presumptious. But not everyone is going to know that the VSV is for example. I personally really like it when instructions include wrench sizes. It makes the job go easier.
* Installation was not hard. Once I kinda figured out where the heat shields went, that was easy. Total time was about an hour to do this entire job. Maybe 90 minutes if you took your time.
* Driving impressions? Well, it turns out I was down a little on power anyway because my air filter was so dirty.
And I am also not a great believer in subjective butt dynos. But holy crap, the car comes alive now in the upper power band.
At least I think it does. Only a dyno would provide real data and it would have to be vs a clean stock air filter. I can only say it feels good.
* Sound? This is the best part. There is this inner kid that just likes making noise and seeing food that is on fire. I missed the Quicksilver exhaust since I removed it and went back to stock. This easily makes me just as happy. The difference is that the exhaust makes noise based on RPMs, the intake of course makes noise based on throttle. At idle and staying off the gas, you can really hear some intake sounds, but it is not obviously loud or anything. Just a little hiss or quiet woosh. But when you floor it, OH MY GAWD. I REALLY like it. REALLY. I want to just drive and floor it all over town.
So, overall I love this CAI. I think ForcedFed has a nice product, specially for those of us not interested in going to the turbo route (yet).