[TravelswithCharly]

I have tested 5 Intakes. The AFE has little effect on IAT. It looks like it would but it doesn't. It is also a frequent source of MAF codes, like KN. A big PIA.

Volant does a good job of taking the air from the cooler fender, and bumper, it is the only one that I consider worth looking at.

I have seen 190 degrees with the AFE, which also created MAF code headaches. 130 degrees with Volant. By contrast, the stock intakes has reached 230 degrees

The best one, and the one I use now, was half the cost of the volant, and has a stock appearance, stock filtration efficiency, and no oil.

I will never use an oiled filter for street use. Whoever came up with that concept should be shot.

My favorite statement to read is "I replaced my element with xxx and I see better spool up times, and better SOTP performance". The intake business is the most fraudulent aftermarket business there is, preying on our weak psychological state to bellieve what we are told, and believe it so readily that we invent false improvements, placebo, to justify our ego based decisions. It's an amazing thing to watch. The best thing you can do to improve spoolup time, is to replace your dirty loaded element. The correct one is listed on the intake, and don't buy anything accept the delco, there is a lot of junk out in fram boxes, etc.

Go to your local landfill, you don't have to pay for these. A friend picked one out of the neighbors trash just a few weeks ago. There is a good reason for that.