hey guys it's chris from steeda and today we have this 2021 grabber yellow gt
we're going to take our steeda pro flo open lid cold air intake as well as our steeda tune
load it up on here get the intake installed and show you before and after dyno results
and what this thing makes without further ado let's get to it
kicking things off for this product review this beautiful pro flow cold air intake
this thing not only looks good under your hood but it also performs as well you get that blue
cold air intake that matches that steeda blue that open lid that's going to allow
to seal against the hood so you kind of have a closed lid once your hood's shut
and you can keep that hot engine bay air out of your air box and ultimately out of your engine
it does require a tune for installation so keep that in mind if you were to go with this route
all in all cold air intakes are good especially the ones that don't require a tune but in order to
get the maximum out of your cold air intake you're going to want to tune to match that especially
with a mass airflow housing this large and with that comes a velocity stack to help smooth out and
speed up that air velocity going into your engine and pass the mass airflow sensor but all in all
installation is pretty easy we'll show you how to do it and then show you a before and after on the
dyno if exactly how much horsepower you can expect to get from this cold air intake from steeda
first things first once you get the velocity stack inside the air box go ahead and take your
coupling and get that hose clamp tightened down after that grab your air filter and the hose clamp
get that partially tightened down and ultimately stick that inside the air box and get that
tightened down on top of the velocity stack as well then you grab the supplied fittings and fit
them on the intake tube moving on to the factory air box you want to remove the mass airflow sensor
then loosen the coupling for the factory intake tube to the throttle body pull the intake tube out
then you'll move to the factory air box and remove the bolt holding the air box to the fender well
once you have the air box removed from the car you can go ahead and remove the mass airflow sensor
from the factory air box and transfer it over to the new steeda intake tube once the steeda air box
is firmly in place go ahead and grab the bolt you use to take out the factory air box and use it to
secure the steeda air box to the fender well then you take your supplied silicone coupling
go ahead and secure the coupling to the throttle body as well as a hose clamp then you're ready
to grab your steeda air intake tube and secure it in place against the air box
and the coupling against the throttle body go ahead and hook up the pcv make sure all
your connections are used properly at this point you'll either delete the sound tube or go ahead
and reuse it then after that go ahead and grab your sct programmer and get your tune installed
breaking down the numbers from the dyno run both stock and with the cold air intake and
seat of tune i mean all in all bone stock and a six gear a-10 car remember we're doing six gear
instead of seventh because the seventh you hit the speed limiter and we wouldn't be able to wind that
pull all the way out so that's why we're doing it in the sixth uh with that said 377 horsepower
max is 6800 and 359 foot-pounds of torque at 4700. now after the installation of our open lid
closed air intake and the steeda 93 tune you're looking at 397 horsepower
at 7000 rpm a little bit higher than before and 372 foot pounds of torque at 4700 rpm again
now the biggest thing that you're going to feel not now you do see gains all the way across the
rev range but in this particular gear you can wind it out all the way to what looks to i guess
7 800 rpm which is awesome whereas uh six gear with the factory calibration you know you're
kind of limited to 6 900 rpm but with the steeda tune you're able to wind that out even farther
now granted with the factory 2018 intake manifold and the other limitations of the modifications on
this car you are starting to lose some of that horsepower at 74 7500 so winding it
all the way out is that necessarily necessary probably not but you can if you need to now
the coolest thing about this is that you're going to see some gains in the mid range as well
you know peak numbers are cool and everyone looks at the peak numbers first right but
in the mid range that's your seat of the pants feeling that is ultimately what you're going to
feel stoplight the stop light not necessarily wringing it out you know on the track so from
you know 2500 to 35 to 4 to 45 i mean those are very noticeable gains in the horsepower curve and
torque curve specifically that torque curve i mean all in all you really really aren't going to be
disappointed now this particular intake does require a tune due to the larger size of the mass
airflow housing which frankly if you're getting a cold air intake you might as well get a tune
to fully benefit from the fact that you're adding an intake with that larger mass airflow housing
to your car there are intakes out there including some of our steeda intakes that do have an insert
or a smaller mass airflow housing that are within the factory calibration limits you can add the
intake you are going to get some benefit but in order to really really benefit from adding a cold
air intake to your car with that larger housing you're definitely going to want to get a tune to
back it up that about wraps things up go ahead and comment below let us know what you think about the
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