Why go for Roush CAI when other cheaper options exist?

[Jack]

So I’ve been looking into getting a cold air intake for my Ranger, and there really only seem to be two main options:
Roush
aFe Power Quantum Pro
So my question is this; why pay the $75 premium for the Roush one when the other one has about the same specs? Are you mainly paying for a more reputable name?
Apologies if I’m missing something obvious here, I’m not skilled in the world of car mods.

Thanks!

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[Jerry Caldwell]

Your question should be “why do it at all”.

 

[chasvs]

YOu can get a K&N Filter and get the same effect. There's nothing with either of these that makes it a Cold Air Intake. They both are just low restriction filters with a new housing. Rousch gives you a view of the filter for your extra $75. I will keep my OEM Filter thank you.

 

[Jack]

Your question should be “why do it at all”.

Are there other performance mods that get you more power than this? (Excluding a tune since that voids warranty)

 

[808matt]

Are there other performance mods that get you more power than this? (Excluding a tune since that voids warranty)

Is this your first turbo vehicle? BPU are all basically the same. Exhaust, down pipe, intake, intercooler, charge pipes, etc

 

[Sandman Ranger]

OP.
Turbo engine mods mainly help air flow which only a tune would make use from. Stock air intakes are good up to stage 1 tunes. Without a tune air intakes mainly for looks.

My hope is JB4 will develop a piggy back module. This is a plug in module that does a lower level tune but still very noticeable. Being plug in ECU is it flashed so no record.
Piggy back best option to tune and keep warranty.

 

[I_smell_like_diesel]

As stated above, a tune will be the best bang for your buck. Then focus on hard parts if you're wanting to go for a more aggressive tune. If you're concerned about the warranty aspect, you can revert the ECM back to the OEM strategies with any quality tuning product when you need to bring the vehicle in for service. If you're still not open to tuning, any hard parts you add on will only yield very minor gains (as in only changing the responsiveness of your truck, in some sort of way, and not actual "huge" marketing power gains).

 

[Psykostevo]

The engine is a load based engine. Without a tune you will still only hit the targeted torque output. Many call this “learn down”. It’s what you get from torque based ECUs.

 

[dmeyer302]

The engine is a load based engine. Without a tune you will still only hit the targeted torque output. Many call this “learn down”. It’s what you get from torque based ECUs.

Thanks for the vocabulary re: torque based ECUs. I learned some stuff. I want to build an EFI system from scratch one of these days. Arduino on a Briggs type stuff.

 

[Hounddog409]

Your question should be “why do it at all”.

yep. all Marketing hype and the biggest waste of $400 there is.

That's damn near a tuner price and REAL power gains.

 

[Jack]

Is this your first turbo vehicle? BPU are all basically the same. Exhaust, down pipe, intake, intercooler, charge pipes, etc

This is my first vehicle, period. I’m learning this as I go. Thanks.

In the end now after hearing all of this information I guess I’ll hold out until (maybe) someone makes a piggy back module or just wait until all of my useful warranty stuff expires, or I may just not get a tune. The truck is plenty fast in it’s stock form and I don’t want to introduce problems.

 

[Psykostevo]

This is my first vehicle, period. I’m learning this as I go. Thanks.

In the end now after hearing all of this information I guess I’ll hold out until (maybe) someone makes a piggy back module or just wait until all of my useful warranty stuff expires, or I may just not get a tune. The truck is plenty fast in it’s stock form and I don’t want to introduce problems.

Burger Motorsports makes a piggy back module for the 2.3. They advertise it as a Mustang product but I bet you can ask them if it works for the Ranger too. They probably just need to verify the MAP connector types.

I use their piggy back on my Kia Stinger GT and it works great.

you won’t be able to tune the transmission and stuff with it, but at least it can control boost and fuel.

 

[Jack]

Burger Motorsports makes a piggy back module for the 2.3. They advertise it as a Mustang product but I bet you can ask them if it works for the Ranger too. They probably just need to verify the MAP connector types.

I use their piggy back on my Kia Stinger GT and it works great.

you won’t be able to tune the transmission and stuff with it, but at least it can control boost and fuel.

That’s a great thought! I emailed them about it; I doubt they’ll say it works but we’ll see.

 

[djrobb]

That’s a great thought! I emailed them about it; I doubt they’ll say it works but we’ll see.

there is another thread about burger JB4 here: https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/jb4-tune-burger-motorsports.2626/

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