>>4630043The immediate increase in power/throttle response, and 'in the seat' feel a mustang gets with a CAI and tune(even the usual handheld tuner type) is much more drastic than anything I've ever driven.
As dumb as it sounds, the difference my 06 had when I put those two things on the original 4.6 3 valve engine was just under putting the procharger on my Corvette in terms of what the fuck that's completely different feel.
Obviously not saying it's the same as the increase in power, but the 4.6 mustangs just flat out feel like a completely different car when you get rid of that restrictive factory intake. My exhaust even sounded much deeper. I always just felt that mustang people were overselling the improvement on those till I experienced it for myself.
The other models not so much(foxbody 5.0/SN95 5.0) but those 4.6 engines, while not to amazing just feel like a different car. They kind of screw you over because after seeing the difference in the mustang after doing that, you are hopeful that there will be somewhat similar of an improvement on any other car you do it to. But it never is, and is most usually not even noticeable.