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(approx) 1 Hour
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Simple installation for anyone.
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Justin: What's up everybody? Justin with americanmuscle.com here with my buddy, Zach, from americanmuscle.com as well. You're actually doing a lot of the writing here, right? For some of the blogs, catalogs, things like that.Zach: Yup.Justin: And you happen to have your ride in with us today. Your beautiful California special, silver, looks awesome. What kinds of mods you got going on so far, Zach?Zach: It's a 2013 California Special. I put on a Roush axle back exhaust, the Ford racing H pipe with side exhaust, and a Ford racing short throw shifter.Justin: Okay, so some of the basic bolt-ons, of course. Now you haven't really dove into the tune world yet, but that's something we're thinking about here today, right?Zach: Yeah, I got used to the stock horsepower after a little bit of driving it, and I just want to turn things up a little bit.Justin: Well, I think that's the name of the game. So today we're going to do obviously some tuning of course from the Bama V2, some of the custom tunes from them. We're also going to work with an intake. Why did you go with a CNL?Zach: Well, CNL is a great brand. They've been around for a while. They do a lot of testing and really make sure the products are up to par, and I've heard great things about them, so I figured why not run it myself.Justin: I've run it, and I have no complaints. So I think you definitely made the right decision there.So we're going to get to work on Zach's ride here. We're going to basically install the intake, of course. Get the Bama team in here to do a tune for his ride, of course. Run the rollers. See what we're making. So you ready to get to work?Zach: Yeah, sounds good.Justin: Well guys, I think Zach would agree with me that there is absolutely no easier mod to install on these Coyote GTs then a cold air intaker, or pretty much any Mustang for that matter. Right, Zach?Zach: Yeah, it went on in a few minutes and it looks great. I'm just curious to see what it puts down now.Justin: Absolutely. Well, that is the big question of course. But as far as install goes, thanks to the CNL of course, it fits great, looks great. And the one thing I like to point out is that this little overhang here on the heat shield is really nice, especially with these 13 and 14 GTs with the hood vents. Sometimes water can have the tendency to leak onto the filter, but with the CNL here, that is not going to be the case. It won't create any misfires or anything like that.So let's get to the power numbers. We're going to get somebody in here from the Bama team to write a new V2 tune for this thing, see what kind of power numbers we can expect from this combo.All right guys, this is why these first couple mods are so popular. Let's break down these numbers real quick, Zach. 369, 372 bone stock, or baseline run I should say, with your given mods, about what you can expect with a six-speed Coyote. But now with the V2 tune, the CNL cold air intake, the car's making 401, 398 that's a peak gain of 32 horsepower over those baseline numbers and gains as much as 26 horsepower, 28 pound-feet of torque under the curve. You've gotta be stoked.Zach: Yeah, I'm super happy with what the car put down. I didn't expect it to break 400, but it did. And now I'm just curious to see how it drives.Justin: All right, well that's one thing you cannot measure on a Dino of course, so we're going to get the car off the Dino, hit the streets to see if Zach's impressed with his drivability.All right guys, so we're out in Zach's 2013 California special with the CNL installed, with the Bama V2 tune, and so far your impressions drivability, just kind of pulling out of the parking lot, are what?Zach: You know, it's super smooth, super easy, it just rolls into each gear, and there's no surging. There's no bucking. It's just very smooth.Justin: Very nice. Now of course guys, we've said this before in some of these videos, and it's the curse of living in the northeast. Not the best weather to be out blasting full throttle around, traction-wise the roads are wet. It's cold out, but that's not going to stop us from testing some of this drivability.All righty, sir. Well, give the people what they want. Let's have a gear or two.Zach: All right.That's wild. Oh my God.Justin: Well she is pulling strong. I felt like every bit of 401 horsepower. I'll tell you that much.Zach: Oh, yeah.Justin: Well you have to be happy with the results. Obviously the power numbers are nice. But just cruising around in traffic, you couldn't be happier, right?Zach: Yeah, absolutely. It's the best of both worlds. I feel all the performance and everything that you'd expect to kind of have from a Mustang. But yet at the same time, as soon as I just go to normal drive and it's just better than stock, in my opinion. I can't think of any other way to make that kind of power that quick and that easy.Justin: Well there you have it, guys. So Zach's stoked on his ride. About an hour's worth of time, an intake, a tune, and bang for the buck. You really can't beat it. So be sure to check out a CNL cold air along with a custom Bama V2 tune for your ride right here at americanmuscle.com.
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Improves Airflow for More Power. A C&L Racer Cold Air Intake completely replaces the restrictive factory air box and inlet tube allowing for a measured increase in airflow for more horsepower, improved torque, and better fuel economy, all while filtering out harmful power robbing particles.
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Power. Performance. Personalized. The SCT Power Flash Tuner features Bama Performance custom tunes that are written specifically for your Mustang. Our tunes are based on a 19 point questionnaire to deliver the most power and performance possible for your Mustang's modifications. All Bama Performance tunes are tested and proven on our very own in-house Dynojet 224xLC Chassis Dyno.
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Installation Time
(approx) 1 Hour
Difficulty Level:
Simple installation for anyone.
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More Power . Now you can add even more power to your 2011-2014 5.0L GT Mustang with a C&L Racer Cold Air Intake and SCT SF4/X4 Combo pack from AmericanMuscle that includes Free Custom Bama Tunes for Life!
C&L Cold Air Intake w/ 95mm MAF
Improved Airflow. Enjoy the legendary performance advantages of a C&L cold air intake. Their industry leading design replaces your 5.0L V8 Mustang's restrictive factory air box and paper filter element with a high flow intake tube and rechargeable filter for a noticeable increase in horsepower, torque and acceleration.
SCT SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner w/ 2 Custom Tunes
Power you can Tune. The SCT SF4/X4 handheld tuner will allow you to re-tune your Mustangs computer for more power and better drivability. We even included free custom Bama tunes to take full advantage of your new C&L Cold Air Intake!
Increase your mod's potential. Factory computer settings are calibrated for the original factory components. When making performance modifications, you need to recalibrate the vehicle's computer to realize the full potential that these modifications can achieve.
Free tunes for life! Every customer that purchases a tuner is enrolled in the "Free tunes for life" program. Any time that you make additional mods to your vehicle, our team of SCT certified Bama Custom Tuners will create new tunes for you.
Custom Bama Tunes specific to your vehicle. When you order a tuner, you aren't just getting a tuner - you are getting the tuner and 2 dyno-tested custom Bama tunes:
Nitrous (91, 93, E85, Race Fuel) - Our nitrous option can be added to any of our previously mentioned tune options, but only for 91, 93, E85, or Race Fuel.
Technical Note About Fuel. Use of E85 will require larger fuel injectors such as Injector Dynamics ID1300 or Ford Racing 47lb/hr Injectors. Unleaded race fuel can also be used, but Stoichiometric points must be supplied.
Easy to load; easy to restore. Not only are the custom tunes easy to load on your vehicle, it is just as easy to restore your factory settings. When you load your custom tune on the vehicle, the tuner automatically stores your vehicle's factory settings. To return the vehicle to its factory settings, just plug the tuner back in, select the option to restore the factory settings, and you're done.
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