smiley1
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- 1998 XLT V8 AWD
Not very practical for a non 1/4 mile race car.
My comment was about a street car and on such a vehicle, the intake air temp will be no lower than ambient.
Not to say that your wrong Al, but I have experimented extensively with my grand prix (I know its apples to oranges but the physics are similar) and have found that it takes longer for an open intake to reach close to ambient when pulling away from a stop light. With a FWI (Fender Well Intake) I was within a couple degrees of ambient temp even during a prolonged idle. I aided this by heat wraping the intake tube. It was much cooler compaired to the stock box which was already a CAI. The result was better throttle response from a stop. Granted, extended freeway speeds have minimal temperature differences but it was still there anyway (0 to 1 degree over ambient vs. 5-7 degrees on average).
I think the Volant is a no brainer.
Just my .02