Got my Volant installed and am real pleased with the results. It looks sharp and you can feel the difference. I was skeptical about that, as there are so many products claiming to make amazing changes in acceleration. I can say this is one that you do notice. It's not like a 'holy cow' difference. It just feels like the engine is running easier/more freely. As I said, it was noticeable.

Another reason for the addition was mpg. I don't drive hard, so I was as concerned about this as gaining HP. I did some checking on gas mileage yesterday and today. It improved by exactly 1.0mpg. I made four seperate runs at 61mph. And 1.0 was the average gain I had over what I was getting prior to the CAI. I think if my runs had been longer, it may have bumped up a bit over the 1.0, but I don't expect it would vary much off of that. This is using the trip computer on the vehicle, so it's only as accurate as the computer is. I was getting 17.1mpg prior to the install. Now I'm at 18.1mpg. Mine is the 4WD model. I think the 2WD's get a touch better mpg.

With gas at around $3.20/gallon now, at my previous 17.1mpg that's 0.1871 per mile. At 18.1mpg, that's 0.1768 per mile. If I drive 15,000 miles per year, I spend $2,806/year at 17.1, and $2,652/year at 18.1mpg. So I'm saving $154/year by increasing my mpg by 1.0. Everyone is saying fuel cost is going up, and maybe by a big margain. If it goes to $4.20/gallon, the
1.0mpg difference saves me over $200/year.

I believe I ended up around $300 installed for the Volant. So worst case, my payback is 2 years. If gas goes up, which it sure sounds like it's going to, it's even less. My point here is that yes, it is a valid argument with the wife that "Honey, I'm doing this to save us on fuel costs"!! And that gain in acceleration is not your fault, it's just a necessary side effect. Gotta love a win-win situation.

Tried to post up a pic of the new CAI, but couldn't upload the file. I'm no good with computers. It said that the file was invalid. I just had a picture from my phone that I emailed to myself. Then saved it to a Word doc just so I could get it on my harddrive. But it won't upload the Word doc picture. Any suggestions? Probably need to use something for a picture upload other than a Word program!!


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Picture added by SCR38

Save your picture as a .jpg and it will load with no problem.

It appears it won't let me save in .jpg from a Word doc.

Save it from the e-mail, as a .jpg.

I tried. It sent from my phone to my email as a .jpg But when I try to copy from my email, it will not paste into the reply box. I tried to copy without opening the picture, and also after opening the picture. It appears to let me 'copy' but then nothing happens when I hit 'paste'. And I first tried to save it to my hard drive and then attach it as a file. That didn't work either.

Not too computer literate, so I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong.

scr, thanks for your suggestions. Tried again with no luck. Guess I need to go to 'puter school. No idea why it doesn't work. But not a big deal. I was just proud of my new Volant and wanted to brag and share!

Fixed it for you. Picture is now in your post.

Looks clean!