I have been looking into the Cold Air Intake as well and researching. I found a Dyno article that says it doesn't add much horsepower. If that helps any. Still looking. As far as a control module. I put a pulsar in my 2021 and love it. It has a few features to turn off the DFM which I have been reading is an issue with these motors and lifters going bad. You can also adjust the throttle response depending on conditions. Which is nice for when it comes to wet pavement.
Electronically disabling the DFM DOES NOT SOLVE THE LIFTER FAILURE ISSUE! It has to do with bad lifters in the engine that fail from use, regardless of DFM being active or not. Supposedly the last of the bad lifters was identified in April of 2021.
I went with the chrome tubing one because it claimed the best power and I knew it would sound amazing, because I had a similar setup on my 2015 Silverado with the 5.3 and it sounded awesome on it as well. It didn't disappoint for my 6.2. They just provide a different throttle body coupler for the 5.3. I do wish, however, that I had considered AFE's carbon fiber intake a little more. But that's because now I have a functional ram air hood and I would prefer a fully enclosed air box that only opens to the top. This K&N setup also opens to the fender. I would love to trap more of that air flow from the hood. But if you don't have that, this K&N is much cheaper and provides noticeable power gains and very noticeable sound improvement!
Dyno chart for that intake for the 5.3. Hard to argue with dyno charts versus verbal claims!
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I purchased the one that was not meant for the shutters and all I had to do was slice off about a quarter of an inch from the front of the scoop and it worked just fine. This was before they made the one meant for the shutters, of course.
