That's pretty much what I did. Roush wheels and Nitto Nomad Grapplers. It saved about 16-17 lbs. per corner and the tires alone were 10 of that. I don't offroad and the truck was noticably quicker to accelerate and turn. The tire is really the most important as that weight is unsprung (as...
Before I went to my S&B I was using a drop-in BMC filter. It is barely used if you're interested. That is what I and many others run in our 911's and in fact Porsche runs them standard in the GT3. That says enough to me that they must be a higher end filter. I run one in my other car as well.
S&B offers both an oiled and dry filter. I have had dry on both my S&B filters and they have been great. I added the pre-filter to extend the life. I believe AFE offers dry as well.
I keeep the lid and side panel on and the noise is negligible. At speed I think any gains from the lid off would be pretty much negated. That's what was said in the Braptor dyno video.
This might help with the water concern.
https://sbfilters.com/collections/filter-wraps?srsltid=AU7gw4VozemznY1ojp-rZxQ0_Hs1IGWGaqO_9p_PB_MNvcuB7DXj76cf
I run one on mine just to extend time between cleaning the filter and when we get dust from salt on the road in the winter.
I have had no issues with the S&B crossover pipe, are you sure yours is installed correctly? I run the S&B dry filter with their prefilter but it isn't dusty here in ME. Once the snow comes and they salt the roads the salt can cause a lot of dust though at times.
If your battery is healthy you should be fine, loading the tune is pretty quick.
@got3fords - I keep both covers on the intake and don't really notice it. The side cover has the noise bounce off the inside of the fender which I found annoying. Once you're at a reasonable speed the covers...
The high idle on start-up is for emissions, the goal is to heat the cats quickly. At least on the RR it is only for maybe 30 seconds, one of my cars lasts for 90 seconds, seems like forever.
4 hours is laughable, they are ripping you off big time. Do most of the work yourself then find an ASE mechanic to hit a couple buttons and give you an invoice. Or do it yourself.