3.6L CAI or not?

I did a little research on your behalf and if I'm not mistaken you can get a Mopar CAI (Part no. 77070045AB) and also get the Headlamp Duct Tube (Part no. 77072385). This will give you the Mopar CAI with the hellcat style headlamp air intake.

 

I went with an AFE CAI, had the Mopar one, but the metal tube seemed to hold the heat for quite a long time compared to the plastic tubes.
The one thing to remember is more air in doesn't happen unless there is a change in the exhaust to let more air out.
Just remember it is your car and you can do with it what you want and these are just our opinions

 

I already removed the resonators and replaced the stock mufflers. I assume adding a CAI would not entail more exhaust work. Right? What's AFE?

 

I would need to drill out the middle part of the headlamp myself then, correct?

 

No drilling necessary. The center of the headlight is just a cap with three prongs holding it in place.

You just have to remove the radiator support cover

then reach in behind the cap to squeeze the prongs and push the cap out.

 

AFE is an after market brand, check part no. 54-72201

 

I had my (used) 2 year old '13 SXT about 5 months till I found a good deal on my KnN CAI. LOVE IT! NO Codes (those guys are full of it) and "I" think I got improvement, and that's all that counts. Had Dealers work on it and never said a word. It's not like it takes all day to install so if you were worried you can always R&R it when having warranty work done, half an hour. Besides, they have to prove it caused your issues anyway. Got a Tuner a year or so later and it made a BIG difference! Now I'm running No-ethanol 93 plus the Tune, CAI and it runs great. The only thing left to do is install these Mufflers I bought and maybe, depending on the price, get 3.63 gears put in it instead of having these 2.65's.

You DONT HAVE TO PAY Retail. I was patient took me maybe a month month-and-a-half and I found a deal on my Cai with a small dent got it for an unbelievable price and once I got out of the box realized that the dent is on the bottom side of the air tube can't even see it. Besides ... it's what you think about your vehicle, not anybody else, I don't care what anybody says about cold air intakes I love 'em and I'm going to run it on every vehicle I own.

 

The AFE one was almost the same price as the Mopar one. I'll probably go with the K&N and skip the Hellcat adapter deal.

 

The benefit of the Hellcat airbox is to take air from outside the engine compartment, you know, cold air. I'm not sure what features your car has but one that I have on my SRT is to monitor the air intake temperature. When I'm driving, my air intake temperature is never more than 3-5 degrees above ambient (or outside temp). It does get higher when I'm sitting at a light, but as soon as I start moving again it quickly drops back down to 3-5 above ambient.

As for the second part of your statement... I don't know how the K&N would hook up to outside air either. Looks to me like you would be pulling hot air from the engine compartment.