black99lightning said:I had quizzed Bob on this before he left the site. I don't think he installed his at the track, which I did. You can't compare two different days, as conditions(temp, track prep, humidity) are never the same. I never did get an answer? According to my unscientific testing I gained, but very marginally. Bought the Airad and installed it at the track. I made a pass stock, then installed the intake. My results were a net gain of .05ths and .3mph. Definitely not a loss of 2ths and 2mph.
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=118724
Maybe I'm wrong here but.....
.05ths? Seriously? Better hookup could make an improvement like that right?
As for the intake... keep in mind that bigger is not always better. Other factors include air speed, temp, velocity, compression. The style could be to create a venture effect for all we know. If open created more poer, better fuel econ and smother running engines then that's all we would see from the engineers that design the systems. I'm not saying that there isn't improvements to be had but they tend to come at the cost of something else.
If you really want to create a better system may I suggest an enclosed box (like factory that has proven lower IAT's) with tubing that has some heat reflective tape or materials to help keep heat out. Stainless/ aluminum etc. pretty but not good for heat resistance and cool down.
By the by even on the exhaust side bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. Too big you lose back pressure and thus some torque. More HP yes but its torque that makes us smile.

As always my thoughts and things I type are IMO.
