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Originally Posted by I Vtec, do you?
Well, all intakes for the most part seem to lose at least a tiny bit of HP down low. It's just with the K&N, it loses it for a while, and then for another few K rpms it just breaks even, and then it finally gains some. Seems worthless to me.
Lemme try and dig up the dyno
Edit- Here it is
From 4000-6250ish RPMs, it's basically losing power. From 4000-5800ish RPMs, it's losing a considerable amount (12ish WHP I'd say). From 6250ish-7250ish it basically makes none and gains none. From 7250-redline, it gains a good amount. For such a small amount of a range with gains, compared to how big of a range where it's lost/nothing is made, I'd say this intake is good for nothing more than sound.
Compare it to the Fujita SRI (best IMO):
From about 2.5k-4k RPMs, it loses a bit of HP. From then on, it pretty much gains HP all the way till redline (at one or two spots it's about even with stock). |
When you mod a car N/A motor for more power, you will lose power down low or up top but will gain on the other. So if its tuned to make power down low you will lose out at the top, if you tune for power up top you lose down low.
Is it worth it? Yes, more power up top is better then down low. Who tracks under 6k rpms?