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Originally Posted by kurdtkobain87
I see a lot of people jumping the bandwagon. Just read through this thread. I mean to each his own. It just seems like history repeating itself. I am not saying this intake is going to suck nor am I saying it is going to blow everything else out of the water. I am simply saying we need to see tests (whether it be 1/4 mile, dyno, etc.).
I do not believe there is a "godsend" when it comes to intakes for our car. Honda has given us a pretty well tuned car from the factory, and the factory intake is designed nicely. This is why no intake has given significant gains without some kind of tuning mechanism (flashpro, cobb ap, etc). When it comes to intakes for cars there is a "point of diminishing returns" there is only so much power a specific car can make from a bolt-on intake.
So ultimately I am predicting this intake will be a benefit for those who are looking for a balance between a cold-air and a short ram intake. With this intake people will not have to fear hydrolocking as much as they would with a cai. I am willing to bet that the power improvement will be equal to or less than that of a cold air intake.
And also... I never said the x-intake was a bad intake I simply said it is not what everyone blew it up to be.
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I agree with you that you can only make but so much power from "just an intake" however, even if this intake doesn't make dramatically more power then anything else currently available, even if it makes the same power as say a CAI (on a dyno) no other intake will match this one as far as throttle response is concerned. Period. There is no denying it. The huge volume of air that is ready for you when you open the throttle dominates both CAI and SRI.
On top of that, every intake will make more power if you tune it. every power mod will make more power once tuned. I bet if you have stage 2 cams, race header, etc and then do back to back dyno's with this intake vs a regular SRI, this intake will make more power. Throttle response will be much, much better as well and thats basically what this intake is all about. True performance, not just dyno numbers.
If you look at what T1R says about their intake, their main focus was to increase throttle response, not necessarily power production because the stock box is pretty good at supplying the engine with the required air, but lacks throttle response.