All of you have been very patient with this project and I would like to thank you all. In case you're concerned that this has fallen to the wayside I'd like to assure you it has not.
I just got off the phone with Keith and he is exploring one last avenue of approach regarding the manufacture of this unit. Now that we have an idea of cost/unit I asked if he'd like me to lay out invitations for pre-orders; but he tells me to hold off a little longer. (Note: The man has other nice Contour-related projects in the works as well
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The good news is he mentioned he will try to have a definitive answer by week's end! As soon as that answer is arrived at, I will be here (and General Mods too, I'm sure) giving the lowdown on the kit (dyno plots, pictures of the prototype, maybe a 1/4 time, etc.).
Again I'll summarize the kit for those that don't know about it:
It's a true Cold (Cool) Air Intake. It will require cutting of the air inlet in the fenderwell to allow passage of the pipe as the filter rests inside the fenderwell.
Dyno numbers are extremely impressive w/ this kit.
The smoothness of the HP and TQ plots was cleaned up w/ this kit installed on my car.
All intake components are replaced by this kit (e.g. no more plastic plenum).
All piping is mandrel-bent.For those that missed it, I made a short video clip of a 10-110 mph run while the prototype was under my hood (no, you don't get to see the intake, only my guages). The purpose was to allow those interested a method of seeing how the car performs w/ the kit installed. Keep in mind I only had this intake, adjustable fuel pressure regulator and a deleted exhaust resonator (that's the rasp you'll hear near redline) at the time.
The clip is available from
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I converted it to wmv format and it is now only 3.2 MB instead of the original 30-ish MB.
If you are seriously contemplating or are mildly curious about this kit, please post here and let me know.
