Originally posted by JonnySVT:
I knew you guys would get touchy on this again...especially Kremit, but it's no use arguing with him, it's like talking to a wall. It's all good though. Like I have been saying, they both have their advantages and disavantages and either way it is hard to make an optimal setup with the rest of the car in the way. Where exactly did he gain this 11hp in the curve, probably near the bottom, right....It all depends on where you want your power, unless you love spouting peak numbers to impress people. Intake pipes and manifolds are very touchy when it comes to design and so forth, so anything is believable. Oh well, carry on.
Edit: Also I noticed you said "true CAI"....what exactly does "true CAI" mean to all of you guys...this might be interesting.


The only disadvantage to a CAI is the possible chances of getting water on it,,, which are pretty easy to avoid, and the filter gets dirtier quicker, just gotta clean it more often.
I'm pretty sure Darrel got gains across the board, though the 11whp was also using a custom chip to make it perfect,,, he had the chip before, so the 11whp was truly just from the intake with the chip programming just being changed a little to help take better advantage of the intake.
True CAI means an intake that's filter is completely out of the engine bay and ideally in a place with some flowing air (while moving).
Yes, the design has to be just right to get any good gains, but there is NO REASON to not run a good CAI over a good short "ram" air intake. A good CAI will always have better gains than a non-CAI intake,,, that's just a fact of life that's been proven by many dyno runs, some on contours.

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