I will make this short, I have started dialog with some intake vendors about getting a benchmarking dyno day with the four intakes currently available today. It comes down to formally asking the vendor if they will openly donate their intake for testing. thats a yes/no answer. if they dont then the intake will be purchased using donated or sponsored funds, then afterwards sold for a charitable cause.
Dyno benchmarking will be done at Four Star Motorsports which helped us with our first dyno day in April. The dyno will be operated by Frank Sprongl (the owner) and the machine is a "Possum Bourne Signature Series Dyno" (DynoDynamics). Frank knows a think or two about speed, this is what has landed him Grand Master Status in the Canadian Championship Performance Rallies.




The Intake contenders are in two classes

INJEN CAI (retail model)
AEM CAI (final retail model)

RRM SRI (V2 retail model)
FUJITA SRI (V2, but May source V3 aka redemption model)

The method to the testing will be explain in detail, refering to ECU resets or Post ECU Learn cycling. 5 runs, worst 2, dropped 3 averaged is kept, as well as the best peak.

More details as they become available... as soon as a date is set I will announce it.


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Niiice, this should be interesting for those that won't go the turbo way but want some answer

 

AEM ftw!!!!!!!!1

 

If only K&N could get their sh*t straight we could really have some competition...

 

yeah too bad, cuz then we could get fu-pos-jita out of the pic and get a good match up between K&N and RRM. can't wait to see some results none the less!!

 

awww no drop-in filter review.

some people are swearing by those.

 

Yeah, I would include the drop-in filters too if you can fit them in for testing.

 

nah... drop-in filter gains are minimal...if any...even though some companies claim 5+ hp from just a drop-in filter. i don't believe it but hey...who am I to say

I can't wait to see the results though! Tests like these can help or hurt a company.

 

well some people have said the drop-in could give the same gain as an SRI, I do agree that its probably BS, but who knows. Maybe the Stock intake setup is actually good with a high-flowing filter.

 

i shoulda said i was being sarcastic but im serious when i say some members SWEAR by them

so wether or not IM wrong or THEY'RE wrong is what i wanna see. Speculation means nothing if you can't actually test stuff for yourself. This sorta test allows for that. Since all elements and circumstances would be the same for all products.

but im with you, i believe the drop-in is minimal or at-worst a placebo effect

 

The gains may just be the +/- error seen in a typical dyno run.

 

i mean we're literally splitting hairs here because we are talking about a little grocery-getter.

So the term 'minimal' could also be applied to shorty's and cold air's. having tried cold air and short air, it's hard to imagine the drop-in performing much better than any of the cold air/shor-air applications

 

true, but it will be some conclusive info to help people decide what bolt-ons can give them the best gains possible. No matter how "minimal" the gain, wouldn't you want to know which is ultimately the best?

 

i dont think anyone ever said that a Drop-In was better than a CAI or SRI but i can almost bet that a Drop-In and an SRI have basically the same gains.. and that means u dont get that ridiculous ROAR from the SRI..

 

if by "ridiculous", do you mean lovely?