It's something like 5-10hp or something for a 5-10 seconds. Not sure if you'd even notice it. But IMHO, we pay quite a bit to gain 5-10 hp. So the thought of paying $ to lose that isn't my idea of a good time.

 

taking 1 step back allows for 2 steps forward.

 

You mean giving up some low for top end? Even that's debatable. But for daily driving, I spend way more time taking off from a stop then I do clipping off the rev limiter.

Again IMHO

 

must be nice to get that low end feeling sitting behind another vehicle.

It goes both ways. You can have fun on the bottom end and drive Mrs Daisy around or get the nice feeling and let the engine rev.

 

This is exactly why I run my polished furookie intake for shows, and my 350z air box + z-tube for daily driving. It's understandable for the guys who only buy an aftermarket intake purely for looks and noise to not care if you lose power with it. But that doesn't change the fact that the heat soak those intakes suffer from does decrease your car's performance.

I guess it depends on your driving style too. Personally, I prefer low-end power.

 

I don't really think most intakes do anything for top end. They just sound like they do. Someone dyno it since Rob's test is now "invalid".

Can someone also calculate the surface area of the stock panel filter and the surface area of the cone off of a poop charger? Aren't SRI's more for low/mid-range? Isn't it sort of a contradiction that they enhance that area of the powerband while compromising low end driving performance due to heat soak?

The fact is, more research needs to be done on what intake configuration is best for the G35. Someone needs to figure out what intake tube length and filter size is ideal for the G35. It shouldn't be too hard to seal off the filter after.

I would, but I am no engineer...

 

Not really even worth debating. You live in socal. /debate

 

In my opinion. All these issues have already been addressed but Im going to go ahead and say it so it'll bring us to reality. We all know short ram intakes are out of the story bc it makes no point to have a filter smack right next to an engine without a heat shield or some component to shield it away from hot air. So basically and most likely we would be losing power with short rams... I know I know the OEM and CAI would still be getting heat soak but not as bad as the short rams without a heat shield.

The discussion we are having now is whether or not these "CAI" are better than our original OEM box intake. With these CAI's these tubings are placed somewhere near the wheel well and close to the pavement and with no heat shield. Now from a stand still heat soak is a factor. I dont know how reliable this is but with longer/larger tubing isnt the velocity of air lost? For example if you had a larger diamter/longer straw to suck out of vs a shorter/thinner straw, which one would be easier or faster? Now from a moving point say doing about 45 to 60 miles. Can we say that a CAI will perform better than a OEM intake? From position, the OEM intake is still getting that ram of air being shoved in, while the CAI is still being placed somewhere and even maybe not getting that ram of air effect. Now that I think about it, I dont see how having a CAI can improve higher RPM power? But I do see how it can cause losing low end power. Can someone explain this?

 

OEM>CAI in terms of performance "."

(notice the period above ^^^)

 

LOL. Very nicely done.

 

someone needs to make a nice ramair setup and be done with it. bigger pipes better filters and "free" forced induction