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Originally Posted by Admiral Ballsy
If - IF - there is anything to be gained from pressurization (and I'm pretty confident in this case there isn't), it's got to be, well, pressurized. Which means no drain holes, etc.
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Syms and HKS both have this duct with basically the same design. If it didnt work then you wouldnt see two companies who are both well known and respected in Japan to make such products. Both companies do there R&D and I am sure HKS could of released this much earlier as Syms had this released last year. HKS released this product almost a year after Syms released it and they probably added the holes for good reason as it may of even improved on Sym's design by adding them.. You guys think HKS didnt try it without the holes? One would think when designing a part like this that the most common sense thing to do would be not to have the holes there but they probably added it for good reason and if they saw little to no change in performance. I dont know how things like patenting works over in Japan but that also could be a reason why they added the holes as they couldnt just directly make a duct that is so similar to another companies design as this is literally the same thing except without the carbon fiber and a little smaller than the Sym's design.
But if you buy a duct or any intake for power you are buying it for the wrong reasons. Throttle response is the thing you should be buying air ducts for. Anything else is just a bonus. My last post talked about the gains to be had from the Syms and HKS ducts which is very possible considering it is just an improvement to the stock snorkel if you care so much about the whp to be had from something like this.
Its not like it wont get air as when your driving at 60+ mph wind will be hitting all over the car. The oem air scoop is placed in a similar location and this should still get plenty of air/pressure when your driving. Now when you put a fan on a dyno on it then obviously it might be different but parts like these cant be judged just based on dyno numbers as they are different. The difference in air that it gets with or without the holes wont be noticeable at all.
I would like to see if this has any effect on the TRD intake, I doubt the numbers would be any different from what you see on the OEM air box but it would be nice to see but that is making the TRD intake already pushing 600-700 dollars with this duct.
You guys put way too much thought into stuff like how air would reach the ducts n shit. Honestly when your driving at high speeds it doesnt fucking matter the difference is so small you wouldnt even notice the difference in power if its just 1-2 whp difference. The pros far out weight the cons for this product, the only bad thing about this duct is the holes which could be bad or good we wont know for sure but if your paranoid just cover them up. This intake duct is a great design and if you are seriously not going to buy it because it might have a 1 whp difference in performance that you wont even feel or because of a couple of holes that you can just cover your self, you really need to get over it because it doesnt matter for a part that is 200-300 bucks and is already better than most of the intakes on the market for the price.