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Old 12-21-2015, 08:53 AM   #394
Tim Radley
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Originally Posted by churchx View Post
Tim: problem being .. i doubt statement of problem being in stock intake, as yet to seen any aftermarket intake to be THAT much better then stock + aftermarket drop in filter, to consider stock being problem/bottleneck. Yes, some bring +5whp on top of stock+AM filter (in most cases those that "bring more gains" are just via manipulating MAF sensor readings resulting running much leaner on stock tune, and once MAF calibration is done, so are most of those "gains"). Those just 5whp .. do not make stock looking in my eyes as THAT of a limiting factor due some supposed "major flaws".
Well I have datalogging that shows the problem. I made a test piece that removed the stock airbox and found a good improvement.
The other problem is some of the people doing aftermarket intake manifolds are just copying stock. If you polish a turd ... well its still a turd.
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