Well... I installed the intake this AM... and it really woke up the car... made it more throttle-responsive and feels exactly as the K&N dyno above would indicate... it is generaly stronger and pulls MUCH better to redline.This car is really going to come to life.
Notice the weird "plate" that K&N has welded into the intake path... just before the MAF sensor. Odd - not sure if it's to create turbulence and help fuel mixing, or to protect the MAF from filter oil... or to trick the MAF into seeing less airflow... Oh well... the car is MUCH improved... and I will get better fuel economy on the street as well as there is noticably less load on the car at cruise. The intake temp is AMBIENT now (ScanGuage tells me so)! (filter is out of engine compartment!)
This is particularly important on a 10.5:1 car that is designed to use 87 octane and uses a knock sensor to retard timing upon ping.... so for racing I'll use higher octane to keep some timing in there... but I'll have to dyno once the car's dialed in from a powerplant standpoint...
Exciting developments!
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