Cali HP Addict- The intake manifold that we developed for the 2005+ 3 valve engine DOES make power, and it does EVERYTHING that we have ever said that it does. We spent over 3 and a half years developing this item, and it has been dyno tested by numerous third parties to develop increases of MORE THAN 30 rear wheel HP in the upper RPM's. Livernois saw a maximum gain of 42 rear wheel HP at 6,700 RPM (the dyno chart is on our web site, and it has been posted online by Rick from Livernois) and HP Performance/Tony Gonyon/Tuners, Inc./Hurricane Performance recently tested one of the first production pieces on their white high HP naturally aspirated Mustang for a special edition 2005+ performance guide from Muscle Mustangs magaizine, which will be hitting the news stands some time within the next month or so. Because it is unpublished editorial, I am not able to provide details, but I have a suspicion that if you currently believe that our product does not perform as advertised, then you most certainly won't believe their results either. I urge you to call Tony Gonyon (HP/Tuners Inc.) at (904) 276-7223, Fred Cook (Evolution) at (610) 485-3596 or Rick at Livernois (313) 561-5500 and tell all of them that you don't believe that the C&L intake manifold for the 3V engine performs as advertised. They have ALL tested the product, and I am sure that they would be willing to share their results with you, since it obviously doesn't mean anything to you when we report their independent results.
Don't confuse any "supposed" results that were posted online prior to September of this year with the finished product, because ANY testing that was performed or posted before then is NOT what we are selling. We supplied a small number of pre-production samples to a number of businesses to get feedback from their testing on in-house vehicles. Evolution performance used one of these units on a bolt-on car that picked up 27 rear wheel HP, and MM&FF magazine published an article with these results. The dyno charts from this testing is on our website. Some of these manifolds were then sold to several individuals that "had to be the first" to try the item. This is not what we intended, but once they were out of our possesion, we had no control over how they were used. At the time these items were shipped out, we were unaware of a casting flaw in the thicker sections of the manifold at the bottom that could cause small leaks to effect the tip-in throttle response, as NONE of the manifolds that were were testing had this issue. Feedback from those who had higher HP applications indicated that they were only seeing gains of 25 to 27 rear wheel HP in the upper RPM's, which is a little bit less than we were expecting. After further refinement of the runner length, testing showed that these applications picked up an ADDITIONAL 15 rear wheel HP over the previous test results. We revised the tooling to eliminate gas pockets from the bottom of the castings (once we were made aware of the issue) and proceeded to adjust the runner length to deliver the best overall performance on everything from a totally stock engine to a fully modded 7,000+ RPM engine. All of this testing, adjustment of the tooling and revising/refinement of how the part was machined (to optimize fitment and finish) took quite some time, and is why the part was only recently put into full production.
The intake manifold makes a REALISTIC gain of between 11 to 14 HP on a totally stock engine. H8 Imports saw a maximum improvement of 10 HP over a DELETE PLATE equipped stock intake manifold on the same day and on the same dyno in direct comparison testing. If you were to believe what SOME people think the delete plates add, you might be led to believe that our intake is worth substantially more than what we are claiming. But the reality is that delete plates offer minimal gains for the cost, as H8 Imports pointed out. And his testing was performed using a PRE-PRODUCTION "Long Runner" intake, which is NOT what we are selling. On a stock engine, both the long and short runner intakes make the same power. On engines with ported heads and cams, however, the shorter runner version makes about 15 more HP in the upper RPM's on engines that can benefit from the extended RPM range that it provides. This intake was never billed as the "hot setup" for people with totally stock engines, but 11 to 14 HP over stock is respectable, given the fact that there are only so many mods that you can do and get results from without taking the engine apart. People with cylinder heads are the ones who benefit the most, as the intake runners flow between 325-332 CFM each, which is why we have developed ALL NEW 3V cylinder head castings. The tooling is finished and we already have cast samples.
With regard to the subject of this thread, the diameter of the MAF housing is not the primary determining factor for the flow capacity of the air intake assembly. We have proprietary test equipment that was developed SPECIFICALLY for measuring not only the mass airflow/air intake calibrations, but also the total airflow capacity of any system we wish to test. If you visit our 2010 page at the following link, it does an EXCELLENT job of explaining the differences between the 2005-2009 intakes and the 2010 intake assembly, as well as the computer callibration differences. It also shows flow comparison graphs as well as actual dyno test data.
http://www.cnlperformance.com/2010GT.html
All of the information is accurate, thorough and factual. And it also answers a lot of common questions that have been posed about the 2010 intake assembly.
Getting back to MAF diameter versus airflow capacity, I would like to submit the following: The "no tune required" version of our 2010 air intake assembly is 8% larger in diameter than the "tune required" version, and yet the air flow CAPACITY difference between the two different versions of the intake assembly is LESS THAN 2%. In real world testing of a vehicle that is making less than 350 rear wheel HP, it is not realistic to expect that an air intake assembly that flows 1,100 CFM will make more power than one that flows 1,030 CFM. You MIGHT see a small difference on a car making 400 or more rear wheel HP, but the "gain" will be so small that one would have to question if the 2-3 HP difference was simply within the realm of "repeatability". If you assume that your results can deviate by 1% from one run to another, which is not an unreasonable assumption, then a car making 300 to 400 rear wheel HP can see as much as a 3 to 4 HP swing during testing that is attributable to standard deviation rather than actual RESULTS...
Lee