Originally Posted by Nealoc187

I understand your point Doc. I don't have any dyno data because I never dyno'd before and after the intake, nor did I claim to. I do however have probably 80-100 timeslips from before and after intake as the only change. I'm not saying these timeslips will yeild any results either way either (though they may, but I haven't analyzed those runs in my timeslip spreadsheet in probably 2 years, and the monitor on that computer is fried so I haven't even started it up in a few months).

My point is that threads like this are EXACTLY how rumors, both true and false, get started. Someone hears something and then tells someone else so then it's a secondhand rumor, who tells it to someone else and it becomes a thirdhand rumor, etc. Before long what a single person posted, which may or may not have any foundation in reality, has become the "general consensus" of the board not because tons of people have tried and made a determination for themselves, but rather because one or a couple people tried something, and everyone else just latched onto the idea and took it as gospel.

I'm just playing devil's advocate here really, but it irks me when people say "wow dude you just wasted your money, you will be faster with the stock airbox" when they really don't have any clue whether or not that is the case.

These two particular runs don't prove anything with regards to this matter, but I can say for a fact my fastest run after installing my intake was faster than my fastest run before installing the intake, even though I was at a track which is about .1s and .75mph slower when I ran with the intake.

But like I said, please don't take these data as gospel. They are just two runs (albeit two runs out of a good many runs) that illustrate the exact opposite of what half the people in this thread are claiming as truth.

My personal opinion? I don't believe that intakes do a whole helluvalot, but I do believe they help a little bit. I suspect that if one compiled all the data ever recorded on the subject they would find a small gain with intakes as opposed to no intake. I'm talking about quantifiable data here by the way (dynos and timeslips mostly), not subjective things such as "weaker off the line" and "driveability".

Originally Posted by McNasty360

Hey I just put in the tokico Blue drop kit and I like it, but my max now has a squeaking noise as I turn, it sounds like it's coming from the front right axle.

Originally Posted by MDeezy

Ok to correct my statement the stock intake is best for the low end, of the line. That is what I was reffereing too but did not type in. When you lose low end from you cai its usually shifted to the mid or more high end power. You basically make a sacarifce with a cai from one end of the power band to another.

Originally Posted by McNasty360

Thanks, I also noticed that some oil is splashing on the right spring ( I look at them from time to time because I like the red and blue colors of the shocks) I noticed that some kind of boot or something is torn and leaking oil all over the place. Does anyone know what this is? I appreciate everyone's opinion on the intake question. I thought I noticed a lag on initial acceleration too, that's why I asked. But I also heard that with a y pipe you get max power with some kind of intake system. If this is true, then I probably will keep it on and try to get a y pipe.