A couple of thoughts here guys (just for discussion):
1. I am very unbiased. I just am showing what I found on the dyno. Hood up / hood down will be something we will do next run.
2. There is a correction to that graphic with the K&N being sealed from the engine bay. I've confirmed it is NOT SEALED from the engine bay, but does a good job of separating the compartment compared to my other K&N setups I've had in the past.
3. The Mdesign results I am not super impressed. The filter on the K&N pass had SIGNIFICANT soot on it. My test was right from the K&N factory -- right out of the box. In the Mdesign video, the average peak HP was below 300 every run and a comparable amount of torque. I'm strongly thinking the soot has something to do with those numbers. With the new MDesign Intake, they measured 310 HP on their run, which was my lowest run even with the stock intake. Also my dyno pulls were in my top gear (6th). I think these runs in this test were run too quickly and not in the top gear to really judge what the output of the motor. The torque numbers were all over the place. You had a few 400's 380s and 330s... I'm very confused what's up with such a large number discrepancy. Just making observations.
4. With my friend's access port, I will be doing internal air temperature and air to fuel tests at the track. I will also take the external temperature of the engine v.s. the K&N intake v.s. the ABS plastic parts of the intake system. My "theory" is still that there isn't a difference in the temperature of the plastic vs metal components when the whole engine is hot.
5. I ordered the LMS Tuner + Thermastat + 3 bar + spark plugs this weekend. I'm totally STOKED to get these in and do another set of runs on the dyno! (I promise hood up and down this time) I gotta do "hood up" to actually do side by side comparisons with the first sets of runs.
6. After, are the cat back + downpipes. Ugh I cannot wait to get this all done! I do want to do it in steps to show the actual gains!
All Dyno Runs below: