Quote from: FoMoCoSHO on August 12, 2014, 07:35:44 PM
Quote from: jmr061 on August 12, 2014, 03:01:36 PM
Quote from: kinder on August 12, 2014, 02:52:11 PM
Quote from: jmr061 on August 12, 2014, 01:54:50 PM
I was thinking the same thing. The product doesn't work as it should. The company should design and provide free of charge a fix to better seal the unit. I pulled mine out as have many others because it doesn't work as it should.
It does work as intended.... for track use. Not strip or street but track. In motion it performs fine hence the fan driven dyno numbers.
But most of us don't track our cars. We street them and some take them to the strip. All these mods are to find a way to get the best of both worlds in one package. 
With that reasoning they wouldn't provide any weatherstripping at all since a seal wouldn't be desired. I'm calling them out.
Lol, I'm calling them out too. I guarantee that thing heatsoaks beyond recovery after anything more than a couple runs. The reality is its probably costing power in most scenarios. If anybody has datalogs showing otherwise, post em up and i will pull my steak off the grill and throw on some crow. Not only that, they will be the only option on record that that actually works. it is in their best interests to do the right thing. I will back up my words with cash in the form of an order for the improved unit, what say you Airaid?
A couple of things here, First without weatherstrip or bad fitting weatherstrip seal it's useless. Even tracking your car, if you are hard on the gas at higher speed you will be getting air that is hotter than ambient. I can attest to this with both the K&N and the Airaid. Even at 60mph you drop the hammer and the IAT goes up not down at least initially. I saw this effect first hand (both Airaid and K&N).
Secondly I believe that we have proved that a CAI can work if executed correctly. And that the stock box can be improved upon. The track runs that I did with the K&N, Airaid and Stock should be proof enough. And trust me, I was as surprised as the next guy with my results. That goes for all 3 tests. We are all about improving our rides, I did this primarily to help the guys that already had the Airaid myself included. I have data logs and time slips to prove what I stated with the raw data in my first post and the link to the K&N tests. The runs were all fair with about the same amount of staging time, with 3 consecutive runs with no cool down in between.
On the street I can state that the modded Airaid out performs both the K&N and stock box hand down. Lets face fact, anything you place under the hood is going to heat soak (Stock box included). The recovery from that heat soak is what really matters here. Again I believe that I also stated my results with that during theses tests. I am in no way saying to go out and buy an Airaid and then start modding it. You guys are absolutely correct it SHOULD HAVE COME THAT WAY IN THE BOX. Trust me I was pissed about that, but I got over it. I picked up 2/10ths on my 1/4 times. I am really happy with that, I wasn't expecting it but for sure happy. I am early waiting for my next mod (some new catted DPs from Power Parts) and then cool fall weather. And really see if I can't hit low 12.5s!
And Airaid, if you are reading this wake the F**K UP! For a $2 part you are really pissing off a lot of people. Christ, you are starting to look like GM. Oh wait did I say that out loud.
