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Originally Posted by Bster
If you don't mind me asking why would short intakes be losing more power than, I'm assuming the opposite, longer intakes?
I came from a Mini Cooper S background, and I changed my intake to a shorter ram one from a tuning house called M7, and the gains were quite noticeable. Plus the scream from the Eaton supercharger was greatly enhanced as well!
My opinion is that it seems more logical that a shorter intake will make more gains as opposed to longer, as it'd take less time for the air to travel from the filter to the throttle body.
I'm just wondering and am open to anyone's opinions and discussions!
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From what i know, having intakes on a Normally aspirated engine compared to a forced induction setup such as your supercharger has a totally different outcome. As for the supercharger or turbo, the sooner you get air into the turbo or supercharger, the more efficient your car will run, hence a short ram. As for NA cars like the VQHR on the Z, having long tubes can benefit a little by lowering the intake temperature that usually equates to more HP. For example, its been documented by a independent dyno that the INJEN CAI on the G37 gained as much as 16.5 whp at an average with about 7 pulls. What i like about short ram its easier to clean/replace the filters when its due.
So far, this is the only short ram system that made the most HP on the G37. We will be doing some dyno testing soon with the Z to see what the outcome is.
hope that helps
