Originally Posted by saskins
It started shifting over 6K, or Red line after the new intakes were put on. Another note is, it stays in the higher RPMS a lot longer. What I mean by this is, it will not just rev its self out, just to get into a higher gear. It will stay in the lower gear gaining more speed. I don't know if I'm explaining the cars response correctly. Ok, your shifting points get stretched out, Ex: From 1st...2nd...3rd..4th, we'll say that is stock. Now the way the shifting points would look like this: 1st...2nd...3rd...4th...5th. I know this is a lame way of trying to show you, what the car feels like.
Also, I'm tired of having to explain myself here. I you all either get what an air intake system does, or you don't. If you don't know what it does I'm sorry. Maybe you can ask someone who has ever had one about how it works. For anyone who does know what it does, The Intake I designed is a Dual Cold Air intake for the Crossfire, and the SLK Mercedes. Thats it, I'm done. Take it or leave it. this is silly going back and forth.
Wait a minute Saskins; you made a lot of statements and pronouncements related to the performance gains that your intake system has made and I think that if you want to mass produce and sell this unit, you need to support your facts by answering some reasonable questions.
You are saying that with this air intake that your engine is over-riding any factory electronic limiter and now revving to 6700 or more r.p.m. Ok, we can accept that at face value.
Secondly, you profess to have a cold air intake when in fact any pictures that I have seen, you are still drawing in engine compartment air; it seems to me that this is less 'cold' air than the stock set-up; I'm not saying less efficient than the stock set-up but less of a 'cold' air induction system.
Thirdly, you have not answered the question about the rear wheel horsepower your dyno numbers show; are they really in the range of 215-225? What is "connected" or "corrected" h.p. captioned on the dyno sheet?
I'm not trying to embarrass you or insult you by these questions as I'm honestly interested in an alternate intake for my Xfire because as you have seen by my previous posts and pics I do believe improvements can be made both at the front end and back end of the engines breathing system.