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In turn, Ken, let me give you an honest response. If I read it correctly, Chris is actually asking what are dimensional feature changes between the various systems. We've seen the dyno, but we can't understand why the results came out as they did. Did TS put something inside the tubing? Does the material used differ, and hence some sort of thermal conductivity coefficient come into play? I highly doubt it, but considering the intake we're talking about, I would not be surprised to see some curveballs being thrown. I'll take this moment to say that I have the Injen intakes, and I'm by no means biased towards either party in the Smoky vs. Stillen thread.

I think he (and I) are approaching it from a more design engineering perspective than anything else. Again, it's academia, but they're engineering questions that deserve engineering responses, not a dyno sheet going "hey I made this much power" and making hand-wavey gestures as to how the power was made.

I can understand certain things being "proprietary design", but to my initial review, Top Secret has done nothing different than HKS in the design of their intake.

Also the way you have worded it is misleading. I honestly have no doubt that companies would love to "stack up" against each other and would be happy to provide something for a test bed. Each has taken the time to design a product, I'm sure they stand behind it, now we get to see how they do against each other. It's like any other car-related war (like the domestics are fighting right now between the Mustang, Camaro, and Challenger). (EDIT: Caravan beat me to this point lol)

Now word it to say "please provide a sample so I can prove to this annoying forum-goers that Top Secret is so much better than your product", and yes you will get some negative responses. It's all about how you approach the problem.

Again, I invite you or a representative of your company, as the primary Top Secret suppliers on this board, to approach someone in TS and see if they would be willing to answer some of the questions we have. They're not hard. I can translate to and from Japanese too, if necessary.

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