WHY OEM INTAKES and FILTERS ARE BETTER

Originally Posted by ZMan8

The thing is, I have seen several independent dyno graphs where long tube intakes made power across the entire power band (most of which is higher up like you mentioned, but still making 4-8 whp in the low end) When people do cbe plus lth/tp/hfc, yes the argument can be made that intakes are not needed because they will provide only small gains at that point. By themselves though, I would think adding 20 whp up top, and about 4-8 everywhere else is not too bad.

Also, Your argument is people are wasting money on something that doesn't help the car or hurts it's performance.... To be honest, isn't that what you did by buying an IPL? it's performance advantages are slim over the standard G37 but yet it costs $10,000 more.