[QUOTE]Originally posted by Russ
I'll step away from this one fellas....the search engine says it all for me.

 

Elistan,
didn't you reset the ECU between runs?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tenblade2001
Elistan,

 

Also, did you let the engine bay cool down at all. I ask b/c if you jsut swapped filters, then you'd be sucking extra hot air,that was not there for the PRM run (the 1st run..in which the engine bay would be cooler b/c of the time needed to set up on the dyno, etc) . This could explain the poor low-end performance on the second run. I was going to do the exact same thing, but the tuner at Curry's made me wait to replicate the conditions as much as possible.

 

i have fooled about with cold air intakes on my miata and my mustang....i think the stock setup is excellent on this car, can't see any improvement in real world acceleration, maybe the dyno will say something but i doubt other than noise will result....my 2004 has a superb cold air intake right from the factory. to some it is cooler to have more intake noise.

 

No flame intened, but I'll disagree with you. The AEM intake is better than the stock. I've driven both with and without one and there is a quite a difference. Unfortunately, due to where I live, I can't have one. I've had stock and it worked well. The PRM sounded excellent, but sucked performance wise and now I have the comptech and am very pleased. I went from stock to comptech and can tell there is a difference....butt dyno only, but I am pretty critical by now (after fooling with SEVERAL intake options)

 

No, I didn't touch my ECU during the dyno runs.

Checking the dyno timestamps, there was... 8 minutes and 38 seconds of downtime before the AC filter run. The engine coolant was actually 6 degrees cooler for the AC filter. Remember, the non-full-PRM setup produced MORE high-end hp.

*shrug* It's not etirely conclusive regardless, just something extra for perspective buyers to make their own decision about.

 

Elistan,
I wasn't trying to flame you at all. I was just wondering, trying to account for the AC filter bogging down at the lower rpm. It was at the low-end where I experienced the most loss with my PRM. Again, no flame intended. I appreciate good input.

 

No no, I'm not feeling flamed at all. Did you do the same thing that I did, simply swap out the black PRM tube filter thingy for some other model? I wish I would have had time to put the stock airbox back on and do a more direct comparison.

 

I thought that someone from your dyno day lost 10 hp with the PRM.