Underneath all that technical crap is the same adage that has been around for years.....power vs weight...plain and simple. Its being over examined. Perfect example is an O/R X pipe compared to a stock H. 99% of your gain is because you just dropped 30lbs, not because you picked up 10rwhp. Or adversely those C&L freakin caveman club inlet tubes....those things weigh a ton compared to the stock plastic units..so any actual hp gains you get from them is instantly negated because of the extra weight. Its not rocket science, just common sense. Keep these 3 figures in mind when buying parts.
10rwhp= .10(one tenth of one second at the track)
10lbs sprung weight=.010(one hundredth of one second at the track)
10lbs unsprung weight= .10
These are not end all be all numbers but they are pretty damn close.
Adam
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