Stock airbox....errrrr!

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Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen

i understand. but you cant fight the facts. open air induction is better than a closed air box any day on any car. your limited to the air that comes in on a clased air box. the air comes in through a hole thats about the size of a playing card. not only do you not get alot of air but it limits it to where you get it from. theres giant holes around the air filter that draw alot more cool air in. not to mention there is alot that comes in from under the car when driving. my 80 dollar intake was worth my investment. got me 1 more MPG and gave me better pedal responce. after a tune is where you see these things like intakes, headers and catbacks really making the truck wake up and get better HP and MPG.

I agree with what you're saying...loosening the restrictions on breathing and proper tuning will "wake-up" a motor. I also agree that you "can't fight the facts"...and your H2 has 6,614 very chubby facts that weigh down your very logical, mechanical theories.

The dudes on this forum (me included) have tuned, been tuned, tooled, re-tooled, modded, and tweaked their brains out, and still I have yet to see anyone on here report that they're even getting a consistent and solid 14MPG (unless it's all flat highway miles with the cruise control at 55 MPH).

If you can figure out how to make your box get a consistent 5+ MPG over the a stock setup, I'll be the first to PM you.