SMIM Showdown! Lets figure this out once and for all!

[Kracka]

If they are merely a host and were supervised by a neutral party I see no reason why Beyond Redine can't hold a fair dyno competition. I doubt any non-manufactuer would be willing to donate the time needed to swap so many different manifolds and dyno test them all.

[Halon]

Originally Posted by Kracka

I doubt any non-manufactuer would be willing to donate the time needed to swap so many different manifolds and dyno test them all.

Hasn't exactly that been done a few years back?

Originally Posted by iroc_g

The plan we have been discussing is to use their facility and dyno, but somebody's car that they do not know, or have any association with. The manifolds would be tested back to back.

Also, we plan to tune the car with each manifold. Obviously, if one manifold allows the engine to breathe better, it will require more fuel. As a rough plan, tune each car to a set AFR, and set timing as high as possible without knock.

Where are these guys located?

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by Halon

Hasn't exactly that been done a few years back?

Yup, but the industry is different now; profit margins are down among many other things. MAP was nice enough to donate a few hours of dyno time to me for a test I'm doing for the EvoM community (more info on this next week) but I doubt any vendor who didn't stand to profit from the test (or potential sales resulting from the test) would be willing to donate a day (or days) of dyno usage. If Beyond Redline is willing to the host the test I see no reason why their dyno can't be used in a fair, supervised, manner. No matter who hosts it there will be some nitpicker who finds a reason why the test was skewed or unfair if their favorite part didn't perform as well as they expected it to.