my 2 cents (w/o all of that technical stuff since I'm not an ME)...

I dont doubt that these will make at least some more power over prior designs... but I definately this is all about making $$$. I don't believe AEM is all out to help us make more power... they are out to get our money.

why isnt the dyno example on their page enlarged? or even detailed??? They dont explain their test settings, or even mention what car that is off of. Those figures look very inconsistant, cant help but feel they "tweaked" it so the graphs/results will look favorable. No details of their test settings.

I'm sure any larger diameter pipe will increase top end torque, while sacraficing low end (hence AEM's top end gains vs their original design for instance). Their original applications seemed a bit conservative on the diameter size to me to maintain low/mid range power.

The 5th accord aem CAI 2.5" diameter piping vs say a 4th/5th gen lude's 2.75/3" piping I'm guessing would yield similar results (top end gains w/ low or mid range loss)? anyone have experience? or want to add input to this theory?

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Is all of this enough to warrant me goin out to buy a new intake, or shelling out bank to get this top spiffy one? IMO hell no. I think they are just trying to hype this to get more sales...

My justifcation... remember when they started producing their own cone filters? Their claims were that it improved airflow or some crap? I'm sure it was probably to cut down their costs of sourcing K&N filters more than trying to increase performance. Well, whatever works in retail marketing right?

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I'd like to see some generic companies copy the design or release similar ones at half the cost. CP performance anyone? Either way, I have a personal bias against supporting companies who use tactics like this to sell products and make revenue... I think its down right pathetic to generate revenue and sales off of hype rather than performance delivery.