i think the AEM dyno's have show that the style of that intake sorta tends to cause a trade off between low end and high end power. that's why you could be feeling the slight loss. or maybe you've got a bit of a leak some where in the intake (doubt it...but always a possibility)

 

http://aempower.com/pdf/results/21-450%202000%20Focus%20ZX3%20CAS.pdf

This is the AEM CAI dyno from the AEM website. It shows a slight loss down low and good gains high up. I know the Bombz isn't AEM, but the Dyno confirms were power is made. Thanks for the tip Wedge1212.

 

not a problem

 

i bought a cold air intake of of ebay. I dont think it was bomz but it is gray and probablly prety much the same thing. I changed out the filter with a k&n and it mad a notisible diff. Mabey try that and see if it helps.

 

I could be totally wrong on this, so maybe some of the gurus can confirm/deny this. I read somewhere, though, that because it is an aluminum pipe, it will transfer more heat than the plastic stock tube did. Therefore, once the engine is warm and idling, your engine is intaking very little air, and the air in the aluminum pipe will have heated and expanded more than it would have in the stock intake. Hot expanded air is what you're trying to avoid in the first place. The proposed solution was to insulate the pipe with heat wrap of some sort. As described, this is horrible for aesthetic reasons, but wonderful for hp reasons.

 

yep yer right...aluminum will retain more heat than plastic...however the air is in the intake tube for such a short period of time it really wont make a drastic difference making one material better than the other

 

While I see your point Wedge, when you're at idle, you're intaking very little air. Don't you think the air in the intake is stagnant (motionless) and sits there and heats up? Wouldn't this account for the dyno's of the CAI's showing low end loss?