We made an open element air intake for a 2015 Porsche 991 Turbo. It was fairly easy for us to make one of these and we were excited to see what kind of power we could make because this would be something that we could sell pretty easily.

The results for this new product were not very rewarding. It made 30 less horsepower on the dyno, we did not expect to see a result that poorly. We may try a couple of different versions of this in the future but as of right now this is not a set up that we recommend for the 991 turbo. We then installed a plain BMC high flow air filter and we saw a 20lbs. jump in torque and 15 hp jump in 2 different places on the dyno chart. If you are planning to do an upgrade in this area save some of your money and get a high flow air filter.

We are now stocking the BMC air filters for these cars.

We try and dyno test everything that we do in the shop so we can offer our customers products that actually work, not products that are designed to solely make us money.

 

Thank you for the review, open element air intake is trouble with the kind of heat that these cars develop in the rear...plus I would imagine that there would be some turbulence also with the open air.

 

A company that's open to sharing it's experimental failures for the benefit of others (customers) inspires confidence...

 

Agreed and Nuff respect!

 

Thank you for sharing. That is pretty much my impression of most aftermarket intake modifications form the car

 

Great information, thanks for sharing.

 

did you tune the car for them or just bolt them on and see what happened?

What about the rest of the intake where it flattens out, can you make larger piping?

In the Z32 world we swap to 2.5 inch intake piping from stock and we typically see 85lb-ft +gains along with 50+hp.