I was surprised to find my boost fall off was related to my airbox. I was running the stock airbox because of the convertible. I wanted to keep the noises down and the surprise factor high.
Besided I've seen several people run 20lbs off boost, run 12s and make mid 200whp on TII airboxes. Even my car non intercooled nearly made 200whp with one very weak cylinder. So I figured, a 90+ airbox should be able to the do the same.
So last year when I setup my car for 20lbs of boost. I added a k&n panel filter for extra flow. Well since doing this last year, I couldn't hold 20lbs of boost. My boost was more like a 20lb boost spike at 3000RPM. As the rpms climbed to redline, boost fell off to 14lbs.
As luck would have it. One of my exhaust hangers broke, causing my downpipe to fall out of the car. My rush job in repair my car last thanksgiving, after waiting two months on TU finally caught up to me. So I drove around running 20lbs of boost to see if the exhaust was the restriction. Nope.
So last night, I decided to run my old red shadow's cold air intake I made. This way I could rule either the airbox or intercooler as my restriction.
Well, as I turned onto my test road, I nailed 1st gear. To my amazement, I just lit the tires up with 20lbs off boost. Second gear was just as fun. Problem found.
So after turning my boost controller down several times and by alot, I was able to hold 20lbs of boost in all my high gears. The difference is night and day.
My car always felt lazy for my 14.0 100 mph. Most times, I had to reframe from races from a roll becaues my car just lacked any good power on the topend. The car just plain sucked on the highway. Not anymore.
So, I'm thinking TII airboxes good. 90+ airboxes bad.