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I have recently had the chance to follow the Callaway Honker airbox through the process from idea to construction, to finally - PRODUCTION! and while that in itself has been exciting, the results these products gave might be just as interesting, maybe more...
on another site, the following question was asked - After doing some searching, here is what I found...
Dakota Slim, I saw this question earlier in the week however, I did not want to comment until everything was verified
re: the Donaldson (Blackwing) airfilter vs. the Callaway Honker Airbox/filter, the Honker when tested in a controlled situation by an individual (third) party, proved to give more power, hands down
Tested on a 2000 FRC by Reese Cox, the testing was done in two ways - with the hood open, and with the hood closed.
The results are in...
Donaldson Blackwing:
Hood open = 408 rwhp
Hood closed = 399 rwhp
Callaway Honker:
Hood open = 419.4 rwhp
Hood closed = 419.4 rwhp
The Callaway Honker made 19.4 MORE rear wheel horsepower over the Donaldson Blackwing, tested on the same car, at the same place, same testing methods :cool
Having seen both the Callaway C5 Honker and C6 and followed them through the stages of production, the C6 Honker had fewer "limits" on design, as the C6 offered a bit more flexibility with a greater area under the hood to work with (over the C5)
-Expect gains to be equal to, or better than the C5 Honker
Why the hood open or closed during tests???
One thing that this illustrates is the difference in power that "open element" air filters show for gains during dyno testing.
During all of my visits to dyno facilities, I always see the cars hood open during testing - what is interesting here, is how the FRC test car showed 9 rwhp MORE w/ the hood open, drawing in fresh air.
The only problem with this method of realizing numbers is, who drives with their hood open?? :crazy
That is in effect, 9 rwhp that you will NEVER realize...
The Callaway Honker however, posted the same numbers on each test, drawing its cool, fresh air from beneath and certainly making the numbers - hood up, or down.
In closing, I recently heard about another test run by Callaway Cars Authorized Distributor - PRO AUTO TECH in Florida.
The testing they had previously done, showed the most powerful exhaust (Cat-Back) to be from TPIS. Using their best system that reportedly uses a muffler design from a (German) production car, the car was tested with their system and then the Callaway Cat-Back system.
Evidently, a big bark doesn't mean a big bite :eek
Callaway's Cat-Back system showed gains of 5 hp & 4 lb ft of torque over the other system that was previously "Crowned King".
I hope this helps -
on another site, the following question was asked - After doing some searching, here is what I found...
Dakota Slim said:
Dakota Slim, I saw this question earlier in the week however, I did not want to comment until everything was verified
re: the Donaldson (Blackwing) airfilter vs. the Callaway Honker Airbox/filter, the Honker when tested in a controlled situation by an individual (third) party, proved to give more power, hands down
Tested on a 2000 FRC by Reese Cox, the testing was done in two ways - with the hood open, and with the hood closed.
The results are in...
Donaldson Blackwing:
Hood open = 408 rwhp
Hood closed = 399 rwhp
Callaway Honker:
Hood open = 419.4 rwhp
Hood closed = 419.4 rwhp
The Callaway Honker made 19.4 MORE rear wheel horsepower over the Donaldson Blackwing, tested on the same car, at the same place, same testing methods :cool
Having seen both the Callaway C5 Honker and C6 and followed them through the stages of production, the C6 Honker had fewer "limits" on design, as the C6 offered a bit more flexibility with a greater area under the hood to work with (over the C5)
-Expect gains to be equal to, or better than the C5 Honker
Why the hood open or closed during tests???
One thing that this illustrates is the difference in power that "open element" air filters show for gains during dyno testing.
During all of my visits to dyno facilities, I always see the cars hood open during testing - what is interesting here, is how the FRC test car showed 9 rwhp MORE w/ the hood open, drawing in fresh air.
The only problem with this method of realizing numbers is, who drives with their hood open?? :crazy
That is in effect, 9 rwhp that you will NEVER realize...
The Callaway Honker however, posted the same numbers on each test, drawing its cool, fresh air from beneath and certainly making the numbers - hood up, or down.
In closing, I recently heard about another test run by Callaway Cars Authorized Distributor - PRO AUTO TECH in Florida.
The testing they had previously done, showed the most powerful exhaust (Cat-Back) to be from TPIS. Using their best system that reportedly uses a muffler design from a (German) production car, the car was tested with their system and then the Callaway Cat-Back system.
Evidently, a big bark doesn't mean a big bite :eek
Callaway's Cat-Back system showed gains of 5 hp & 4 lb ft of torque over the other system that was previously "Crowned King".
I hope this helps -
