I have also told Jerry I respect his opinion on a great many things. He has a vast amount of experience with Jeep stuff but also other technical areas. Much more so then myself in many cases. I realize I am endangering losing his valuable input by arguing this point which I don't like. I have also told him repeatedly that on a practical level, I agree the vast majority of TJ owners will see no noticable benefit from monkeying with their stock intake setup.
That being said, understanding the how and why, and when matter. Some people care (for whatever stupid reason I'll grant you) how their TJ revs out running it to redline. Some of those people have built motors that flow a lot more air than stock. I have more experience and knowledge in said applications than Jerry does. So do others, and they have put that to the test with dyno testing. Despite this proof, Jerry is taking a comment from a Jeep engineer referring to one application and projecting his opinions on to something completely different. There is no such thing as "flows enough." It's an exponential curve with diminishing returns. On a stock motor, the result of a modified intake is almost unmeasurable. The more power you make, the further down that curve you move and the more gains can be achieved.
Jerry, ask your FB buddy if he thinks a built stroker making 300+hp would make higher peak hp on the dyno with a modified intake vs stock (not if he thinks that's stupid and wasteful in aTJ). See what he says. I bet he would qualify his previous comments a bit.
