Not all of us have the pleasure to talk to Mike Smith himself. Excuse my skeptism when I read ads written by vendors to prop up their products. This is for all vendors , not singling out Mike Smith. Also, I take dyno results by vendors with extra caution. Every vendor has an incentive to make money and pit their products agains competitors. Case in point, If you open up any car performance magazine and you see ads for cold air intakes. Many times they will put their competitors CAI as comparison in air flow and HP. Guess which one always has the most air flow and HP? I read what you wrote about what material Mike Smith uses. Like I said not all of us know him or talk to him.