"The Commander is like every kit we have made:
Some countries (do) get that Airflow delivers a large increase in performance, decrease in fuel consumption, decrease in emissions, the vehicle can now go through water, that the air ram should never be turned backwards and the system has limit to the amount of dirt and water it can deal with.
Some (countries) don't , thinking that it's (just) there to go through water. It also depends on (conditions) in that area at the time. Then the experts come out (and comment) with opinions based on hearsay or anecdotal evidence. They generally do not stand up to sound testing. It is only through sound design criteria, extensive testing and QC that a product can be deemed suitable for the purpose or not. (Testing) could be positive or negative. We have, when presented with these scenarios made sure that any positive or negative is based on fact, then taken the required action (on negatives).
A comment on the failure or other wise of the product to sell in any one market becomes question as outlined above. Yes we would like to know if we get (it) right or wrong (so) to that end the Distributors spend a lot of time gauging their market.
We respond with a market driven product where an improvement is delivered and the numbers stack up.
We produce over 100 different models of snorkel more than any other as far as I am aware at the moment. We are the only ones that put performance improvements above ever thing else that I am aware of. To that end we have just release a new aero dynamic air intake on our Air rams that make them perform to 275% of free air.
A range of induction air cleaners is about to be released that dramatically changes the performance of the intake system.
We will start to release a range of cold air induction piping that has a large increase in performance characteristics as well.
There are plenty of big name products out there that look good, but do not delivery the primary goal of minimum air flows to the throttle body. The reality is that many of these products deliver a decrease in air flow with profound detrimental effects.
Improved air flow is the thing that will lead to sustain improvement without shortening the life of the engine, as is the case with some other aftermarket hard and software products.
As far as we are concerned the Commander product has well and truly exceeded our budget target. We will continue to develop products in a wide range of areas as we have done for the last 20 years.
We are committed to upgrading the existing ranges and expanding our ranges of world wide products