Basic Intake installed

[spkrman]

APC filter, a little 3" PVC, and for right now a little duct tape :)

Definitely a big gain on the top end... up until now I've never gotten the car up to 110, last night I did it twice, and it took about the same amount of time as it took to get to 103-105 before.

When I first swapped, the car ran like ass, didn't wanna idle and threw up a check engine light. It was way low on torque too.

Disconnected battery, reconnected... the torque came back, and no more codes :). Also sounds awesome! Still seems like there is less torque than before, but once it gets higher in the RPM range it really pulls, as to where before it was just pretty even.... when it upshifts I can really feel the loss in power - was much "smoother" before, but definitely less top end.

I may spring for an AEM filter, I've had this APC filter before and its not exactly the cats meow, serves its purpose for a few months but just doesn't last.

The filter is tucked right next to the drivers headlight. There is a short length of 3" PVC to where the MAF plugs into, then the 3" pvc is coupled with the stock tubing from that point. Works great, very happy with the results!

[spkrman]

damit put this in the wrong forum, not sure how i managed that lol...

[eTiMaGo]

pictuuuuuuures.... pictuuuuuuuuuuuuures....

[YarisPR]

[Chris07LB]

How big did you go on the tubing (I.D.)? That would explain your low end loss, if too big.

[spkrman]

Originally Posted by Chris07LB

How big did you go on the tubing (I.D.)? That would explain your low end loss, if too big.

3" PVC to the stock piping, I think i'll replace it all with ABS later - I wussed out on PVC'n the whole thing since the TB is right next to the motor... hot day idling in traffic... PVC does have its limits :)

its nothin too sexy right now lol, but I'll snap up some pics later today, along with taking it out for a spin.

[Black Yaris]

no offence, but ain't this a bit much of a hack job for new car?

[vodkalush]

well we cant really tell till we get some pics

[eco]

No Black,because PVC is actually a better material,and withe the right stuff,it will look like a million bucks.

[Notthy[Yaris/S]07]

yeah put pics to see the project men

[spkrman]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

no offence, but ain't this a bit much of a hack job for new car?

Its more of a tester than anything - which, the car really responds well to an intake :)

but ya its kinda ugly now lol

New or old, doesnt really matter, the stock box can go back on at any time if need be.

Put some premium mobile in there which seemed to boost the top end even more, had BP regular in there before.

Even with all the racing/fast driving... still averaged 32mpg lol.

[vodkalush]

cough cough... pics... cough cough

[spkrman]

hehe ok, i'll get some pics later :)

I'm tryin to figure if I can PVC all the way to the TB... it doesn't seem to get so hot, but then again its cool outside. Any ideas there?

[mikeukrainetz]

PVC should be fine, you can drain boiling water through it, just dont make it out of the white stuff with the bright yellow glue all over it... lol.
Anyway, I posted it up earlier but Iceman intakes uses the same material just because it handles temperature change much better than thin wall aluminum tube.

[spkrman]

Originally Posted by mikeukrainetz

PVC should be fine, you can drain boiling water through it, just dont make it out of the white stuff with the bright yellow glue all over it... lol.
Anyway, I posted it up earlier but Iceman intakes uses the same material just because it handles temperature change much better than thin wall aluminum tube.

yea I let the car idle today when it was warmer, the TB didn't get anywhere close to near hot enough to start the PVC melting.

It doesnt look like the TV will mate up with 3" PVC, so I will probably have to mold the 3" stuff to fit it. A template made from the TB and enough heat, shouldnt be too hard. An adapter would be easier, duno I'll have to take it apart and measure.

[KSIbucky]

Originally Posted by YarisPR

[spkrman]

x10000000000000000000 pics are on the way i'm uploading nowlol

[spkrman]

I wanted to keep the $ as low as possible, and make returning to stock as easy as possible before I invested on an intake... I figured it would be worth it, but better safe than sorry!

Its an APC filter from autozone, now that I see the results with this one, when I rebuild the intake I'll trade this one up for an AEM.

My major issue is mounting the MAF??? Any suggestions? I poked around home depot for at least an hour, and I couldnt find anything entirely suitable to securely mount it. Right now I just drilled a hole in the PVC and jammed it in there, its not even a good seal as it stands, hence the duct tape.

Total cost, approx $35, being generous :)



Awesome results! The top speed is something that I can put a number on, before it was a struggle to get past 105, directly after, 110 took about the same amount of time. With a switch to mobil premium gas, I got it up to 115 today on the same stretch I got to 110 on last time and couldnt get past 105 on before (i had actually tried for longer distances to get past 105 on the stock setup), between 2 highway exits, they are approx (using mapquest map) 1.5 miles apart. Approx 1-1.25 mile to get up to 115 :).

Other than that, its tough to say exactly what it did. It "feels" faster, and I can without a doubt feel the extra kick in the top end.

I earlier posted about a loss of torque, but after driving it around some more... i think it might just br the big boost in the top end making it "feel" weaker down low.

I also have a magnaflow muffler on the stock piping, and it really didnt do much, but I think combined with the intake it made a big difference.

For its purposes, even my ugly/cheap/ghetto setup works great - the biggest difference is passing on the highway, its alot easier now.

I plan to redo it out of one solid piece of PVC and paint it. I've bent PVC before and all it takes is a good amount of heat.