Any Aftermarket Intakes Yet?!?!?!?!

[mikeukrainetz]

The secondary filter is mounted permanently into the box on the four corners. I can imagine if you drill out the melt welds it should come right out.

Hyde, your argument against cold air pretty much proves its worth. Free air compared to stock, colder air as little as it is and if its in the fender what are the chances of hydro lock? (Unless you drive past the Home Depot in Burnaby during flood season...) Ive never had a problem with cold air kits but also have never had them make a measurable difference.

[Hyde]

Originally Posted by mikeukrainetz

Hyde, your argument against cold air pretty much proves its worth. Free air compared to stock, colder air as little as it is and if its in the fender what are the chances of hydro lock? (Unless you drive past the Home Depot in Burnaby during flood season...) Ive never had a problem with cold air kits but also have never had them make a measurable difference.

there is really no point of having the filter down into the bumper.
you get much more power gain with a highflow intake like the Blitz SUS power along with air/fuel tuning. the air is gonna get just as hot once it gets close to the throttle.

you never notice the most hardcore tuners or even ANY tuners in Japan actually have CAI in their catalogs. Only TRD USA or NISMO USA have CAI to cater to the ricer market in north america. you cant find the same part in the Japanese catalog. cuz everyone there know its useless. a stock airbox with high flow filter actually does a better job.

the closest thing to a CAI from the Japs is probably the racing suction from Blitz, and yet that still doesnt have a the air filter in the bumper.

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

TRD just introduced their cold air intake for both liftback and sedan models. part number is PTR03-52070 AND MSRP IS$350.00 US....... IT LOOKS a lot better than the xa/xb setup.

[punch]

Originally Posted by ROCKLAND TOYOTA

TRD just introduced their cold air intake for both liftback and sedan models. part number is PTR03-52070 AND MSRP IS$350.00 US....... IT LOOKS a lot better than the xa/xb setup.

got some pics of this kit?

[mikeukrainetz]

Sorry but for 350US it better make like 40hp

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

Originally Posted by mikeukrainetz

Sorry but for 350US it better make like 40hp

LIKE THATS EVER POSSIBLE...... LIST PRICE IS 350 LARGE BUT since i get it for cost maybe we'll make a deal...... as for pictures if you can't use dealer daily then u have to wait for it to be on trdusa.com

[eight_heads]

yeah, let's see some pics of this setup

[silverRS]

i wa on the jap TRD site and wen I converted yen to Canadian $ the headers for the Vitz come to about $700!!! is that not a little much for one header???

[mikeukrainetz]

A deal is great but 350msrp is steep for a cold air kit. I live on the west end of Canada, considering msrp is 350 + exhange + taxes + shipping thats one expensive kit. I wasnt serious about it needing to make 40hp, just a bit of sarcasm.

[eight_heads]

yeah, most of the real cold air intakes actually take air straight through the front of the car with either a hood scoop or a hole in the front of the bumper/grille

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

Originally Posted by eight_heads

yeah, most of the real cold air intakes actually take air straight through the front of the car with either a hood scoop or a hole in the front of the bumper/grille

"MOST OF THE REAL" intakes COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME.

[Chris07LB]

Do a search for Volant. Look at the one for the Scion xA or xB, its a closer match for how our's would look, except for the front ram part.. that would be hitting the radiator i believe.

Benifit of Volant intakes are, completely sealed larger box sucking air from factory location, using a high flow cone filter. Some models even have an optional Ram Air tube.

[boxerboy]

http://www.racepages.com/brands/year...scion&model=xb look

[Chris07LB]

For the lazy...

[eight_heads]

Originally Posted by ROCKLAND TOYOTA

"MOST OF THE REAL" intakes COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME.

well a "ram air" intake which is often refered to as a cold air intake takes hot air from within the engine compartment... an actual cold air intake takes air from an area outside the engine compartment away from the heat either by using some sort of scoop in the hood or bumper or from an area real low such as right behind where foglights would go in the bumper

[Lizardboy]

I thought a ram air intake IS one that takes air from outside? Jackson racing makes a nice one for my Miata. It's a flat filter in a plastic box which has this very narrow in height but wide slot opening which mounts right at gap between the hood and the nose of the car. It supposedly gives increases of up to 14hp.

http://www.jacksonracing.com/Shop/Vi...09&SortOrder=2

[Chris07LB]

Originally Posted by Lizardboy

I thought a ram air intake IS one that takes air from outside? Jackson racing makes a nice one for my Miata. It's a flat filter in a plastic box which has this very narrow in height but wide slot opening which mounts right at gap between the hood and the nose of the car. It supposedly gives increases of up to 14hp.

http://www.jacksonracing.com/Shop/Vi...09&SortOrder=2

Your correct LIZARDBOY...

Eight's thinking of the term being tossed around called a Short Ram Air Intake. Popular with some of the Scion guys too. Instead of having an intake (take AEM for example) that has a bunch of twists and bends to get the filter as far from the engine heat as possiable (usually behind fog light area, that zone), a short ram air setup, is just a pipe directly off the TB, with a cone filter.. no heat shield (some have, some don't), plumbed right inside the hot engine bay.
Now tests have shown that once the car is "moving" the air in the engine bay is much cooler (duh!), but when at idle, its just sucking up lots of hot air, which does nothing for performance.

A true Ram Air intake does just that, "rams" (takes) air in from the outside, and duct's it directly into the intakes new box (look at Volant, Airraid, True Flow, etc. just to name a few) or somewhere inside the new intakes heat shield area. Some aftermarket hoods even have runners built into the mold, to connect the scoops or shakers on the hood, to feed the air right into the aftermarket air box! See Keystone, GoodHood, ProGlass, just to name a few.

[eight_heads]

Originally Posted by Lizardboy

I thought a ram air intake IS one that takes air from outside? Jackson racing makes a nice one for my Miata. It's a flat filter in a plastic box which has this very narrow in height but wide slot opening which mounts right at gap between the hood and the nose of the car. It supposedly gives increases of up to 14hp.

http://www.jacksonracing.com/Shop/Vi...09&SortOrder=2

once again this is the incorrect name being tossed around loosely... an actual ram air intake takes it through a scoop or gap somewhere...but if you were to look up ram air intake you would get the "short ram intakes" which are really just a short pipe with usually a 45degree bend...