LexusPimpin Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 Im looking for a intake for a sc300 so far ive seen Injen the only company making them. http://www.sounddomain.com/shoplist~b~Inje...+Intake+Systems whats the difference between Cold Air Intake, and just Air Intake. Is there any cheaper intakes out there? and what about strut bars for the sc300?
UCF3 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 The difference between a cold air intake and just a regular intake is location. Cold Air Intakes sucks air near the bottom of the car where the air is thicker and colder. Regular intakes just suck the air near the block, an OEM location. As for your other intake options, I would suggest you visit the Performance Parts and FAQ thread, pinned in this forum.
Sadistic Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 A cold air intake moves the filter element farther away from the engine, than a "regular" intake will. Ususally Cold Air Intake's put the Filter very close to the bumper, in the stream of cold air. Other than that, nothing. Just a longer pipe.
LexusPimpin Posted March 12, 2004 Author Posted March 12, 2004 Can you link me to some intakes? which would be better cold air or regular?
SPORTcoupe300 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 Cold Air Intake (CAI) is better but there isn't one offered for our cars (yet). Only intake we can readily get is the Injen and that's a short Ram Intake. I'm planning to make my own cold air intake following the instructions found here. As for the strut bar, I bought a used one off eBay for $30 (Here's a pic.) You can get the one on ProCarParts.com ($80) Hope that helps. Luck to you.
LexusPimpin Posted March 12, 2004 Author Posted March 12, 2004 I look into the strut bar. but as for the intake will it give more performance? ive heard that short intakes arent good. what intakes do you guys have besides stock? and whered you buy them?
southernsc300 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 take a day off and save your self lots of money and go with the BFI, it has 10x better results than the injen. you actually loose hp and tourqe with the injen untill about 80+mph
LexusPimpin Posted March 12, 2004 Author Posted March 12, 2004 ive thought about the BFI mod but i dont want to do it because if i plan on selling this car i dont want to have "mickey mouse" mods in it. is there any other intake solutions besides INJEN? and how does it actually lose torque/hp?
SPORTcoupe300 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 I'm planning to make my own cold air intake following the instructions found here. Hint Hint. If you're actually too lazy to click the "here" above than I won't try to talk you into it because this is a do-it-yourself type thing. If you know what you're doing, this would come out looking really nice and would definitely yield some results.
Sadistic Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 Other than the Injen, you're going to have to fab some sort of open air filter onto your MAS. And personally that will look far worse than the BFI. You could always go with a K&N drop filter. If was looking to buy a new SC, and saw that someone did a good job on the BFI, I would be more inclined to buy it, because of the simple fact that they put the time and effort into doing a quality job on the intake. Fact of the matter is, an Intake isn't going to add hardly any performance, and if you're going to sell the car, I would just put a K&N drop filter in. That will give you the most performance, without having to do any work. There is no point buying an Injen, or fabbing some sort of intake on the car if you are going to sell it. To the normal buyer you having an intake on the car means you beat on it, and that will most likely push them away. Once you modify the car, you cut your market interest down by quite a bit. Especially if it has a chrome pipe, or some fabricated open filter on the end of it. The BFI actually looks clean, and would very easily pass for stock. Other than that, again, K&N.
LexusPimpin Posted March 12, 2004 Author Posted March 12, 2004 whats the K&N drop filter? links? and again will i loose perfermance with the injen?
alicias Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 its easy. like changing the brita waterfilter. i'm a middle-aged woman and i put the k&n filter in my sc400 in about 30 seconds. i got for about $52 on the internet. i can't remember the vendor's name. frankly, i don't see that much of a difference but it'll go 50,000 miles between cleanings and it lasts forever. that's better than $7 here and there for a disposable filter. i did the CAI in my previous car - an acura integra -- and if nothing else it made the car a lot louder. that might not be your 'cup of tea' on the lexus.
Sadistic Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 whats the K&N drop filter? links? and again will i loose perfermance with the injen? If you want the drop filter, go to Autozone, All-Car, Advanced Auto, Napa, Bumper to Bumper All these places carry it.
SPORTcoupe300 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 The stock Toyota/Lexus filter has been DYNO proven to outperform the K&N. I'd go into detail why the K&N isn't that great but at the moment I'm really lazy. Sadistic is right about mods narrowing your market size for the car. This is the reason I decided to do my own CAI from scratch. This way, when (actually IF) I ever decide to sell the car, a few screws and bolts and the oroginal setup is back in place looking stock as ever and I have in my hands a ready-to-install CAI for my next SC300 (don't have to do the BFI again). That's just me though.
Sadistic Posted March 13, 2004 Posted March 13, 2004 SPORT, I totally agree that the K&N isn't great.. *BUT* it would be considered a modification from stock, so that's why I suggested it ;) lol I'd actually like to see a pic of your BFI if you have one, SPORT.
Lexual Posted March 13, 2004 Posted March 13, 2004 BFI INTAKE: "Well guys I went on the dyno to day and was really blown away!!! The last time I went on this dyno I only achieved 128.4KW,as a stock std V8,well this time I clocked 139.9KW!!! and the only mod I have done is the BFI and changed the oil" side note 128.4 kw = 172.1 HP 139.9 KW = 187.5 HP And supposedly adding a TRD inatke filter to this helps even more and that was for alot less then the injen intake would cost you.
SPORTcoupe300 Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 SPORT, I totally agree that the K&N isn't great.. *BUT* it would be considered a modification from stock, so that's why I suggested it ;) lol I'd actually like to see a pic of your BFI if you have one, SPORT. I don't have a BFI setup as of yet as I'm still trying to decide what I want to do. I was going to do the BFI 3 but I realized that I really love that sound a real CAI makes. I will not spend $250 on the useless short ram Injen. I've found this really great article on making your own CAI: http://www.clublexus.com/index.php/article...view/2240/1/72/ It's basically taking some cheap civic intake mipes and connecting them together to make one long one with the MAF in the middle. The pipe goes down under the headlight and the filter is placed in that chamber just above the foglight. I'll use the AEM bypass valve to protect myself from puddles and such. If you have no imagination and can't picture what that looks like, but are still too lazy to click the link, here's a picture of the end product: I found out a few days ago that I'm jobless as of the end of this week, so this might have to wait.
jzz30 Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 wait...lexual you said only 170hp the the wheels? where is the 80 going to? i was expectiong at least over 210hp the the wheels. the v8 makes 250 right?
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