I finally was able install some kind of proper intake on my car with the mods listed in my sig. Up until today I had been running a stock intake and maf with a k&n in the stock airbox (long story). I got the 4" rjc pipe, 85mm screenless z06 maf and 9" k&n. First of all, this is a big pipe so it took a little time to fit it in with the front mount but wasn't a big deal. Straight away I cut off somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-6" off the end to allow room for the maf and filter which was about right.
The car idles fantastically, no stumbles anywhere and runs smooth as ever. It's a hair louder while driving around, you can hear/feel the turbo spool a little bit sooner and it has a more pronounced "sneeze" when you drop the throttle under boost.
The biggest difference is obviously in the WOT performance. The way my car was setup i was running right at 24lbs of boost, after the intake install the first WOT test netted a boost gauge zinging quickly on it's way to 30psi before I was even able to get 100 percent throttle in.
I lifted right away and was careful to watch the boost gauge on the way back home. Once I get it turned down a little bit I'll see what it's really got in it now.
I went from a virtually stock setup to a pretty much full on maf style intake and gained nearly 5-6psi of boost without changing anything else so it's obviously flowing alot more air. All you guys still clinging on to your stock mafs should take note
The car idles fantastically, no stumbles anywhere and runs smooth as ever. It's a hair louder while driving around, you can hear/feel the turbo spool a little bit sooner and it has a more pronounced "sneeze" when you drop the throttle under boost.
The biggest difference is obviously in the WOT performance. The way my car was setup i was running right at 24lbs of boost, after the intake install the first WOT test netted a boost gauge zinging quickly on it's way to 30psi before I was even able to get 100 percent throttle in.
I lifted right away and was careful to watch the boost gauge on the way back home. Once I get it turned down a little bit I'll see what it's really got in it now.I went from a virtually stock setup to a pretty much full on maf style intake and gained nearly 5-6psi of boost without changing anything else so it's obviously flowing alot more air. All you guys still clinging on to your stock mafs should take note
