Heat shield for intake
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Heat shield for intake
I saw this browsing this morning, does anyone think this could be a valuable product for the IS community? I've seen a lot of people saying that the aftermarket intake are useless for the reason the cold air intake turns into a hot air intake because the lack of a heat shield. If I messaged them would there be any people to purchase such a product?
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I saw this browsing this morning, does anyone think this could be a valuable product for the IS community? I've seen a lot of people saying that the aftermarket intake are useless for the reason the cold air intake turns into a hot air intake because the lack of a heat shield. If I messaged them would there be any people to purchase such a product?
In the Mustang aftermarket community, a good intake with a accompanying tune might net you 10/HP 10/TQ at the rear wheels. An aftermarket Mustang intake without a corresponding tune will give you more noise and marginal gains (probably not enough to feel).
I'd rather spend money on something that would actually make my 3IS faster. Other than long tube headers, the only thing that will work on the Toyota 3.5 V6 at present is prayer.
If the Toyota aftermarket ever comes out with an aftermarket programmer, such as the ones sold by SCT for Mustangs, and Cobb for Subaru (and each of which can safely give you 20HP at the wheels), I'll be first in line.
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I am just itchy... The Lexus community can't really do much of anything when it come to upgrades and I feel as though it's Lexus biggest flaw when it comes to these cars.
#5
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I have different take on this. Actually these cars are very well designed and efficient. Lexus is pretty much at the limitations of their designs (especially for N/A cars). Any aftermarket parts will be purely cosmetic, improvement on handlings with suspension upgrades. Performance upgrades will not gain you anything noticeable (except the noise factor and butt dyno feeling).
#6
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For 199$, that's steep. I have the Takeda intake, and for about that price, it also comes with a heat shield.
Contrary to most folks on this forum who will state otherwise, my experience is I immediately noticed a slight (not huge, but slight) bump in power from 3500 rpm onwards. Now if it's 2 hp or 5 hp, who knows, I never dynoed it. This is on the 2.5L V6.
Contrary to most folks on this forum who will state otherwise, my experience is I immediately noticed a slight (not huge, but slight) bump in power from 3500 rpm onwards. Now if it's 2 hp or 5 hp, who knows, I never dynoed it. This is on the 2.5L V6.
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I have different take on this. Actually these cars are very well designed and efficient. Lexus is pretty much at the limitations of their designs (especially for N/A cars). Any aftermarket parts will be purely cosmetic, improvement on handlings with suspension upgrades. Performance upgrades will not gain you anything noticeable (except the noise factor and butt dyno feeling).
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I think that most car makers, including Toyota, tune their engines conservatively and leave quite a bit on the table. This is how companies like American Muscle (Mustang), Cobb Tuning (Subaru), and Dinan (BMW) thrive--they exploit the margins, and for the most part they do it safely. If and when the "code" to Toyota's 3.5 V6 is cracked by a reputable tuner, we'll have an option. Until then, we're relegated to cosmetic accessories like intakes and exhausts.
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