Aftermarket air intake filter system? folks who have one please enter....
05-20-08, 01:15 AM
#16
weaponR intake pipe, autozone spectre cone filter, homemade heat shield (made a top part, but not in pictures), homemade blow horn connected to driver-side bumper vent and flex pipe leading back to air filter. i still have the blow horn, but its just connected to the stock air intake y pipe.
05-20-08, 05:55 AM
#18
Lexus Champion
Wow,thats some engineering you did their!!....
Ahahah,coool,Ehahahah Beavis! (Yeah I know Im a mess,dont mind me.)
Ahahah,coool,Ehahahah Beavis! (Yeah I know Im a mess,dont mind me.)
Last edited by lexus114; 05-20-08 at 05:58 AM. Reason: added
05-20-08, 05:55 AM
#19
Super Moderator
ok lex recieved sw poduct with promotional gift ram air kit an promotional airfilter cleaner.... i was a little disapointed when looking at the companies website it looked like the inner pipie of intake goes from front to back pipping on diagram, the only inner tube was almost 2 1/2 but little smaller i did not realize it would be so short, the company states they do rigorious testing and to determine diameter size tube and bends and etc, is it possible that they tested out when it work best on rx300 and came to a conclusion of a 2 1/2 inch inner intake tube, if you take off for instance the inner tube wouldn't it be a dragon intake already only difference is inner 2 1/2 inch pipe and filter? have you tested both intakes dragons straight through design vs. the 2 tube design of sw, was there a difference? i was thinking will 2 1/2 inch innertube really force 2 airflows all the way to throttlebody, i was thinking it would dissapate do to maff being in middle of the inner tube, then after maf stright through dragon intake style to oem rubber piece seems kinda far by the time it reaches throttlebody to get 2 airflows after maf don't you think it would just flow as 1 airflow what they could have done was add another inner tube after maff to give addittional dual flow what you think lex thanks buddy.... kool thing that i was amazed was flex tube can go 5feet but the question is will it fit the resonator hole or do i have to squash it through to fit...
Take a look at zombie's system above and my system again on page 6 of my link below, you'll be on the right track.
I get some issues with the idle rpms with mine, because my exhaust is all wacko for one and also the open ended design of my intake (no filter), and you won't need to worry about that.
05-20-08, 07:51 AM
#20
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
weaponR intake pipe, autozone spectre cone filter, homemade heat shield (made a top part, but not in pictures), homemade blow horn connected to driver-side bumper vent and flex pipe leading back to air filter. i still have the blow horn, but its just connected to the stock air intake y pipe.
05-20-08, 11:57 AM
#21
i think the design of the dragon heat shield is kinda crappy. your torque is going to suffer because its gonna take much more time for cold air to travel from the bumper all the way to your intake manifold. ram air doesn't really work until about 70 mph, so power is going to suffer until then. thats why i put back my stock filter box and connect it to the ram air horn. im not sucking in hot air and cold air is ready if i want to floor it at a stop or low speeds.
the heat shield is made of a sheet of aluminum metal and the out side is wrapped with self adhesive foam and foil insulation. its all held together with rivets and aluminum tape.
05-20-08, 07:42 PM
#22
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
thank you! its all ghetto rigged.
the ram air to the spectre air filter was too much maintenance. i had to clean the filter every couple of hundred miles, so the ram air part wont get restricted from dirt. every time after i clean the filter it feels like i gained power (probably in my head), but after a month my gas mileage would suck and it would feel sluggish.
i think the design of the dragon heat shield is kinda crappy. your torque is going to suffer because its gonna take much more time for cold air to travel from the bumper all the way to your intake manifold. ram air doesn't really work until about 70 mph, so power is going to suffer until then. thats why i put back my stock filter box and connect it to the ram air horn. im not sucking in hot air and cold air is ready if i want to floor it at a stop or low speeds.
the heat shield is made of a sheet of aluminum metal and the out side is wrapped with self adhesive foam and foil insulation. its all held together with rivets and aluminum tape.
the ram air to the spectre air filter was too much maintenance. i had to clean the filter every couple of hundred miles, so the ram air part wont get restricted from dirt. every time after i clean the filter it feels like i gained power (probably in my head), but after a month my gas mileage would suck and it would feel sluggish.
i think the design of the dragon heat shield is kinda crappy. your torque is going to suffer because its gonna take much more time for cold air to travel from the bumper all the way to your intake manifold. ram air doesn't really work until about 70 mph, so power is going to suffer until then. thats why i put back my stock filter box and connect it to the ram air horn. im not sucking in hot air and cold air is ready if i want to floor it at a stop or low speeds.
the heat shield is made of a sheet of aluminum metal and the out side is wrapped with self adhesive foam and foil insulation. its all held together with rivets and aluminum tape.
Last edited by archangels; 05-20-08 at 07:51 PM.
05-21-08, 10:35 AM
#23
i made the ram air with a big oil funnel, jb weld, and a 90 degree 3 inch honda civic aftermarket intake tube. the oil funnel has a small plastic tab w/ a hole already on it. so i just zip tied that to something.
i had the heat shield and the ram air running at the same time, but too much heat was still getting in. so the power gain was probably minimum. im happy with my stock air box w/ ram air.
i had the heat shield and the ram air running at the same time, but too much heat was still getting in. so the power gain was probably minimum. im happy with my stock air box w/ ram air.
05-21-08, 11:00 AM
#24
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i made the ram air with a big oil funnel, jb weld, and a 90 degree 3 inch honda civic aftermarket intake tube. the oil funnel has a small plastic tab w/ a hole already on it. so i just zip tied that to something.
i had the heat shield and the ram air running at the same time, but too much heat was still getting in. so the power gain was probably minimum. im happy with my stock air box w/ ram air.
i had the heat shield and the ram air running at the same time, but too much heat was still getting in. so the power gain was probably minimum. im happy with my stock air box w/ ram air.
what would deflect heat better the rubber tubbing to filter or wr aluminized pipe to filter. thanks especially summer comming up its gonna get really warm...
05-21-08, 02:59 PM
#26
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
05-22-08, 06:56 AM
#27
Super Moderator
Take a look at this thread, https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=158249
TunedRX300 originally did the ram air intake for the RX300 and he has a picture of the resonator.
I get cel errors because I don't run an air filter, but they far and few right now.
TunedRX300 originally did the ram air intake for the RX300 and he has a picture of the resonator.
I get cel errors because I don't run an air filter, but they far and few right now.
05-23-08, 03:37 PM
#28
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ram air filter
ok lexmex or zombie advise me gas prices are going way too high, back in the days when 91 octane was under a dollar a gallon this rx only cost 30 something dollars to fill up, now it has more then doubled, i need advise should i add the complete wr sw intake system or if i add wr ram tube to factory filter, what you think will be a better choice summer is comming and warmer air means more fuel consumption.... if the metal intake and sw filter have no heat shield is it best to just add the ram air tubeto factory airbox as you said lexmex that as long as the rubber is thick it dissipates heat better, so i was thinking adding the ram air tube to factory airbox with my dropin k&n filter so colder air would be recieved from the tube, or i was thinking just go with tunnedrx300's idea for 15 dollars? thanksalso with the oem resonator in bumper does it even have a hole to supply the cold air to oem airbox or its just closed and there to quite intake system of oem thankscan someone link me the thread on tunedrx300 custom ram air i have looked online and cannot find it... thanksalso did anyone buy the original ram air tube by wr? i wanted to see pics or have a suggestion on how it connects from airbox all the way down thanks
Last edited by archangels; 05-23-08 at 05:34 PM.
05-23-08, 08:44 PM
#30
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: california
Posts: 546
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts