RaffieB

I'm thinking of getting a cold air intake for my car. Has anyone done this, and what brand do you recommend?

-Thanks
RB

Carver

A few people are using Weapon R Secret with some success. There are the usual arguments as to whether there is any measurable gain but there doesn't seem to be any argument they are a hell of a lot of fun.

Some have actually removed them because of the propensity to keep your foot in it to hear that sweet roar.

Lexmex

Secret Weapon is about the best commercial one out there short of making something yourself. I originally took a Weapon R dragon intake and have been playing with it on the order of 6 going on 7 years on my RX300.

diverchris

+1 for Weapon R CAI

RaffieB

Thanks for the feedback. I don't expect to recop the cost of it with savings in mph but just something Im interested in. So, it really makes a difference in the way the engine sounds? I thought only changing the exhaust would do that.

Carver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubd-z56Q29k

Lexmex

The thing you will hear most is a roar at about 3000 rpm. To really be fully functional it has to be adapted to take air from a colder region. It's a bit tough to do a ram air scoop on the 2nd gen RXs, because there's a tranny cooler in the hole on the bumper where I would normally put my ram air scoop (still working on the one for my RX300, but work has caused me to largely delay this until I can get some quality time to do it).

RaffieB

Thanks Carver. You just talked me into doing it.