I was looking at some rmi scoops online and decided to make a set from .005" thick 6061 sheet aluminum. It seems to make it a lil torquey while moving, from a stop it's hard to tell a difference. I am going to make another set or modify these with the side pieces (like the rmi has), I cut them out, just need to run them by my welders place.

 

genius! Im going to attempt this as well.

 

Well you saved like $200 haha.

 

^ yes, without switching to geico lol

 

but yeah , they'd probably look the exact same with the side walls on. & for mine I have the RMI sticker, maybe you can add your own.

 

It would be about $50 to have him tig the sides on, he's worked with a lot of thin sheet metal and I've seen a lot of the projects he's worked on, he's a phenomenal welder.

 

wont do anything. I ran a straight pipe from the engine to outside and NO air filter and guess what? No difference in 1/4 trap speed or ET. The bottleneck is NOT in the intake on our IS-F. It's in the cats.

 

Agreed, the IS F intake is great from the factory. I tried the RMI scoops and removed them. There are no low speed benefits, and when moving, the car has enough air flowing through it.

 

anyway to get the RMI scoops still? Is anyone still making them?

 

forcing more air through the engine should increase horse power

 

I can make them, but I would need to get associated cost together and would post in classifieds. As per others experience posted about any gains it would be a aesthetic mod with no gaurentee of buyers car actually performing better/worse. (This was not posted to initiate interest and/or sales, I am aware of the actions required to sell on the forum.)

 

I like this idea. I was thinking of making my own as well out of ABS.

 

Finding the real bottleneck and opening it up will make more power. You can't force air into an engine without some kind of blower. Every thread showing more power on the same car has focused on removing restrictions from the exhaust side. Unless someone has put a restrictor plate on the intake side, there's really nothing you can do to significantly improve power by modifying the intake. It's not the bottleneck in this engine configuration.