So I drilled
So I drilled
After looking at the pix of the F-Sport intake air box, I decided to drilled 16 holes on my OEM air box to work with the JoeZ pipe.
First thing I notice, the gas pedal is lighter, after that starting from 3500+RPM I hear a deeper sound...It is really nice sound
I am going to watch for my avg. MPG now, maybe I am going to get a little bit less now...
Let me know what do you guys think? Should I drill more make it 20 for more air.
First thing I notice, the gas pedal is lighter, after that starting from 3500+RPM I hear a deeper sound...It is really nice sound
I am going to watch for my avg. MPG now, maybe I am going to get a little bit less now...
Let me know what do you guys think? Should I drill more make it 20 for more air.
I considered doing the same, accept instead of drilling holes, i was going to cut a square hole, and smooth over the ridges on the lower part of the box. I think removing the piece on the upper air box might also be beneficial.
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Y'all realize that you could be hurting performance, don't ya?
The existence of all those fins in the airbox means Lexus did the requisite R&D/bench flow testing and decided to put those fins there for a reason. Sorry to be such a buzz kill but by drilling all those holes in the box, you may have negated all of that.
The existence of all those fins in the airbox means Lexus did the requisite R&D/bench flow testing and decided to put those fins there for a reason. Sorry to be such a buzz kill but by drilling all those holes in the box, you may have negated all of that.
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Y'all realize that you could be hurting performance, don't ya?
The existence of all those fins in the airbox means Lexus did the requisite R&D/bench flow testing and decided to put those fins there for a reason. Sorry to be such a buzz kill but by drilling all those holes in the box, you may have negated all of that.
The existence of all those fins in the airbox means Lexus did the requisite R&D/bench flow testing and decided to put those fins there for a reason. Sorry to be such a buzz kill but by drilling all those holes in the box, you may have negated all of that.
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If it does, and I agree with you that Lexus does their homework, then the holes are probably most effective without the fins. Therefore, leave the stock airbox alone or drill holes and shave the fins down. Correct?
There is a mesh between the throttle body and intake plenum that is part of the gasket. I plan on purchasing a throttle body gasket and dremelling it out to see if it helps out with flow.
I may have some old ones laying around from doing the fuel pipe campaign.. let me check around.
Haha, i hear you on that one. If i can make any kind of money in the next weeks, i might pick up the F-Sport intake, and ill do a stock, JoeZ /w k&n, and F-Sport comparo....