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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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Takeda, Greddy, Injen, they all seem to be rigged to a conical filter. Gives it that modded look.

I see LEMS and SARD, even some pictures of JoeZ's on the 2IS being hooked up to the stock air box.

What's the big difference? Advantages of each?

Sorry for the big newbie question.
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 02:45 PM
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+1 for an answer on this question.
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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the one thing i can tell you is that a good intake system (whether stock or aftermarket) will incorporate a velocity stack, a conical shape at the intake side, to help increase aerodynamics/reduce turbulence
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 07:44 PM
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Good Read kinda on topic.

My studies lead me to the "Place where questions die.", also known as wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_ram_air_intakehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_air_intake
Still so many question!
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Old Nov 14, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bucanero
Takeda, Greddy, Injen, they all seem to be rigged to a conical filter. Gives it that modded look.

I see LEMS and SARD, even some pictures of JoeZ's on the 2IS being hooked up to the stock air box.

What's the big difference? Advantages of each?

Sorry for the big newbie question.
cone filter in the IS youre sucking in hot engine bay air. The stock filter box is actually cold air already. You will lose power with the cone filter, but it sounds nicer. JoeZ intake was dyno proven to have +5-6hp and its cheap
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Old Nov 14, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
cone filter in the IS youre sucking in hot engine bay air. The stock filter box is actually cold air already. You will lose power with the cone filter, but it sounds nicer. JoeZ intake was dyno proven to have +5-6hp and its cheap
Is there such thing as a cold air intake WITH a cone filter? Kinda like having your cake and eating it too sort of deal.
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Old Nov 15, 2013 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bucanero
Is there such thing as a cold air intake WITH a cone filter? Kinda like having your cake and eating it too sort of deal.
Yes, definitely. This is the best setup I've seen so far -

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ir-intake.html
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Originally Posted by sloosh
Yes, definitely. This is the best setup I've seen so far -

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ir-intake.html
Man, that looks and sounds amazing.
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