JKBHEAT's BFI build
 

This is my first car so I was fairly satisfied with the stock power when I first got it. Well that satisfaction did not last long at all. But on a college students budget I can't really afford a 2j, 1j, heck, not even 1/2 a j.

Well, there's no first performance mod better than the old BFI. Cheap, quick, and effective :D. I can't really give a hp gain # but honestly, I'd say at least 10-15 to the wheels; especially in the higher rpms. It feels and sounds stock when cruising, but when you put your foot on it you can easily feel the instant power to the wheels that was not there before; not to mention the engine now sounds like it would make the stock engine wet its pants. Also, I still have to block off the battery side hole where air can escape.

If you do a BFI do it right and you won't be disappointed.

On to some pics.

Headlight Removed
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_001.jpg


Needs an eye patch
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_004.jpg


Stock airbox set-up
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_003.jpg


Stock airbox and snorkel removed
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_009.jpg


Stock filter (pretty clean for it's age)
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_011.jpg


The top cover (bottom), side cover (top left), and the air duct for under the headlight (top right)
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_001.jpg


Stock filter wasn't clean enough ;)
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_004.jpg


Top cover
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051609_010.jpg


Airbox cut, K&N filter in place, and testing bottom duct/chamber
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_005.jpg


Closer look at the often skiped but very important bottom chamber
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_006.jpg


This is where the air goes; not as open as I want it to be (what are the odds that the only type of screws that I need are the only type that they're sold out of)
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_011.jpg


The completed look :thumbup:
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_008.jpg


Where is Waldo? :uh:
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u...051709_010.jpg

Not bad at all! Good job!

looks nice, great job!

question if someone will answer please.

Do i have to make those covers or can i just cut the airbox and leave it free and open?

it wont perform half as well without being sealed off

is the underheadlight duct the same over all design as for an sc300??? thats the part im missing on mine.

they sell a kit like that on ebay.

Yeah, one of the guys who sells it lives up the street from my house in Atlanta


Looks wonderful. When I do decide to get one lol, I'll try to let him install it for me.

It soo expensive for the guy that sells on ebay :(

I think 10-15 to the wheels is a bit of an over estimate. It looks nice!

There was a cone filter adapter for the 1UZ that I had many years ago. I took it to the dyno before and after. Torque decreased by 17 ft lb and HP by 9. I have the dyno graph somewhere.

I'm not saying this improves power, there's been countless threads sort of proving it does. I'm just throwing sh* out there.