Review || Blitz SUS Power Core intake kit, install/review

[mav1178]

Installed this and testing it out over the next month. There's not much more to this versus other types of intake kits on the market, but there's something nice about a quality kit...

Will be posting driving impression, as well as long distance review as well as testing at several track events (including Circuit of the Americas)

Complete kit info: http://www.blitzna.com/air-cleaner-s...20-86-brz.html





Review:

So after driving the car with the filter for a while, here's what I think about the kit:

This intake kit is designed to replace everything in front of the factory intake tube. Blitz sells a separate intake tube that (functionally speaking) is the same as other intake tubes available on the market (from the likes of Perrin, etc) but is stainless steel w/ blue couplers.

Everything bolted up perfectly fine. There's no fitment issues, and everything that you would need to install is included with the kit.

A few things to note:

• The kit includes a heat shield that is bolted at two points on the car: 1) stock airbox bolt, and 2) zip ties in "x" formation across one of the factory radiator fan supports.
• Intake kit comes with brackets for a secure mount. Instructions are in Japanese but it's pretty self explanatory...
• This is not a cold air intake, but (as many of you know) intake air charge isn't super critical unless you are heatsoaking the engine massively.
• The stainless steel mesh element is very high quality and adds a nice look/feel to the engine bay. I have taken the filter off and the intake tubing doesn't look any dirtier after ~5000 miles.
• The sound generator (tube that plumbs noise into the cabin) is removed with this intake kit. The Blitz kit includes a rubber cap that allows you to cap the sound generator by the plastic connector below the battery.
• Intake noise is aggressive, especially if you have a tune that has changed cam timing. When paired with a quiet exhaust like the Blitz Nur-Spec VS, the intake will be all that you hear under WOT.
• I have not noticed any major change in mileage. I recently averaged 30.5-31.5MPG highway over close to 4000 miles on 245/40-17 tires.

Blitz also has 3 other versions of this kit, two use the same filter element but are (respectively) blue or red, and another one uses their Advance Cleaner intake element w/ a heat shield funnel intake.

All in all, pretty satisfied with this kit. YMMV.

[Mr.Impreza]

Nice, looking forward to the reviews

[chaoskaze]

O.O What happened to the review?

Is this basically like Blitz Advance Power Intake without the the shiny bits & amazing noise?

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by chaoskaze

O.O What happened to the review?

Is this basically like Blitz Advance Power Intake with out the the shiny bits & amazing noise?

Sorry got sidetracked w/ other projects.

I'll put together something early next week. The intake kits are same with filter elements being different.

-alex

[mav1178]

So after driving the car with the filter for a while, here's what I think about the kit:

This intake kit is designed to replace everything in front of the factory intake tube. Blitz sells a separate intake tube that (functionally speaking) is the same as other intake tubes available on the market (from the likes of Perrin, etc) but is stainless steel w/ blue couplers.

Everything bolted up perfectly fine. There's no fitment issues, and everything that you would need to install is included with the kit.

A few things to note:

• The kit includes a heat shield that is bolted at two points on the car: 1) stock airbox bolt, and 2) zip ties in "x" formation across one of the factory radiator fan supports.
• Intake kit comes with brackets for a secure mount. Instructions are in Japanese but it's pretty self explanatory...
• This is not a cold air intake, but (as many of you know) intake air charge isn't super critical unless you are heatsoaking the engine massively.
• The stainless steel mesh element is very high quality and adds a nice look/feel to the engine bay. I have taken the filter off and the intake tubing doesn't look any dirtier after ~5000 miles.
• The sound generator (tube that plumbs noise into the cabin) is removed with this intake kit. The Blitz kit includes a rubber cap that allows you to cap the sound generator by the plastic connector below the battery.
• Intake noise is aggressive, especially if you have a tune that has changed cam timing. When paired with a quiet exhaust like the Blitz Nur-Spec VS, the intake will be all that you hear under WOT.
• I have not noticed any major change in mileage. I recently averaged 30.5-31.5MPG highway over close to 4000 miles on 245/40-17 tires.

Blitz also has 3 other versions of this kit, two use the same filter element but are (respectively) blue or red, and another one uses their Advance Cleaner intake element w/ a heat shield funnel intake.

All in all, pretty satisfied with this kit. YMMV.

I'll add some better pics in the near future.

-alex