WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY?

[Ursam]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

Went on a fun roadtrip up to Carmel. On the first day, we drove G16 all the way up Carmel Valley from the 101 (awesome road, if a little treacherously narrow in places). We spent the night in the valley and drove PCH down through Big Sur this morning, then drove Nacimiento-Fergusson road and G18 (iirc) back over to the 101. I'm told that Nacimiento-Fergusson is a road that was built by the army during the second world war to train truck drivers to drive a similarly-treacherous road that connected Burma to China. After this treat, we spent some boring time on the 101, hopped off at highway 166, drove further inland for a bit and then drove Tepusquet Road and Foxen Canyon down into Los Olivos. Then we took highway 154 back to Santa Barbara.

It was an awesome 26 hours!

I am so jealous! This is definitely on my bucket list.

[BoxRZ_86]

Originally Posted by Caboose

Replica STI front lip a couple days ago

what company is the replica from? and how is the fitment?

[yberther]

Suuuper tight butthole man. That's pretty awesome.

Originally Posted by M16MB02

Made some Bumper Decals with my new Vinyl Cutter today.

[s0sl0w]

That poor car.

[leicaboss]

Originally Posted by rev3la7ion

There is no noticeable difference in sound, throttle response, power, etc. I guess it's nice to have a longer lasting one that I can clean for only $40 but beyond that don't expect much until you drop something in that requires the additional airflow.

Make sure you installed it properly and everything's sealed up and the filter is facing the right direction. There's definitely a difference in sound, especially after you delete the sound tube/resonator as I have done. An intake filter is not going to work wonders but it's proven to make some small, small gains especially when combined with the snorkel mod.

Can't go wrong for $35 I paid

[leicaboss]

Originally Posted by chu.waht

Had a shop weld a branch resonator to reduce cabin drone. Give or take a 40% drone reduction. Will probably go back to lengthen the resonator/pipe.

Awesome! Where'd you get the resonator from/installed?

I realized that the Perrin 2.5" was bothering me because I thought it was loud. However, when I poke my head out and rev, the sound is totally different since it's not vibrating through the whole car. It's a nice deep sound but the low tones can get on my nerves on the highway, especially on a very low gradual incline.

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by rev3la7ion

There is no noticeable difference in sound, throttle response, power, etc. I guess it's nice to have a longer lasting one that I can clean for only $40 but beyond that don't expect much until you drop something in that requires the additional airflow.

Check out the Grimmspeed intake testing thread. They tested a lot of the popular intake system for FRS/BRZ.

K&N drop in filter gives you 5 WHP for $40.

It's normal to not be able to notice 5 WHP, but it's there.

The power bang for the buck wise, it's super awesome I would say.

[blewclouds]

Originally Posted by JS + BRZ

Check out the Grimmspeed intake testing thread. They tested a lot of the popular intake system for FRS/BRZ.

K&N drop in filter gives you 5 WHP for $40.

It's normal to not be able to notice 5 WHP, but it's there.

The power bang for the buck wise, it's super awesome I would say.

Personally I would not waste my money on the K&N. I purchased this and there is absolutely no gain feel as far as from a drivers point of view. Although you can claim 5whp, you don't notice it at all. Although, I'v now swapped with the Perrin BigMaf Intake my opinion can be bias, but holding out for a true intake instead of just a drop in will leave you more satisfied. Again, I literally had the K&N for about 2 weeks and decided to part ways.

[JS + BRZ]

Can't believe some of you are complaining about $40 drop in filter that gives you 5WHP.



If you truly want to feel the power gain, don't go for the intake. Go for header/front/overpipe and tune.

[Husker BRZ]

Originally Posted by blewclouds

Personally I would not waste my money on the K&N. I purchased this and there is absolutely no gain feel as far as from a drivers point of view. Although you can claim 5whp, you don't notice it at all. Although, I'v now swapped with the Perrin BigMaf Intake my opinion can be bias, but holding out for a true intake instead of just a drop in will leave you more satisfied. Again, I literally had the K&N for about 2 weeks and decided to part ways.

How is the K&N a waste of money? I have had it installed for 5 months now and was able to notice a difference immediatley. Now that difference was a small difference, but it was still a difference. I wasn't expecting an unrealistic hp gain from just a drop in. Before my purchase I had researched like @JS + BRZ and seen that the "true intakes" you are waiting for made less/same diference in hp gains. So why would you spend over $300 for a gain you can get for around $40?

[leicaboss]

Originally Posted by blewclouds

Personally I would not waste my money on the K&N. I purchased this and there is absolutely no gain feel as far as from a drivers point of view. Although you can claim 5whp, you don't notice it at all. Although, I'v now swapped with the Perrin BigMaf Intake my opinion can be bias, but holding out for a true intake instead of just a drop in will leave you more satisfied. Again, I literally had the K&N for about 2 weeks and decided to part ways.

And did you get a tune?

[SpectreRT]

7K Miles. I'm pretty EMO about it.

[kludger]

Finally installed the Advan-Emotion knock off rear diffuser:



Balances out nicely with the STI gurney flap and Nameless 2.5" 5" axleback.

[blewclouds]

Originally Posted by Husker BRZ

How is the K&N a watse of money? I have had it installed for 5 months now and was able to notice a difference immediatley. Now that difference was a small difference, but it was still a difference. I wasn't expecting an unrealistic hp gain from just a drop in. Before my purchase I had researched like @JS + BRZ and seen that the "true intakes" you are waiting for made less/same diference in hp gains. So why would you spend over $300 for a gain you can get for around $40?

My fault, let me explain my reasoning. K&N drop in filter was one of the first mods I did. However, since I was planning plenty of tunes down the road i.e. overripe, front pipe, exhaust, cranks and tune, the filter to me was a waste of money. Therefore, if you plan to keep your ride more or less stock and not plan to upgrade your intake, then a $40 investment sounds reasonable.

Originally Posted by leicaboss

And did you get a tune?

yes, I did. But I didn't feel much of a difference until i swapped with an intake + tune.


On a side note, my two week used K&N is for sale $30 shipped (PM me)