Which intake did you get?
 

I'm thinking about investing into the injen intake, but want to know if anyone has any issues with theirs, or regrets their purchase. I have heard that the intake has made the torque dip a little more noticable, but other than that, I havent seen many complaints about the it.

If you have a different intake, I wouldn't mind hearing your input on it!

I honestly didn't go with any of the intake systems. I stuck with a TRD drop in since the stock one is super efficient. Strangely, some systems even LOSE power. If anything, the perrin seems like a good one. otherwise, the other systems tend to be in the engine bay and eliminate the purpose of "cold air"

Oh and might I add that the torque dip usually is there with intake systems, but with drop in, it seems the gain is all across the board even though it isn't much. you can find this in many threads.

An intake really does not make the torque dip more noticeable, its the fact the AFR is altered which can lead to the engine performing differently in loosing power. In the order of which I would take would be the following:

Perrin CAI
FA20Club CAI (much like the perrin but cheaper, but it does not blend as well as the perrin)
Greddy/aFe Intake


These are the only I would choose. They are have proven to make a small bump in power. The Greddy or aFe(they are both exactly the same) are a bit easier to install. The 2 CAI require the removal of the front bumper. Its not hard, but the side markers are a PITA to remove which you will have to do in order to get the bumper off.

Either way if you want the most out of the intake, plan on getting a tune to insure your AFR and performance are in line. Take what I say with a grain of salt as I am in new to performance cars, modifying, and adding bolt-ons.

Forgot to mention, I have the aFe (the perrin was not when I got my intake. I wanted something that was safe, would remove the noise generator, provide a small bump in power and something that would blend in :))

Perrin CAI + Perrin Silicon Tube

is this the set up that you are running?

look at his sig.

thats convenient.. Didnt really notice it since im on my iPhone..

I've been running it for a few months now. Absolutely love it.

Thanks for the suggestion, i'll definitely look into it.

I think sticking with the stock intake with a drop-in filter is your best bang for your buck.

If you wanted some bling under the hood I would get the Perrin Intake.

-John

I'm happy with my Perrin setup. The car seems a touch more lively and adds an aggressive note. Took me a bit to get used to the sound change, it's not subtle at all.

Perrin makes a great intake. It looks clean, sounds amazing, and runs beautifully.

I'm going with the TRD filter and Perrin inlet tube. That's about $170.

Perrin CAI + silicone tube

K&N Drop-In filter for me. ~5hp gain for $40 shipped. As opposed to 6-10hp for $3-400.

For me it's the intake sound more than anything (same with a catback), though now that I have CAI, over pipe, test pipe, catback AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, a tune it's night and day vs when I had just K&N + catback.

If I had to do it over again, thats what I would have gone with. Drop in filter with inlet tube to remove the dumb noise generator :)

Injen intake claims 10-15 hp gains.... that's the only part that i was initially attracted to

i gave myself a $300 budget on this someone help

Gaining HP with a intake is a dream.

Stock intake works.. Don't waste ur money

I can tell you right now those claims are BS. I picked the Perrin because of the design and it gets hot as hell where I live so my filter stays in the bumper.

It may reach this power gain in certain situations but it achieves it by modifying the a/f ratio which isn't recommend.

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Which drop in would you recommend? I was looking at works drop in filter and saw a lot of positive.

So far the works filter is showing no better results on independent dynos than other filters but costs nearly double the price of most other filters. You would be better off with a different filter and pocket the rest of the money for another part.

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Works, or Perrin drop in with the Perrin silicone hose

i plan to do the AEM intake. seems to be the cleanest looking, deletes that damn sound maker, and allegedly makes the most power.

You misinformed

Air Raid is the top intake. Pay money to lose horses.

Next mod will be the Perrin Inlet Tube/ Perrin Cold Air Intake. Brings roughly 10hp and cleans the engine up nice and deletes the snorkel that's on there now.

thats why i said ALLEGEDLY :lol:

i'm honestly doing it to delete the sound tube and keep it clean-ish looking under their. i know the gains dont really exist :lol:

AIRAID doesn't have problems *tries to delete your post*

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I've seen Perrin say it brings a good 4 whp untuned, but I haven't seen anyone do a tuned CAI + Inlet for the Perrin. I'll be doing that once I get my Header and my over/downpipe from Nameless. The design is outstanding and if you take your car to meets, I promise you will get comments on it. Probably the best aesthetically looking intake unlike the Blitz which looks like a fleshlight or messed up R2D2.

That or you can be a sucker and buy the big plastic box that has a TRD sticker on it and pay 500 dollars. :lol:

I went with the Injen for the time being because I love how it looks had the fewest complaints (that I could find), was priced right, and I didn't have to remove my front bumper to install it.

I don't think that I have noticed any significant difference in performance but I can tell you that I have had zero CELs or idling issues. Honestly, the HP difference between it and my old K&N drop in I had would be so minimal it would be within the error/correction limit on any dyno.

Still, it cleaned up the engine bay, looks nice, sounds fantastic and got rid of the noise generator! All plusses but you won't here me say it was worth the money for performance gains because it isn't.

Scott

I think that's the most realistic review I've seen of an Injen. Bravo, good sir.

I got the aFe Intake Pro Dry for my FRS.

So what's the max HP gain intake without a tune?

With everything I've heard from WRX guys and their intakes, I really think its more beneficial to just get a different filter and leave the stock box. They all said on their boxer engines that the stock intake was better than anything aftermarket, and most required a tune. I remembering wanting an Injen ram intake for my SC430, but it actually decreased performance because it got hotter than stock. Isn't the point of them to get more cold air? How does that happen with the piping they use and their placement in the engine. Save money and get an inlet hose and filter.

You should ask what the max SAFE HP gain intake is.

Other than Perrin, does anyone else make a decent silicone tube for the twins?

Not that I've seen so far.

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