Fa20club intake
 

Has anyone on here used this intake

Have you already purchased it? If not, do a search on fa20club on the forums to make sure you're aware of their reputation as of late before spending money.

Haven't purchased it. But I was just checking their site and thought this place would be a great place to see if anyone has tried it out

It's a scam business near as I can tell from folks. I don't have first hand experience with them but search around and see for yourself what you think of their products and service

Don't buy it. Intakes don't do much on this platform anyway. Support a vendor with a good reputation if you decide to buy one. Use the search function.....

The owner of fa20club was banned from here for many reasons. Ask frs300 about his car.

Buy a front pipe or a header. Toyobaru did a good job designing their factory intake.

The factory intake system is very well designed already. If you want to replace it, just wait awhile more and see what Grimmspeed comes up with.

Cool thanks for the imput im sreaching for an intake because thats the last piece I need before I tune the car also im looking for an intake that would be compatible with the innovatve super charger

I have one i am about to sell (PM me if interested). Not because the tide has turned against fa20club but because I had to smog when I moved to socal and wanted a more stock looking intake.

Works fine. I modified mine a little so it will work with the stock pcv line or without depending which coupler you use. Didn't gain a lot of performance, didn't loose any performance, no issue with fuel trims etc. Sounds really good.

fa20club intake WILL NOT work with the innovate.

I've been running mine for over 20k mi. I've been very happy with it. Produces a nice sound. I have NO IDEA what has happened with them. Would someone mind elborating on why their reputation took a dive? This is the first I've heard of this. I had a good experience with them as I have their ECUtek tune as well.


Granted, I installed the tune and intake almost a year ago.


But, to answer your question; the stock intake is very good so I wouldn't bother. Also, I have to remove my front bumper just to clean the filter. Intake sounds good and cleans up the engine bay a lot. But just get a filter for now especially if you're going FI anyway.

I REALLY like the design of their V2 intake, apparently most people who have one also are happy with it as well. I like how you dont have to spring for a silicone MAF pipe like Perrin kind of forces you to. At $225, it seems like a pretty good deal, they may have a shite rep on these boards but parts is parts...

^^ Parts isn't parts... look for threads about the terrible quality of some intakes people received.

Basically, they grew too big too fast and Toni couldn't keep up and started making big promises they couldn't keep, led to crap quality and massive delays.

AFAIK, the only CAI compatible with the Innovate SC is the Perrin (both sizes) since it simply replaces the airbox (and associated stuff) but connects to the inlet tube just like stock.

The guy has more than one alias if that tells you anything.....

I'd think long and hard about buying something from them.


Intakes don't seem to do anything but make noise and lean out your afr..... Maybe the second or third generation will have some results.

I have more than one alias? Huh?

These are some threads related to FA20Club and their bad customer service and parts quality.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58258
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58123
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56141
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55263
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57919
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56356

As you can see they don't have a good rep so I would stay clear of FA20club.

i've had their intake for a while now and the build quality on mine was good. a user on here datalogged and showed a good reduction in intake temps so it does what it's supposed to. sounds pretty aggressive too. i have the v1 so maybe i got mine before they started going downhill :iono:

^^ They shipped some good V2's as well, but they also shipped some absolute crap. When they fell behind on production their QC went right down the toilet.

Unless you're Toni aka Antonio brown, probably not

The perrin intake is compatible with the innovate setup. They also have a 3" intake of the same design that requires a tune but does make power.

Wow thanks for the heads up everybody I guess I'll look into perrin more I just dont want to hassle with remove my bumper every time I need to wash my filter. I guess it'll just be another joy of hot rodding

You would have had to do that with the FA20 intake as well.

If you want an intake like that then go Perrin for sure. Great company with a good reputation. However, intakes do not seem to do much, if anything, maybe with a tune or FI they will. If I was to go FI in the future I'd just get a drop in filter then buy an intake based on your FI kit if it doesn't come with one. You want to make sure your intake will work well with your FI kit and your tuner.

Yeah but the filter was smaller and I think I could have gotten away with not removing the bumper. The perrin unit looks like it would get deformed if id try to wedge it in and out

There's no way you would get the FA20club filter out to clean without at least partially removing the bumper. If anything that filter is a bigger diameter than the Perrin.

Same here man. I have a V1. I'm still running stock exhaust and it really livened up the engine's sound. I really like my intake.

Installed Jan 2, 2013
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps44n5fgdu.jpg
8500 miles to date with this CAI
No issues with welds or coating, Holding up well:w00t:
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