HKS Intake?
 

If this is a repost then please delete and I'm sorry but I found this online by HKS ???

HKS 70018-AT006 Premium Suction Intake Kit Scion FR-S Subaru BRZ GT86
http://i1.frsimg.com/images/detailed...5828_36101.jpg
70018-AT006
Quick Item Details:
· Super honeycomb frame
· Polyurethane filter element
· Free up horsepower

http://www.frsport.com/HKS-70018-AT0...6_p_36101.html

price is $423 though:confused0068:

You can find it for cheaper on other sites. Around $350, still pricey though. I wonder how much the gains are.

Uses factory air box, which was actually something I was interested in. Simple glance at the factory setup shows decent design, but slight improvement in intake turbulence reduction from trashing the ribbed pipe from the box to the tb, and the resonator bs.

is there any pics of the install ?

http://www.racingsolution.com/subaru...ction-kit.html

I would trash the resonator connection and just plug it though.

Looks interesting...mind my ignorance because I've never had a car with a boxer engine before, is this the closest to a CAI set up? I was thinking of just popping an HKS 3 layer air filter in the stock box and call it a day for now.

Without replacing the whole assembly, yes.

Those HKS mushrooms are noted for being HUGELY inefficiencent. Supposedly one of the worst aftermarket filters money can buy, so much so that it has been nicknamed the "death shroom". All it is is a piece of coloured foam.

Plus, without moving it to cold air, all its going to do is suck in hot engine bay air. You'll actually be worse of with of these as opposed to your stock arrangement and obiously $350-$450 poorer.

i don't like how they left that piece open :( and why did they connect the stock unit on...i thought it came with the mushroom filter..??

The shroom is inside the airbox, but technically since it uses the stock airbox, you could use whatever drop in filter you wanted....instead of the shroom.

Overpriced and underdeveloped... will probably sell great!

They sell many different variants of filters. Some thin/thicker and the size can change as well.

I'm guessing this HKS intake is getting air from the same area as the stock one, so it should be cooler air then the engine bay

^^^^ i agree