Which CAI (CARB APPROVED)
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............and that nice high squealing 
BTW unsungfate, I sell insurance. There are ALOT of illegals driving in the states. You can still get insurance with international licenses and/or out-of-state licenses. Oregon, for example, doesn't require papers at the time they issue licenses.
BTW unsungfate, I sell insurance. There are ALOT of illegals driving in the states. You can still get insurance with international licenses and/or out-of-state licenses. Oregon, for example, doesn't require papers at the time they issue licenses.
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Thanks for your grammer checking, but I don't see you really understanding the sentence. I am not sure if you are born in America, but using your axx(butt) to take out the intake doesn't mean you are really using your butt. It's just a kind of slant that everyone is using everyday. This is not an English class and if you are really good in English, you should know the difference between the formal and informal styles. I hope you did go to the high school or college here. (or maybe not). but anyway, yea, I agree that there is no 50 states legal CAI now and you either wait for the legal one or just get the one and swapped it out after 5 years with your stock intake.
Thanks for your grammer checking, but I don't see you really understanding the sentence. I am not sure if you are born in America, but using your axx(butt) to take out the intake doesn't mean you are really using your butt. It's just a kind of slant that everyone is using everyday. This is not an English class and if you are really good in English, you should know the difference between the formal and informal styles. I hope you did go to the high school or college here. (or maybe not). but anyway, yea, I agree that there is no 50 states legal CAI now and you either wait for the legal one or just get the one and swapped it out after 5 years with your stock intake.
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Originally Posted by The_Instigator
Nope..there are no CARB legal l intakes for the tC at this time. The TRD will likely be legal, but the gains will so minimal that it wont be worth the ridiculous price the dealerships will charge for it. IT has to do with the charcoal filter insert.
And taking the intake out 1 time in 5 years for a smog check would take about 1 hour at the very longest. Seems worth it to me to have 5 years of increased performance and spend 1 hour to swap it out for a smog check.
And taking the intake out 1 time in 5 years for a smog check would take about 1 hour at the very longest. Seems worth it to me to have 5 years of increased performance and spend 1 hour to swap it out for a smog check.
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Originally Posted by SwtC44
I just went into my scion dealer and the trd CAI isnt carb approved yet, i've been on the waiting list for one for a year and it still isnt carb approved
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hey dude, do you know how much you gain with the trd cai? if you do plz let me know.
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I dont know for sure, but ive heard that it is supposed to be somewhere around 15 hp. Again that is just what ive heard.
I really doubt that, non of the "off road intakes" are pushing that much, I don't think that a carb approved(which will be restrictive someway somehow) intake system will be able to push out more then 3-4hp.
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Fujita may have some thing there, i like the dyno. there is some lost power in the lowerRPM's but when your looking for performance, you hardly never see the lower part of the power band anyways... and if you do... stop granny shifting.
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FUJITA WWW.F5AIR.COM pretty good stuff
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I have just found a carb-exempt CAI. At www.scionsport.com they are selling a AEM CAI for $299 and it specifically says carb-exempt on the website. This may be the only one around.
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Originally Posted by SwtC44
I have just found a carb-exempt CAI. At www.scionsport.com they are selling a AEM CAI for $299 and it specifically says carb-exempt on the website. This may be the only one around.
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Sorry for the long post, but it's for the thick-headed people that don't know how to read or search.
It's been said before: It's most likely that there aren't any CARB exempt intakes because they all remove the Charcoal filter that is in the stock intake. If that is the case, then I don't see a way to get an exemption unless there's the charcoal filter built into the intake, and most likely that would involve a restrictive airbox.
More info here: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...=carbon+filter
My post pertains at this point only to the tC's intakes, not to any other application. Although the tC is the first car that WE have seen utilizing this carbon filter, we're certain it is not the last. We received a notice this week from CARB regarding the filter and a few other changes in their testing requirements. It was stated in BOLD that this carbon filter is not subject to removal or duplication. So that means even if we did find a way to incorporate a carbon filter into the intake, it still wouldn't pass. These requirements did not come into play until recently, and most likely way after AEM and Scion started working on the intake system. True there are numerous intakes out that are CARB approved, and do not have this filter, but then again, they didn't have the filter in the OEM system either.
It's been said before: It's most likely that there aren't any CARB exempt intakes because they all remove the Charcoal filter that is in the stock intake. If that is the case, then I don't see a way to get an exemption unless there's the charcoal filter built into the intake, and most likely that would involve a restrictive airbox.
More info here: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...=carbon+filter
Originally Posted by WeaponR_Ray
My colleague had a talk with our CARB rep. and the news is bad. What it comes down to is that NONE of the intakes that are available, or will be available, will ever be CARB legal. This of course pertains only to intake systems that delete the factory airbox. The main reason that the tC will not be getting any CARB legal intakes is a simple carbon filter inside the stock airbox. This filter is heat bonded to the inside top half of the airbox, and is not removable. Not in one piece at least.
So with this news I'm sorry to say, that our Secret Weapon Intake for the tC won't be getting approved. This also goes for K&N, Injen, AEM, Umnitza, etc.
So with this news I'm sorry to say, that our Secret Weapon Intake for the tC won't be getting approved. This also goes for K&N, Injen, AEM, Umnitza, etc.
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Originally Posted by TimmyT
Gonna have to disagree with this post. While you do lift some eyebrows, you make it sound like every part out there has to have a carbon filter heat bonded to something b4 it can have a CARB EO number put on it. Wich we all know this isn't true. There are plenty of CARB EO intakes without this filter you mention on the market. Now, not having this filter would affect your emissions and you would have a harder time passing the sniffer test. You are getting people worked up for nothing.
Originally Posted by WeaponR_Ray
For those who don't know, this is the carbon filter in question:
