KillertC.com/GSCMotorsports.com Scion tC Intake Test !!!!
11-09-2005, 01:31 AM
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KillertC.com/GSCMotorsports.com Scion tC Intake Test !!!!
Well after the success of the Header test we have decided to go ahead and do the intake test as well. First off i want to thank a couple of companies for getting us out their intakes: Injen, F5Air, K&N and Scion, oh wait we had to buy the K&N's and Scion charged for the stock air box. Bastards.
I also wanted to thank Leh for staying late with me to see what is what on the Intakes for the tC, and taking the pics. (for those who were waiting for the out come it was Leh's fault but don't get too mad at him)
Any way on to the Test. Our tC is pretty much stock with the addition of the Alfaworks Header that is in place and a B&M short shifter which does nothing for horse power.
Sooo here we go.
First up the stock airbox
Notice the did in Air Fuel on the top end so there is some more power to be had with the stock box using an emanage or even a S-AFC
Second up Stock Air Box with Drop In K&N filter. We left the charcoal thing in as well
This one was an absolute bummer IMO. It lost HP but the air fuel was good.
third K&N Typoon intake
The air Fuel got a little funny on this one. could be the cause for less HP than the others. With the cost of the intake I think your money would be better spent else where.
Forth Injen Cold Air
What can I say about this one it made the most horsepower the Air Fuel line was very clean in fact with an SAFC or ported T-Body could see somewhere in the 165 Range. Over all I am very impressed with this intake.
Fifth Injen Short Ram
We also tryed the short ram Injen Intake. but the hood was open so im sure under street conditions it would be lower do to heat soak. and the Air fuel went nuts around 5300. sense you can't buy just the Short Ram it is totally pointless to not install the Cold Air Section.
Sixth the F5Air Intake
The air fuel did the same thing as the injen short ram so im not sure the R&D was done on this kit as far as fuel tuning. the numbers are good and with a little tuning im sure it could be improved.
Now as far as the install goes i must say that the F5 was the easiest to install but after 3 intakes i think it was just practice.
So the overall winner was Injen and if anyone would like me to lay a graph over a different competitor please just let me know which two you would like to see.
I also wanted to thank Leh for staying late with me to see what is what on the Intakes for the tC, and taking the pics. (for those who were waiting for the out come it was Leh's fault but don't get too mad at him)
Any way on to the Test. Our tC is pretty much stock with the addition of the Alfaworks Header that is in place and a B&M short shifter which does nothing for horse power.
Sooo here we go.
First up the stock airbox
Notice the did in Air Fuel on the top end so there is some more power to be had with the stock box using an emanage or even a S-AFC
Second up Stock Air Box with Drop In K&N filter. We left the charcoal thing in as well
This one was an absolute bummer IMO. It lost HP but the air fuel was good.
third K&N Typoon intake
The air Fuel got a little funny on this one. could be the cause for less HP than the others. With the cost of the intake I think your money would be better spent else where.
Forth Injen Cold Air
What can I say about this one it made the most horsepower the Air Fuel line was very clean in fact with an SAFC or ported T-Body could see somewhere in the 165 Range. Over all I am very impressed with this intake.
Fifth Injen Short Ram
We also tryed the short ram Injen Intake. but the hood was open so im sure under street conditions it would be lower do to heat soak. and the Air fuel went nuts around 5300. sense you can't buy just the Short Ram it is totally pointless to not install the Cold Air Section.
Sixth the F5Air Intake
The air fuel did the same thing as the injen short ram so im not sure the R&D was done on this kit as far as fuel tuning. the numbers are good and with a little tuning im sure it could be improved.
Now as far as the install goes i must say that the F5 was the easiest to install but after 3 intakes i think it was just practice.
So the overall winner was Injen and if anyone would like me to lay a graph over a different competitor please just let me know which two you would like to see.
11-09-2005, 03:36 PM
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yeah we suck i actually posted it last night but forgot to host the pictures of the intakes. Give me a couple of hours to put it together and we should be good to go.
I was actually a little supprised of the out come. the winner was 5hp higher than the second place. and we had an interesting out come one that even supprised me.
Greg
I was actually a little supprised of the out come. the winner was 5hp higher than the second place. and we had an interesting out come one that even supprised me.
Greg
11-09-2005, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by KillertC_com
the winner was 5hp higher than the second place. and we had an interesting out come one that even supprised me.
Can you at least tell us the brands in the test?
11-09-2005, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jmiller20874
Originally Posted by KillertC_com
the winner was 5hp higher than the second place. and we had an interesting out come one that even supprised me.
Can you at least tell us the brands in the test?
11-09-2005, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jmiller20874
Something just doesn't seem right to me. The Injen in CAI form returned 157.5HP and in SRI form returned 152.4HP? How is an extra 2 feet or so gonna give you 5 extra HP?
11-09-2005, 06:08 PM
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Yeah, something is very strange here. The Injen short ram with the hood open should make more horsepower than the CAI. What was you manner of testing? Did you run the cars on the street so the computer could learn before the Dynos? Is there anyway you can try a Weapon R intake since that is what a lot of us use?
11-09-2005, 06:20 PM
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Each time we did the a change we did reset the ecu. we did run it on the dyno for about 10 minutes before we started the runs then we cooled the car and made 3 passes. each of these dynos were the third pass.
