Well, I got to admit that I was skeptical about this product because I thought all these guys at Umnitza knew was Bimmers. Anyway, are a couple of pictures of the carbon fiber intake that was installed and tested on my tC last Saturday. Must I say that this thing is just plain out beautiful! Very well-made; it's of high quality, not those wanna-be carbon fiber products stuff that are out there on the market. Fittment was perfect, except we had to use an M3 bracket to bolt it into place. However, when the final product will be done, in about a week or so, it will include the correct bracket. The power was felt, not because of the deep growl, but because you can actually feel it in your seat and I made sure it wasn't mental. With the blip of the throttle, I felt the power increase, and that was without the growl. It was a pretty hot day too. And with the deep growl, it just sounded like a totally different car.

I was told that the intake will start at $199. Maybe a little cheaper for introductory price???

It uses a blue cone filter inside the box, and there are two openings where air enters-1) from the front where you see that opening in the front of the box. 2) where it utilizes the stock piping from the fender. The opening on this side of the intake box is huge.

I was told the average gain was 8~10hp.

It uses the stock hose to the throttle body. This is not a bad thing because the stock hose consists of plastic/rubber which are excellent materials to dissipate heat. I think if the company were to add a pipe from the inake to the throttle body, it would cost more to make and therefore up the sale price of the intake. I dunno, a new pipe would be cool, but I like how everything blends in with the rest of the engine. And as I said, the plastic/rubber hose to the throttle body is efficient enough as they resist heat really well.

And no, I don't have an aftermarket exhaust. My car is all stock.

I'm not sure about a strut bar/intake combination. I was thinkin about getting a strut bar, I'm getting back to Matt at Umnitza about this.

I was the test car, so we installed the prototype. Install is quite simple, the stock air box took about 5+ minutes to take out. As for the whole install, I'd say about 15-30 minutes? We took pics throughout the installation, so yah. Just have to be really careful with the MAF sensor!

The intake does use the stock piping inside the fenderwell, as well as the stock piping from the throttle body to the intake.

Unfortunately, we did not have a chance to run the dyno. Waiting for the final products to come in. I think the intakes will be in in the next week or so. I recommend to place orders now, though. I have a feeling some of these will be on back-order.

Here is something I got from the website www.umnitza.com
Product Description (may describe some optional equipment) :

Performance Intake Carbon Fiber

Stainless Steel Clamps, Brackets

High Strength Coupler

All Hardware and Installation Included

Engineering Detail (See Pictures Below):

High Modulus Carbon Fiber with braided Kevlar

CNC Mandrel Bent 6061 Aluminum

CNC Adapter

3D Precision Fiber/Kevlar weave

Benefits:

Improved Aggressive Look

Enhanced sound modulation

Increased Performance (Torque and HP)

Significant improvement in visual appeal of car




Here's a link to the video: http://www.umnitza.com/scionintake-1.wmv

 

sounds very nice.... but im curious to see the dyno first. kinda skeptical.

 

wow awesome..sounds real deep...

 

hmmm video isnt workin for me..... but i like my K&N

 

sounds awesome and looks great

 

and i was just about to buy the weapon r intake....

i really like the sound but i do want to see what the gains are.

it does look a little funky too, but i might be able to get past that.

i wonder what it would sound like with my magnaflow exaust.....

 

in my opinion it looks like crap but it sounds realy good and if it has gains even 5hp and 3tq ill be picking it up i like the sound alot

 

hmm interesting. if there's a nice gain i'll def consider picking this piece up.

 

Look good to me, but like everyone else...i wanna see some DYNOOOo...

 

What is that white cap thingy that is hanging out in the stock airbox ??? Is that also a part of the kit ???

 

THATS SUM AWSOMEE "SOUND MODULATION" !!1!ONE!1!!!!

 

that's where the stock tuned resonance thingy goes, i guess they took it off and capped it since the harmonics have changed

 

wow. interesting sound. seriously interesting sound

 

looks good....i too wana see a dyno...but its a bit pricey, considering its just a filter with cf cover....dunno....i wnana know if it still utilizes the "cold airness" of stock parts?

 

$200 for that thing.......it looks like its a universal filter cover to me.................sorry ill keep my K&N.

 

if i wnated sound, i would go to that. but i like my injen =D

 

highly unlikely... lets see the dyno

 

so i started thinking about the design of this piece. what differentiates this mod from cutting a big hole in the front side of your existing airbox? the fact that it's CF?

 

this has a cone filter other then that nothing has realy changed and that is where the big diffrance in sound is i doubt there are any gains be we will see

 

But this kit would be a lot easier to install compared to any intakes for TC. Nice sound and if the price is right i might consider.