I just installed the K & N Typhoon Cold Air Intake in my tC today and all I can say IT IS NICE. You feel a slight boost compared to normal when you first press on the gas. Installation was pretty easy, but I had to "modify" some parts of the instructions to get it to fit. The sound is of course a lot more throatier (especially when it hits 3K rpm) and you hear the air sucking in (like other CAI's). My TRD exhaust actually became louder after the install.

I'll post a sound clip tomorrow since my camera ran out of batteries when trying to do so today.

 

Looks good. What did you have to modify?

 

sweet. I'm thinking about adding a CAI, too. could you be more specific about having to "modify" some of the parts? and how long did it tak you to put it on? do you normally work on cars or could a noob do it easily?

edit: ...and let us know if you notice any change in your MPG. and could you take a pic of where the filter actually is? so we can see just how low it is, for those of us who live in rainy areas.

thanks

 

Nice! I cant wait to hear that sound clip seeing as this is one of the first upgrades I would like to do! BTW it looks nice :D

 

wow... it was only like yesterday or the day before that i even first heard about this product being out...

I am curious as well... what did u have to modify to make it fit? And does the diameter of the piping match well the diameter of the throttle body?

 

its nice..i put mine in today as well...u can feel a slight bit of boost when in higher rpm's when driving..pretty nice, didn't have to modify much..but the directions weren't totally specific/accurate..but ive done enough to know wut goes where, its very simple for those who aren't mechanically inclined

i got the blue instead of the silver...painted the intake tubes nice though

 

I like the stablizer bar (is it what it is called?) you have there.

 

does it make a lot of noise

 

ScionBandit's right about the instructions. The modifications I did were nothing major, I would just call it a simple solution.

The wiring for the O2 sensor is suppose to be mounted to the side of the tube so it doesn't flap arround, but their diagram looked nothing like what I had in my car and my wires were too short to to reach the mount...I just used some zip-ties.

Also, one section required you to connect the tube to bracket to 1" vibration mount to car mount, but this left the tube too high to connect with the second tube. I had to leave the vibration mount off to the connect the tubes.

It's very easy to install and the time consuming part is the removal of the stock parts.

The throttle body has a 2-1/2" opening while the pipe has a 2-3/4"

 

is it an annoying sound???do u hear it all the time??is it loud??sorry for the questions....

 

so does this effect your warrenty??? thats if you installed it yourself

 

looking great man! how much and from where?

 

The reason i asked the diameter difference is because my good friend who until recently had a celica GT-S had an intake system similar to that and he had some problems with it. The cause of the problem was this, the ECU utilizes the air flow sensor in the intake piping to calculate the proper amount of fuel to reach ideal mixture. However, the calculations would be calibrated to the air velocity measured in the original intake piping diamter. To put it another way, the calculations based on a certain air velocity would not be accurate for varying diameters because the same air velocity would not equal the same amount of air volume.

Does anyone have any comments on this?

Oh btw, i say my friend used to have the GT-S because i talked him into trading it in for the tC couple of weeks ago. hehe.

 

i think what your talking about is the Hotchkis Front Strut Tower Bar. It can be bought (though I hear not at the moment anymore) at your dealer

 

It is the hotchkis bar, and you are correct. Currently out of stock at factory warehouses around the US. As of last week there was only one showing up on the network computers and it was at the L.A. warehouse, but i doubt its even there anymore.

 

nice!
have you dyno'ed the thing? im curious as to HP/TQ gains..thx!

 

Looks sweet, I really want to get an intake but I am gettin the trd supercharger or a turbo kit which will have to come with thier own intake system. Making the cold air intake I just bought useless.

 

wheres the video :D

 

whats the difference between a cold air intake and a regular intake? yea ok duh cold air.. but specifially, what does it do

 

that is because the celicas as with many other toyotas have a mass air flow sensor, our tC's do not have one which is good for us
i had friends who had problems with celicas and cai's also.
they were very expensive to change and i beleive the mr2 s have the same problem