Review: Forced Performance Cast Aluminum Intake
I know, I know, a review on an intake? Is this a Honda forum? Ok, well after my close shave last week I decided to ditch my old intake pipe for a nice, new FP intake setup. This is a simple, well-built piece with a full 4" radius. It is designed to mate up to everything from a big-fat S-cover garret setup to a stock TD05H sized turbo. The other end of the pipe will mate up to anything with a 4" radius, but Forced Performance offers up 2 varieties of K&N filters, both cone shaped, but in different lengths: 9" and 12" long. I opted for the 9" unit, as I was afraid of fitment issues, but the 12" filter would have definitly fit, although snugly.
The Old Unit: http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DS..._001.sized.jpg The Forced Performance Cast Aluminum 4" Intake: http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00291.sized.jpg Big enough to fit my arm through! http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00292.sized.jpg |
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Same as my visit w/ your mom last night & your sister last weekend:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00293.sized.jpg Forced performance has a nice little silicon coupler that they came up with to make fitment easy on a TD05H application. It is off-set just slightly to get that huge pipe away from your lower radiator hose and shifter linkage. It was a bit spendy, but worth it in my opinion. http://linux.forcedperformance.net/m...5_002_full.jpg Like any intake pipe on a car without a mass airflow sensor (MAS) and a BOV vented to atmosphere, installation was a snap; maybe 10 minutes start to finish...by the time I finished sticking my fist through the thing and admiring it. http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00299.sized.jpg |
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http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00305.sized.jpg Now....why am I writing this? Because I did have a decent intake on my car before...although a bit old, it was a full 3" unit that had no choice but to flow well. It was very similar to what a *lot* of other people run. Well, either the thing was reeeeaaaally dirty or the filter that was on there was not nearly up to snuff with this 4" x 9" K&N unit. With the full exhaust, the Tial BOV, the full intake piping setup and larger-than-stock turbo I didn't think my car would ever really get much louder until I installed a wastegate that dumped directly to the atmosphere and/or a bigger turbo. I was immediatly impressed with the clear sucking sound I could now hear from under the hood, and the loud resonance that could be heard while accellerating and inbetween gears. My car's clear woooosh-ing sound with minor turbo whine was replaced with a clear, free-breathing sucking sound, more turbo whine, and a when letting off, the familiar crack-of-the-whip that my Tial gives off now sounds more like a big, bad-ass exhaust hale from my intake piping. Massive change in whp? No, but I think it may be measureable. Transient boost response is certainly improved and while I *may* be mistaking being impressed by the neato new sounds coming from under the hood as more midrange torque, I think there may just be some there. I guess we'll see come July 23! More pics here: http://www.scheides.com/gallery/2g?&page=10 Feel free to post comments and questions here! |
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Very nice. It really looks nice under the hood and will be able to accomodate you throughout many turbo choices, with the right coupler of course.
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Moved to "Good Stuff"
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Ah the joys of having a 1g and having space under your hood. It must be really nice haha. That intake looks nice. I wish I could fit that filter on my 2g :(
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Hmmm, I might have to get one of those for my new setup. My polished bushnuts cold air pipe is now too small. It's a 4" inlet and outlet, correct?
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Yup, except on the filter end its *slightly* smooshed to ensure hood clearance, so a little more oval on that end. Full 4" round on the turbo side.
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looks good... I think it's funny you drive a 1g though
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drrr, ok. did you read post #7? ;)
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Haha, alright thx, I was a little like, 'awhaaa!?!' ...FP has them under the intake section ;)
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I have the sam intake and if you are running a mas, fitment is very tight at least on a 1g FYI. My 1g with the bolt on GT35R has trouble fitting it. I think they run about $100 wiht the couplers. I think it costs $69 and you need to buy the couplers also.
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