Intake pipe, any tests?

[scheides]

Are you fcking kidding me? You're still on the stocker at your power level!?!?! Geebuz. Upgrade that thing, it'll help you hold more boost at higher RPM. What FMIC and piping are you running?

[carltalon]

I noticed a huge difference. When I went to My cold air setup from a filter right on the turbo. Not shure on any difference if you still drawing hot air from under the hood.

[turbotalon1g]

I am running an elbow down to the stock SMIC location it help, temps were cooler, less knock of course and I think a few lbs/min were gained too.

I have a 12x24x3.5 Precision core with 2.5" piping.

I could never decide about what intake to get because they are all ridiculously priced not to mention I couldn't decide on turbo setup. Then I had some 4" pipe and its stupid heavy so I wanted something light and found an FP intake with recirc, couplers, clamps for $70 all said and done. I even have the extra reducer coupler.

[Kracka]

My favorite DSM intake ever were my two Dejon ones. One for use with the stock MAS and a K&N (CIP-1gP) and the other an aluminum cold air intake that put the filter in the stock SMIC location (which I no longer see on their site).

[Halon]

I am running an elbow down to the stock SMIC location it help, temps were cooler, less knock of course and I think a few lbs/min were gained too.

I have a 12x24x3.5 Precision core with 2.5" piping.

I could never decide about what intake to get because they are all ridiculously priced not to mention I couldn't decide on turbo setup. Then I had some 4" pipe and its stupid heavy so I wanted something light and found an FP intake with recirc, couplers, clamps for $70 all said and done. I even have the extra reducer coupler.

You can just borrow mine and reverse engineer it. You gotta welder right :)

[turbotalon1g]

^You lost me bro.
I said that I got an FP intake now and I have an elbow that I need to modify for my new k&N filter then I should be set.

I actually need to re do my IC piping a little.

[Halon]

You had said you found one, I didn't know if that meant you just found one for sale, or actually found one and bought one. So was just throwing an option out there since you said the aftermarket ones were mostly over-priced.

My-bad

[turbotalon1g]

^its cool. Hopefully we will see how much of a diff. this will make.

[john]

My favorite DSM intake ever were my two Dejon ones. One for use with the stock MAS and a K&N (CIP-1gP) and the other an aluminum cold air intake that put the filter in the stock SMIC location (which I no longer see on their site).

I had the regular one that you are referring to but also remember the cold air intake. Wonder why they discontinued it...

I have had several intakes, stocker, ABS, dejon tool, sweet chrome cast pipe, and a home-made cold air intake which was in the stock location. Personally, I didn't notice a change but then again I didn't dyno the car between intake swaps. I pretty much swapped them as I changed to bigger and bigger turbos.

I wouldn't even think to consider the weight of an intake when looking for one. The weight relative to the rest of the car is nothing. My old cast pipe could have probably been made up by skipping dinner.

A lot of people who posted on this thread have followed dsms for some time now. I am not a bit suprised that nobody has proof that an intake will increase HP.

I personally would have done it long before but don't think that you will see much of a gain. If you see any, I would attribute it to the colder/more dense air.

[Kracka]

Proven gains with 3" metal intake pipe + hacked 1G MAS + K&N cone filter:

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15565&highlight=%24100+project+lazer&page=2