I'm seriously considering a Weapon*R Secret Weapon intake for my 2.2cl (as it is stock right now except for wheels and tires cause I just got it). If anyones installed one in theirs, how difficult was it? What kind of gains did you see? If there's a better intake out there for the price, lemme know... thanks guys

 

I have the weapon r secret weapon on my 99 2.3CL. The installation was simple just bolted right on. It give the car a nice sound and it looks clean.

 

go for it... install shouldnt be too difficult, just unplug / rip out the old one, and slap the new one on

Pics afterwads please!

 

Is there much of a performance increase with an intake?

 

it helps a little. Alone, you'll get a bit of a performance increase and agressive sound from the intake.


It works better after a header and exhaust upgrade too. Not amazing performance increases, but it helps.

-Alex

 

Thanks bro

 

think of it as flow of air from the front of your car to the back...


by installing a new, higher flow intake, your car will be taking in alot more air. however, on the stock exhaust, it may not be able to get rid of it quickly enough to be very efficient.

It will help, but not much.

By upgrading your header and exhaust, you'll help increase the flow of air leaving the engine... I think you can get the image im trying to give here, no?

 

the sound is all the matters, because either way us 4bangers are still gonna be slow.

 

Damn skippy. its a slow car, period.

 

Thanks guys. Im planning on getting exhaust and headers if and when I get enough money, which may be a while. Who makes the best ones at a fairly reasonable price?

 

hey silver





btw
the performace effect of an intake it is minor (2-5hp if that). i was wondering i heard intakes are most felt top end and actually hurt you in low end.

 

hey at least our transmissions still work

 

it depends on what intake you get... a Short Ram Intake is supposed to help with torque a bit. I have a feeling the shorter amount of time it takes air to get to the engine is the reason for this... However, the downside to that is that you're sucking up hot air from the engine bay so thats not helping with combustion (colder air = better combustion.)

A cold air intake is said to be better for top end power. Colder air = better combustion...

Let me just say I'm no book on how CAI's and SRI's really work, but thats the general idea ive picked up over the past year and a half or so.

 

cold air intake= more water consumption. im glad my V2 isnt cold air.

 

its so true

 

i guess you'll find out first hand

 

and

 

just ordered it I'm gonna install over spring break when I hopefully get enough time (next week)

 

so is the weapon r intakes any better then aem or injen? any little differences, i know its like a fucked up mix between a cai and a sri or something to that effect

 

all intake are pretty much the same. only AEM and Injen use K&N filter and everything else is wack.

 

Couldnt have said it better.

BUT you can get one off of ebay and get a K&N air filter and still be cheaper than what the AEM and Injen are.

 

 

it was pouring here a couple of days ago and the street i had to drive thru was flooded up over the sidewalk. i was scared shitless when i drove throught it. good thing my car didn't suck up the water

 

ness

 

you pay for the name. i do like the injen though. plus the injen and the aem look better than the ebay special so more $$.

 

 

BUT

Cost > Looks when it comes to an intake on a CL

 

then there no point in getting an intake at all then , because either way your still slow, so you might as well buy what looks and sounds better.

 

Not neccessarily. Any intake is gonna give you the sound. They are also gonna help your gas mileage a little bit. Any intake you get isnt gonna give you like 10 hp. It aint gonna happen. It just comes down to how name brand happy you are. If the name is worth 160 bucks to you, then go for it. I know I could care less what the pipe looks like.
You could even paint the intake if you want.

 

and thats mostly the reason why i dont got an intake...does nothing for me

..that and i just never got around to it

 

laziness^^^^



j/k

 

And MY ebay intake looks > than aem/injen


Cuz you're lazy and won't crawl under your car to take your inner fenderwell out

 

You dont even have to, get a SRI... Lazyness problem solved.

 

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