is this possible??

cre · 11-13-2009, 02:43 AM

The filter doesn't have to sit behind the fog light... that is too low. It should sit right under the headlight. This puts the top of the filter roughly level with the top of the bumper. The other option is to build a box where the stock air box was that is open where the stork air box pulled air from, the rest should be closed and preferably insulated. In all honesty, the N/A doesn't flow nearly enough air for the stock air box to pose any restriction, not even with a cheap, paper FRAM filter installed (which my the way filters MUCH better than half of the "performance" filters out there).

Aluminum piping is probably worse than the plastic and rubber arrangement, it allows heat from the engine bay to penetrate far more quickly than plastic, rubber or even steel. The trade off is that plastic, rubber and steel take longer to release the heat they absorb, but in their case it's released over a broader span of time. The only real way to get some good performance out of the intake piping is to insulate it very well, whether you wrap it with heat wrap (also known as exhaust wrap or tape) or get the piping ceramic coated. The performance difference with these things though is pretty small on the larger scale and really only affects performance after sitting idle for a minute or more. I really wouldn't sweat it.

If you're just dying for every little detail to be perfect, keep the resonator (paint it if you prefer), get the intake piping wrapped or coated and build an insulated air box or move the filter AND replace the corrugated rubber couplers in the intake piping with SMOOTH couplers. Also consider getting your exhaust manifold coated or wrapped as it will greatly reduce under the hood temps and improve exhaust flow.

As for the resonator; do you guys know what a sound wave looks like on the computer? Peaks and valleys. To put it VERY simply a helmholtz resonator reduces noise and turbulence in air flow by leveling out those valleys and thus removing turbulence. Now it is possible for the resonator to be built to dimensions which will have a negative effect, but Toyota spent a LOT of money on the math and testing of it before they put it in the car... otherwise I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have risked adding an unnecessary part that could result in a major performance hit. There are other types of mufflers used in automotive applications which are damaging to performance and the removal of these will definitely increase performance... much like exhaust mufflers, baffled intake mufflers are the worst... don't worry, your car doesn't have one.

Here read this: http://www.planetsoarer.com/resonator/resonator.html (Everyone read it! There WILL be a test!)

11-13-2009, 02:43 AM	#10
cre Toyota Racing Development Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,038	The filter doesn't have to sit behind the fog light... that is too low. It should sit right under the headlight. This puts the top of the filter roughly level with the top of the bumper. The other option is to build a box where the stock air box was that is open where the stork air box pulled air from, the rest should be closed and preferably insulated. In all honesty, the N/A doesn't flow nearly enough air for the stock air box to pose any restriction, not even with a cheap, paper FRAM filter installed (which my the way filters MUCH better than half of the "performance" filters out there). Aluminum piping is probably worse than the plastic and rubber arrangement, it allows heat from the engine bay to penetrate far more quickly than plastic, rubber or even steel. The trade off is that plastic, rubber and steel take longer to release the heat they absorb, but in their case it's released over a broader span of time. The only real way to get some good performance out of the intake piping is to insulate it very well, whether you wrap it with heat wrap (also known as exhaust wrap or tape) or get the piping ceramic coated. The performance difference with these things though is pretty small on the larger scale and really only affects performance after sitting idle for a minute or more. I really wouldn't sweat it. If you're just dying for every little detail to be perfect, keep the resonator (paint it if you prefer), get the intake piping wrapped or coated and build an insulated air box or move the filter AND replace the corrugated rubber couplers in the intake piping with SMOOTH couplers. Also consider getting your exhaust manifold coated or wrapped as it will greatly reduce under the hood temps and improve exhaust flow. As for the resonator; do you guys know what a sound wave looks like on the computer? Peaks and valleys. To put it VERY simply a helmholtz resonator reduces noise and turbulence in air flow by leveling out those valleys and thus removing turbulence. Now it is possible for the resonator to be built to dimensions which will have a negative effect, but Toyota spent a LOT of money on the math and testing of it before they put it in the car... otherwise I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have risked adding an unnecessary part that could result in a major performance hit. There are other types of mufflers used in automotive applications which are damaging to performance and the removal of these will definitely increase performance... much like exhaust mufflers, baffled intake mufflers are the worst... don't worry, your car doesn't have one. Here read this: http://www.planetsoarer.com/resonator/resonator.html (Everyone read it! There WILL be a test!)