Finally Installed w/pics!: Weapon R Secret Weapon Intake.

[inthezoneac]

I don't think the little instruction page it came with said it oil it and I read online somewhere else it filters fine without oil, but if you do add it it's just extra protection. And I don't mean to sound like an idiot, but where do I put that big plastic tube it came with, the ram air kit?

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[gearbox]

supposed to go on the end of the filter and then the other side goes to someplace where cold air can flow inside. the filter foam has 300 pores/inch, so already it will filter over 3x better than a K&N, but you need the sticky oil to really stop the fine dust particles. youll be amazed how much crap it filters, and how clean the inside of the pipe stays. im gonna start cleaning it every 6 months now cause it just traps so much dirt. when i was using K&N filter (stupid i know), my vtec solenoid screen got clogged with sand and my TB and iac valves had so much carbon it was affecting idle and performance. after a year of using WR filter, i opened up the iac to clean it again, and there was zero buildup, and by that i mean it looked like i just cleaned it already lol. and the intake pipe had no dust inside at all. totally clean. the K&N pipe had a very fine layer of dust that you could see if you wiped your finger across. very bad filters, should be taken off the market like AEM wised up and threw all their cotton gauze stock away. now they only sell dryflow paper cones.

[inthezoneac]

would it do anything? I mean you're basically mixing warm/hot air with cool air. Would you really notice a difference?

[pheaton]

Originally Posted by gearbox

too bad you dont live nearby or you couldve just come over and used mine

Actually I like road trips. lol. If I wasn't busy I would just take a cruise out there with the wife, make a weekend out of it, get a hotel room. Good way to get out of town for the weekend. I don't know what part of IL you are in, but we've shot across Iowa a few times to the Quad Cities area for concerts. If you're in the Chicago area, even better, we like to visit there too!

Originally Posted by karlozc2003

http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/sale...Kits/part/Foam

Try this^^^^

Nice one, thanks!!

Originally Posted by inthezoneac

would it do anything? I mean you're basically mixing warm/hot air with cool air. Would you really notice a difference?

Nope. . lol. As we've mentioned before it's not doing a whole heck of a lot. A SRI really is designed to minimize the restriction of the stock air box. The air probably isn't much cooler. but you're getting a little more of it.

I think it's 4 or so HP that you are gaining, more like 2.5 or so at the wheels, so don't expect much. The real deal is the sound I think, it just sounds cooler than the stock intake and gains you a little wee dab of power in the process.

I'm expecting no more of a gain than the response you get from your car on a nice cool day, with the AC off, half a tank of gas and a fresh tune up. Anything more, would be all bonus for me.

[pheaton]

Hey guys, the "cleaning kit" showed up. Most importantly the treatment oil.

Gear, this oil isn't in a spray bottle. It says to use a cloth to apply. When you apply it do you apply over the wire mesh on the filter, or do you somehow remove the foam from and only treat that?

[ciVictoria]

For me I was not to sure if you can remove the foam filter from the mesh so I just applied it over I guess its the samething. But gearbox would know better.

[gearbox]

haha wow that is weird when i read you have to wipe it on. mine is a spray. but thats okay, just take a rag and carefully dab it on til you get full coverage. you just do it over the mesh cause its all the same piece. dont forget to oil inside too. remove the four screws to take the top wood piece off. then wait about an hour for the oil to sink in and become part of the foam.

[pheaton]

Originally Posted by gearbox

haha wow that is weird when i read you have to wipe it on. mine is a spray. but thats okay, just take a rag and carefully dab it on til you get full coverage. you just do it over the mesh cause its all the same piece. dont forget to oil inside too. remove the four screws to take the top wood piece off. then wait about an hour for the oil to sink in and become part of the foam.

That's the other thing gear. It says apply to the outside only. ..

And not to over apply. It's a 20+ use bottle. hehe

[pheaton]

Ok, it's all oiled. What a PITA. LOL. I have to get the spray stuff. I used too much, haha.

I didn't think it was coating correctly so I ended up tipping the bottle and putting a little tiny drops worth on each little peice of foam between the mesh and taking a paper towel to wipe off the excess.

Then I took more paper towels and lightly went over the foam again picking up even more excess.

It's soaking now. I'll give it another wipe in about 15 minutes just to make sure I didn't over oil it too bad.

I gotta find that spray!!

[pheaton]

My final update for the evening. I used yet another paper towel to lightly wipe off any excess. Not too much came off this time.

Yet, when I touch it with my pinky, it comes out shiny.

The inside is still dry. I think that is supposed to be the goal.

I'll be doing the install tomorrow if it doesn't rain.

Wish me luck!

[skipbarber]

im so excited for you joe. hurry up and post pics.

[pheaton]

haha. When I saw that skipbarber was the last poster on the thread I thought to myself. He's going to tell me to boost it again..

LoL. what a nice surprise!

[DsevenEm2]

in for pics, this intake is supposed to be the best of its kind i hear..

[ciVictoria]

Post up some pics! ;]

[skipbarber]

i hate to disappoint. boost it.