weapon R dragon intake?, should i get it? Options

[daazndood]

hello peoples. i've been lookin at short ram intakes and i wanna get the weapon R dragon. anyone have one? is there anything i should know about it? how do you clean them? im new in car stuff so i dont really know much...
any help is much appreciated! thanks!

[tomazws]

IMO, all SRI are the same. It's just a matter of "looks"... With this Weapon R, my car drove the same, sound the same, feel the same as with my old ghetto self-made one.

[daazndood]

that sucks. i was lookin at reviews and people said they can notice the sound and stuff ...

did you mean it was the same as your ghetto one, or it felt the same as when you didnt have an intake?

[LewFX]

get an injen because its carb legal.

[daazndood]

carbohydrate legal? i dont care about that atkins crap.....

[j0e_p3t]

get an accord cai. that's what i have. performance isn't all that noticeable, pretty much what you'd expect form any cai. but it sounds great. and its a lot cheaper too.

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Jun 30, 2006 - 3:12 AM

[celicurr]

carbohydrate legal? i dont care about that atkins crap.....

I'm sorry, but....
ahahahahahahahahaha

'CARB legal' refers to the California Air Resources Board and requirements of your car to meet certain standards

here's a good page to read up on:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/replace.htm

[celicaST]

do what i did and save some money, that is unless you want to pay for shiny metal . go to lowes or home depot and grab yourself a 2.5" hose coupling for around 5 bucks where they sell shopvac accesories.

heres what you want


shopvac coupling

next go to advanced auto parts or autozone and get yourself a kn filter product code E-1006 for about 45 bucks.


kn filter

end product, sri for about 50 bucks. and sounds great with the resonator still in place. very deep rumple under throttle.



This post has been edited by celicaST: Jun 30, 2006 - 3:59 AM

[daazndood]

hey thats cool! i wont have to buy any of those round metal tightening thingies? and what do you mean keep the resonator in place? whats a resonator?

and is there any other filter i can use?

also, if you can just buy a plastic tube and a K&N filter, wouldnt something like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/K-N-90-96-9...000332759QQrdZ1

work as good as any other short ram since it is a k&N filter?

[pandakid]

get an injen sounds really nice.

[celicaST]

hey thats cool! i wont have to buy any of those round metal tightening thingies? and what do you mean keep the resonator in place? whats a resonator?

and is there any other filter i can use?

also, if you can just buy a plastic tube and a K&N filter, wouldnt something like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/K-N-90-96-9...000332759QQrdZ1

work as good as any other short ram since it is a k&N filter?

nope the worm clamp is included with the filter (aka the metal tightening thingie). the resonator is the black hollow box that branches off the intake tube right by the throttle body. it is there to resonate certain frequencies of sound and control the noise generated by the stock intake. with an aftermarket pipe, their is no resonator, and ive never heard a celi with an injen for example so i cant comment on what it sounds like. but i can say, mine sounds badass under throttle and turns heads. for a 1.8L economy engine, it sounds pretty damn good. no you dont have to use that filter, but make sure you get one that will fit the 2.5" tube if you go this route.

another thing, the aftermarket sri's like injen will have holes predrilled in them for the iat (intake air temp) sensor. i just have my iat sensor secured to the side by the filter since it isnt crucial to be in the airflow as long as it reads the air temp in the engine bay (also, have sensor blocked from radiant heat of exhaust manifold). could drill a hole in the coupling though and place a grommet there for the sensor if you wish.

like i said, its cheap and sounds great but if you want to pay for the name injen, go ahead.

[daazndood]

that k&N head is practically the best investment for the self made intake right?

[LewFX]

an apexi filter is better but pricey

[Kwanza26]

A filter is a filter... they all pretty much do the same thing. K&N does come with a neat sticker though...