7th Gen SX

Different bolts? The Sportivos have the same engine. Unless if the diff bolts are the gen 2 camshaft lift bolts.

I'll look into it. Still researching a bit here and there in my spare time. Sounds like an idea though. First time of heard of manometers.... Im guessing they measure the air pressure? What would be the best way to link em up and where can I get these from? Im getting heaps of good info here! Thanks guys

Different pods will offer different gains. It all depends on how restrictive the design of them are. Check out this website for more info. Unfortunately they dont test a generic one..... Filter Test Design and how the filter is placed in the car (eg sealed or unsealed) will ultimately decide how much you can gain. The tests above, all the filters were set up exactly the same on the single car. so comparisons are pretty good

Filtration will be the benefit of the K&N one. In general, a lot of pods don't filter as well as the oem filters, thus allowing for more dirt and dust to enter into the engine. For example, the Blitz and HKS pods don't filter much at all. K&N has one of the best filters out there, although you should try a dry based one, such as apexi, as they are a lot easier to clean, and no need to coat the filter wth some oil thing, in the case of the K&N. cais and sris generally give more power due to them sucking in more air. With sri's, most of the time you will be sucking in hot air from the engine unless it is completely sealed and has a cold air feed to it. Cais get there power from sucking in colder air, thus allowing more air to reach the engine. I hope I explained it right..... If I'm wrong someone please correct me on this. On your note about the price, I guess your paying for a filter that not only filters better than the generic one, but also the warranty....

Interesting... Ill have to look into the rod millen one. I would hate to lose power down low, since there isnt much power there to start off with! I'm looking for overall drivablity, so the low end gains are more important to me than high end gains. Its not like i'll be hitting lift every second Still looking into the options though. Whats the chance of hydro locking in vic? The bypass valve for the cais don't even work on the celicas, dont know about the corolla though. If there is a high-medium chance, Im gonna have to make a shroud for the sri! Edit: The Rod Millen intake looks interesting. Its got a nice heatshield, but lookins at it, improvements can still be made from it, like having a cold air feed for it, or something along those lines.

If I decide to go down the sri route, I will be sealing the whole thing up, and feeding it air from where my fog light is meant to be. I took the heat into consideration. I was thinking of putting insulator around the custom box as well to keep it cooler.ome guy in the US wrapped his with fridge insulation and experienced temp drops. Nice set up there JC, but I don't think it was yours. Heres the pic of my engine bay. Compared to you guys, my intake sits at the front of the car. Like I said, I think it was stockvvti's that someone was talking to me about.

Just found the guy. Username is stockvvti. Anyone know how his intake is set-up? Or pics?

Hey All the 7th gen guys either have an unshielded sri or an actual cai intake. I'm just trying to be a little diff here. I thought someone here had a blitz intake with a customised box. Pretty sure it was someone with a sportivo, but not sure. I was sure it was a corolla, thats why I posted here. Just wanted to see how his/hers looks and how functional it is. Anyone know who I'm talking about? Can't remember the guy's username. I'm pretty sure it was a blitz sri though.... Maybe he'll be in a past post. I'll have a search through it. Danthuyer: I'm not too sure what you're trying to say? Im after an opinion or an idea help with a diy idea i've been playing around with. Are you trying to say the intakes on newer cars have about the same pressure as one a pod?

Hey guys Im a new guy here and yes I drive a 7th gen Celica. But I heard one of you guys have a sri with a custom intake box. Basically I just wanted to get an idea of how to get an idea of what it may look like and performance gains from it. I'll be having a cold air feed as well to ensure there is always cold air flowing into the intake,