High-Flow Air Intake: The Semi-Cheap Route

[N35QU!K]

When I first came on these forums, o found that one of the easiest little mods you could do to your Camry to make it sound and drive better was to change the air filter. A lot of us on here went out and bought air intakes from Injen, K&N, Weapon R, etc.

Well, as many of you know, there's a bunch of us here on the forum that aren't too hot on spending too much money, me being one of them.

About a month ago, I went into my local Kragen Auto Parts, and bought the $25 Spectre High Flow Air filter, installed it, and was more than satisfied with the new sound.

Just yesterday, I finally gave in and ended up buying and installing the $45 Spectre Air Intake Pipe, and became even more satisfied with the even deeper roar that it let off.

To show you guys some before and after results, here's a video I put togther.

The Evolution of my Camry's Air Filter

All in all, I spent $70 (Thank God for Kragen's 10% Military Discount)

And it looks a little something like this:

[Sniperdude]

Spectre's shit is really cheap. When I was younger, I got tricked into buying a pipe from them and then found out it was just chromed out PVC.

I'd go with a weapon-r for a new intake.

[Tuner571]

Sounds good man, gotta love that roar.

[N35QU!K]

Originally Posted by Sniperdude

Spectre's shit is really cheap. When I was younger, I got tricked into buying a pipe from them and then found out it was just chromed out PVC.

I'd go with a weapon-r for a new intake.

This one's metal for sure, polished aluminum, to be exact

[Venom_5]

i hope you werent revving the engine off a cold start, thats pretty bad for the car ....

and it looks like your engine mounts are as worn as mine

btw, here's my sound at 90% load:


get one of those videos so we can compare the two intakes plz

[N35QU!K]

Don't worry Venom, I did all that neutral revving AFTER i did the sound-while-driving test, and the engine was well warmed up even before I started that.

And yes, now that my little brother's home, I can have him hold the camera

[Black95Cam]

lol. it sounds nice.. a deeper grow then mine...

[N35QU!K]

Originally Posted by Black95Cam

lol. it sounds nice.. a deeper grow then mine...

Heh...

Wow, I just noticed you life in Sacramento. I'm from Vallejo

[Silent Shadow]

very nice.

i definitely need to get an intake as soon as i install my sounds and get some money

[Silent Shadow]

btw, whats a better deal? an AEM Cold Air Intake for $142 or a Weapon R Short Ram Intake for $124?

[Venom_5]

if you have the V6, get the AEM CAI .... slightly higher performance than an SRI

if you have the 4cyl, the AEM wont fit ... so you are best off getting the Weapon-R Secret Weapon Intake, or the Weapon-R Dragon Intake

[Silent Shadow]

so this one won't work on a 4 cyl?

http://www2.partstrain.com/store/pro...old_air_intake

[Black95Cam]

Originally Posted by N35QU!K

Heh...

Wow, I just noticed you life in Sacramento. I'm from Vallejo

yeah.. just moved down here about 2 months ago. but i found a AEM SRI $140. so i might just go that route instead. but i cant seem to find a CAI for the 1mz fe. =/

[Venom_5]

Originally Posted by Silent Shadow

so this one won't work on a 4 cyl?

http://www2.partstrain.com/store/pro...old_air_intake

correct, AEM only made intake's for the 1MZ-FE ... like it says on that page ... which is the V6 engine

[Silent Shadow]

Originally Posted by Venom_5

correct, AEM only made intake's for the 1MZ-FE ... like it says on that page ... which is the V6 engine

right. thanks. i guess i need to wait till payday to get the Weapon R