ShortysTRM
01-06-2006, 11:48 AM
Unfortunately, it has been either cold or rainy here pretty much every day since I got the intake, so the video isn't what it could've been. It definitely shows you what your [N/A] car may sound like with a Short Ram and a Cold Air Intake, though.
The intake is an OBX Racing Sports intake, designed for a 97-99 MAF 2.5RS. I used an AEM Dryflow oil-free air filter instead of the filter included, and I had to purchase another silicon coupler (the black one in the video). I also had to cap off two of the vacuum ports on the intake piping, since I didn't need them for my 2002 Legacy MAP 2.5L.
The cold-air setup puts the filter only about 12" off the ground, which definitely increases your chances of ingesting water into your engine. Under normal drving, the intake is pretty much silent. As for power, I really never drove this car hard enough to notice the difference, and the stock system was fairly well engineered to begin with. Another one of the early testers of this new eBay intake, Gagan/JoltdudeUC, did some general before and after dynos, which showed nice gains, but he has a MAF-metered 2.5 with OBX equal-length headers and some other exhaust work, so I doubt my results would be as favorable. There is no loss of low-end torque, according to the dyno. As of right now, my gas mileage has remained about the same as before the intake, but it could be because I have been driving it harder. I was hoping for a slight increase in mileage, though.
http://atabo.com/LegacyIntake.wmv
The intake is an OBX Racing Sports intake, designed for a 97-99 MAF 2.5RS. I used an AEM Dryflow oil-free air filter instead of the filter included, and I had to purchase another silicon coupler (the black one in the video). I also had to cap off two of the vacuum ports on the intake piping, since I didn't need them for my 2002 Legacy MAP 2.5L.
The cold-air setup puts the filter only about 12" off the ground, which definitely increases your chances of ingesting water into your engine. Under normal drving, the intake is pretty much silent. As for power, I really never drove this car hard enough to notice the difference, and the stock system was fairly well engineered to begin with. Another one of the early testers of this new eBay intake, Gagan/JoltdudeUC, did some general before and after dynos, which showed nice gains, but he has a MAF-metered 2.5 with OBX equal-length headers and some other exhaust work, so I doubt my results would be as favorable. There is no loss of low-end torque, according to the dyno. As of right now, my gas mileage has remained about the same as before the intake, but it could be because I have been driving it harder. I was hoping for a slight increase in mileage, though.
http://atabo.com/LegacyIntake.wmv