BoxerGT2.5 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 If anyone makes one with box then you could deaden the sound with some dynamat and overlap it with some exhaust wrap and knock the sound down. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carman493 Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 The intake is definately much louder than the borla cat back. I have both, and the intake is almost always more prevalent. You can hear the whooshing sound of the turbo and the bov. Its nothing crazy, but it is loud for this car considering how quiet it was stock. I would have to say its much louder than with just the intake silencer removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsaglibene Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks for the info. Well loud is what im looking for, ever since I rode in my friends evo, I always thought the turbo sound was so awesome, and I noticed the BOV when I took the silencer off but some times its hard to hear. I guess this intake is good for me. -Nick Saglibene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTLegs Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 well i grew a set and ordered me one just a bit ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skubdu Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 ...well I got mine last night and installed it with a little resistance from the silicon tube. All I can say is that it is definitely louder than the stock air box even with the silencer removed. In cruising speeds you wont here but as soon as you give it a little gas you can hear that intake and it gets louder the harder you step on the gas. For those who have stock exhausts, I can see this intake to be loud but since I have replaced the mufflers on mine, the intake is more of a complement to the exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsaglibene Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I recived my Intake from perrin today, again with resistance from the silicon tubing. I love how it looks so far and im glad to take all the stock plastic out. I wasnt sure if I put that long braket in the right place, where exactly does it go? The pic was blurry so I wasnt 100% sure. I have not goten a chance to drive it yet and most likely wont until sunday because I am going on a trip for wrestling and im keeping my car in the garage. But so far I like it and thumbs up for perrin. -NS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 What if you put a Turbonator in the intake too? Wait, what if you put a turbonator AND start from a roll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Jedimaster* Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 OMG!!1 Nevar race from a roll! Even a School bus can beat any Subaru from a roll!!!!!!!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awdG35killer Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 ...well I got mine last night and installed it with a little resistance from the silicon tube. All I can say is that it is definitely louder than the stock air box even with the silencer removed. In cruising speeds you wont here but as soon as you give it a little gas you can hear that intake and it gets louder the harder you step on the gas. For those who have stock exhausts, I can see this intake to be loud but since I have replaced the mufflers on mine, the intake is more of a complement to the exhaust. its not a bad sound is it? all i hear when i floor it is the destinct sound the BOXER engine makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsaglibene Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Finnally got back from my trip and got to drive my legacy with the intake. It is LOUUUD! I like it though. I definately feel a bit more power, I cant step on the pedal as hard. Also Im already noticeing better gas mpg. Very satisfied with my new intake. -NS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTLegs Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 you guys that have all the short rams does it sound VERY loud when you are just slowly accelerating? i put mine on today and i love the sound above about 4000 but when it is below that the whoosh is very loud inside the car, is it supposed to be this loud??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 you guys that have all the short rams does it sound VERY loud when you are just slowly accelerating? i put mine on today and i love the sound above about 4000 but when it is below that the whoosh is very loud inside the car, is it supposed to be this loud??? Usually, yes! OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turboman Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wasn't impressed. First of all its a bitch to get the hose to fit. Took me 2 hours. I had to shave off the little flange on the end of the intake to get the hose on. After I started the engine it made a clattering sound like a fan blade does when it hits a piece of paper under accelerating and decelerating at a certain point. Sounded really cheap. It comes with a dumb bracket with no effective photos to show what to do with it. The bracket "hook" just slips under the hose clamp. I'd send it back but it got all buggered up trying to install it. Wasted money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carman493 Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 I'm sorry you are that dissapointed with it, I like it, but I guess that's why our feelings on these products are opinions. I do agree that the bracket is kinda pointless, that bracket could have been made more useful had they engineered it better. The hose took me about 20 mins to get over the factory pipe, but I got it on, its a super snug fit. I refused to do any cutting/shaving. The Intake does make a different in the performance of the car, and does eliminate some of that studdering people talk about. Maybe you can sell it on ebay or in the classifieds section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 What does this do? Bring more air into the engine? How can that improve gas mileage? Shouldn't make gas mileage worse since the extra air has to be compensated for in the mixture? if the MAF sensor adapter housing is larger than stock (since the sensor is designed to read with a certain known area of air passing through), then you'll have more air coming into the turbo than the ECU thinks [same thing with the Blitz SUS Power intake on a WRX]. Thus the car will lean out just a little bit, the car shouldn't run as rich and it you should be able to get a better and smoother power band without adding more fuel to the mix. If all goes well, you might even get a few more HP out of it from the advanced timing. I personally decided to keep my stock air box (since it acts as a heat shield anyway) and bought myself the Pleasure Racing Grille to get more air into the air snorkel. I just changed the filter to let the car breathe easier. The good thing with a velocity stack/short intake is that the air doesnt have to weave in and out of extra tubing or a maze of piping to get to the turbo. Keefe Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADGT Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I installed my intake tonight and it actually went together rather smoothly. It only took a minute or two to get the tube on. The bracket where they tell you to put it is worthless but if you take out the little plastic plug between the factory airbox bolts and use that hole the bracket will work. It is loud but not when your cruising, didn't get into the upper rpms due to the 4" of snow that fell today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemadness Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 it's actually not noticable at all at cruising speeds and cruising rpms. but when you punch it, and then the turbo spools up, you definitely hear the spooling, and when you release the gas pedal, you'll definitely hear the bov as well. It seems like a plus to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 it's actually not noticable at all at cruising speeds and cruising rpms. but when you punch it, and then the turbo spools up, you definitely hear the spooling, and when you release the gas pedal, you'll definitely hear the bov as well. It seems like a plus to me. Yup, the higher exhaust temps, negative KC, and lean running are all a figment of your imagination Double Award Winning Legacy GT Wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemadness Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=486048&postcount=119 Double Award Winning Legacy GT Wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemadness Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 now what exactly am I looking at here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 A local enthusiast with a heavily modified WRX wagon was unable to get the Perrin Short Ram to work properly with his vehicle. Losing the intake netted him an astonishing 40 wHP upon re-tune. There was a lean plateau that his tuner - a well-known and well-respected Scooby specialist - was simply unable to get rid of given his hardware and modifications. My own tuner (Al, of DynoFlash), on my LGT, had to spend about a half-hour chasing down a similar flat-spot during my custom tune. This spot was between 2K and 2.5K rpm for my vehicle - for the above-cited WRX, his problems occured at around 5K to 5.5K rpm. It's precisely these flat-spots, which occur on an "unpredictable" basis according to each individual vehicle and each vehicle's unique modifications, that causes Cobb to specifically and vocally warn consumers to not pair any of their off-the-shelf maps with any aftermarket intake. This warning was specifically confirmed for the Perrin Short Ram when I contacted them about this back in September of last year. <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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