Air Intake
Is it a
Mod Benefit
 Improve turbo spool up
time
 Improve air flow into
Replacement engine
performance panel  More power
air filter  Probably will never need to
e.g. K & N, TRD buy another air filter!
 Less restrictive
 Improve turbo spool up
time
 Improve air flow into
engine
Induction kit  More power
e.g. HKS, A'pexi  Probably will never need to
buy another air filter!
 Less restrictive
 Stock air box and ribbed
air feed pipe to turbo
restrictive and in the way
Straight air intake  Improve turbo performance
and spool up time
and large cone
 Less crap in the engine bay
filter
 More power
 More efficient
 Less pipe work, crap,
complexity and weight
Remove intake
 More room in the engine
resonator
bay area/wheel arch
 Feed the air filter with
colder air
 Reduce intake temps
Cold air box  Helps to prevent detonation
 More power
Improved PCV  Prevent more oil mist from
catch can entering the air intake
 Ensure IC operates
efficiency
 Stop coating everything in
Drawback
 Need to wash it out and
maybe oil it now and again
 HKS is foam - not a great
idea imho
 Draw hot engine bay air into
intake system
 Bit tricky to do
 Draw hot air from engine
bay into engine - bad
 Need to buy or fabricate
adaptors for idle up and
PCV breather hoses
 Need to extend the air intake
temp sensor wiring loom
 Meant to be a noise reducer
but I found very little
difference!
 Needs fabrication and fitting
 Requires fabricating or £ to
buy
 Make sure it is internally
Notes
problem?
Don't get a foam filter as these are generally poor at
No filtration and if they disintegrate it'll disappear into
your turbo and engine
Replacing stock system with an induction kit yielded
a 1psi increase in boost for the same boost controller
No
settings, just by replacing part of the stock intake
system
Several companies manufacture cone air filters. K&N
is a good choice and an alternative is the A'pexi filter
which has proven to filter and flow well
ish - takes Blitz make a shiny stainless steel mesh filter - you
time/effort can see through the filter, so it doesn't filter very
well!
Fabricating a cold air box may help but I found this
to have very limited effect to my surprise!
May provide enough space for:
 WI reservoir tank
No
 Cold air feed to air filter
 Space to fit alarm siren
ish - takes Found very little difference to intake temps...
time/effort unfortunately!
ish if fabricating, The Mocal, TRD and  GReddy catch cans are not
No if buying! internally baffled
The 205 come with a catch can as standard but its
 oil
baffled
 Stop burning oil
 Help to prevent detonation
effect is limited
 

Need a Dremel or something similar to do the

 Increase power porting. You can pick something similar up for <£20
 Need to remove manifold Sanding drums are available and shift aluminium in
 Reduce intake restrictions
Port intake very awkward if engine still Yes, very no time
 More power
manifold in car, but can be done awkward
 Turbo spools earlier
Port matching the manifold to the head and also to
the throttle body helps, but not a massive step
forward!

 Improve cold air flow to air

filter
 Provide more cold air to Try running a length of hose front the front bumper
intake  None back and up where the intake resonator used to be
Cold Air Intake  Reduce intake temps and No
and out just by the air filter. Note this is the stock air
thus help prevent intake path...
detonation

 £
 Can force more air through
Larger Throttle  Porting of manifold to ish - porting Of limited benefit and "popular" belief is this is of
the throttle body
Body accommodate larger TB required little benefit until >500hp

 Not currently available off

 Better distribution of the
the shelf
intake charge to the
 Torque output maybe www.enginelogics.com may be able to help...
cylinders
Side feed affected, but this may Yes - careful
 Probable increase in output
manifold depend upon manifold design required
power The Corolla WRC with the 3SGTE engine has a side
design
 Tidier engine bay feed manifold...
 Limited space in which to fit