would anyone be intereste in an intake writeup with pics?
 

i got my intake in mail today, and i will be installing it in the next few days,
would anyone be interested in step by step pics?

What type, kind and brand did you get?

Ummm... easy peasy lemon squeezee. Just take out the old intake (I heard you have to cut it out, no way to get it out otherwise) then just put the new one in, hook up the intake tube, and your golden. I was considering buying an evo intake, and raffling it off for forum members. Like 10 bucks a ticket (id buy a ticket myself of course, lol) and id have to sell a minimum of 40 tickets, but one lucky person would get one for 10 bucks. Not for profit of course, Id use the money made (if any) to buy something else to raffle for everyone. Whod be interested?

DJ -

As always any write up with pictures is appreciated, even if nobody else at the moment will be doing it, I am sure someone in the future will :)

-T

Although I don't need it,I'm sure there will be plenty of other current & future Boxster owners would who could use it.

Great minds think alike :D

alrite then, write up it is.
its an EVO intake, or PowerFlow intake, whichever one u like, they aret he same exact thing ;)

i am expecting over 70hp outta this so watch out :cheers:

70hp?thats a joke right?

yea, that was a 70hp joke doing about 195mph in a boxster hehehehe

lol,thats what i thought,but dont you atleast get 5-8Hp?

something like that... so what do u say? that should get me into 12s or so rite?

Yeah ive heard you can do at least 12.5sec,with half throttel :)

If you get an AWD badge put on your boxster too, i hear that activates teh All Wheel Drive... you can goto the dealer for that or EBay to have it activated :D

Hi DJ,

I would be interested in seeing a writeup and pictures. I am thinking about getting the EVO High flow intake and would take the plunge if it looks easy enough. Thanks,

Mike

Pics vs. size
 

DJ, sounds good to do pics and write up. Could you please resize your photos to about 8 x 11 with around a 14 second download? Your usual pics are so large my Jurassic dial up service takes about 20min to download so I have missed most of your photos and I really would like to see them. Thanks in advance,

986geezer

They are NOT the same. The EVO High Flow intake kit comes with it's own air box, the TrueFlow, which is what I have does not require the romoval of the stock air box like the EVO ones does. The TrueFlow just uses a drop-in filter that uses the exsisting stock airbox, but does replace the stock tube/snorkle. The TrueFlow is much easier to install. The EVO is probably better, but requires you to remove allot of crap that is in the way (like the intake manifold) and without a mechanical malual it would not be easy. The EVO also has its own housing for the mass-air flow sensor. The TrueFlow uses the stock airbox, so you don't even have to touch the sensor. Just thought you should know. :dance:

oh really, i didnt know the evo came with a MAS, would it be more reliable than the stock MAS?
Does someone have a picture of the EVO intake?

WHAT? That's NOT what I said. Read it agian, I said it comes with it's own "housing", not it's own MAS! All I was trying to say is that you have to re-locate the MAS into the new "housing" that is outside of the airbox on the tubing. The TrueFlow uses the stock airbox which is also where the MAS is seated. So you don't have to move it. Maybe housing isn't the best word for me to be using, but it's just a whole where the MAS goes into. On most, it's just a rubber-like gromet. On EVO's it's a hard plastic-like casing/housing that is just before the airbox, between the tubing. Look at these pictures.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...sterintake.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...lash/85201.jpg

ohoh oh Sorry! lol im very tired and there isnt anything to wake me up at work and i hate coffee and redbull.

Thats cool. :cool: But I noticed he originally said PowerFlow??? Not TrueFlow. Is he talking about another intake, or was he just getting the name wrong? PowerFlow sounds like a better name, that's for sure. Also, I found out that the TrueFlow "Kit" has been discontinued. They now ONLY carry the filter. I'm glad I got mine before they stopped making them. :cheers:

I think I would just rather fabricate my own intake pipe... design it in such a way that the elbow/bends are as gradual as possible.

That's a great idea! After looking at the TrueFlow, I realized I could have made one myself and found everything I needed to do it at PepBoys. :(

sorry for misscommunication, this one has its own C&C machined housing for MAF (i dont know if that better than the plastic EVO one or not) and does require to take everythign off just like the EVO, its the same thing, but does not have a shield, so i dont really know what you saw or where you saw it.
this is the one that i have:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/IMG_1269.jpg

and this is what it looks like installed:
http://www.rahul.net/dennisp/boxster...-engine-sm.jpg

this is the site that i got that pic

this is the gist that they say, with real dyno data, so...
" A frequent poster on the Boxster Racing Board installed one and did before/after dyno tests. It resulted in an impressive 14 horsepower and 12 lbs/ft torque gain. This was on top of power he'd already gained from installing a "Danske" muffler"
and
"Another Boxster Racing Board poster also performed dyno tests after installing a Powerflow intake. He reported a smaller 6 hp improvement on his website. Hard to say which is more representative, but it certainly does look like the Powerflow intake helps to some degree."

so i guess it will do something for power, but add the sound. we shall see :)

[QUOTE=djomlas]sorry for misscommunication, this one has its own C&C machined housing for MAF (i dont know if that better than the plastic EVO one or not) and does require to take everythign off just like the EVO, its the same thing, but does not have a shield, so i dont really know what you saw or where you saw it.
this is the one that i have:

So it is called PowerFlow? Do you have a link for that intakePowerFlow web site?

Yes, your right, it is just like the Evo one. I never heard of PowerFlow, only Trueflow, because that IS the one that I installed on my car. PowerFlow and TrueFlow, now I see why it's so confusing. Are there any others out there other than the K&N and these 2? :confused:

I think I would like the EVO intake better because it seals up the engine compartment and pulls in cooler air from the outside of the car.

Question though: Does the EVO air filter require oil of any kind?

I don't want to risk fouling out my MAF.

the only thing that i can say is that people that dynoed their EVO intake had no power gain, and with this one they do get some. weird.

but its almost too easy to fab up a shield if needed. on some of the sites they have the powerflow with the shield, so i dunno.

DJ, is the writeup still in the works? Just curious.

hey man, sory if you didnt see it, but theres a new forum section for DIY, as a matter of fact that was the 1st qwriteup, so it will be on the bottom of the page.

click here to go to the thread

enjoy, and if you have any Qs, please do ask