Modified my air intake using Jbrady Mod
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Modified my air intake using Jbrady Mod
Well I just couldn't resist so I decided to cut up my air box and do the Jbrady mod.
I'll have to wait til later before I drive with the new thing in but heres some pics of the not exactly perfect but good enough cut out job.
I'll let you know how it sounds and runs later on today.. plus I'll try a digital camera video for everyone.
I'll have to wait til later before I drive with the new thing in but heres some pics of the not exactly perfect but good enough cut out job.
I'll let you know how it sounds and runs later on today.. plus I'll try a digital camera video for everyone.
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Well I just couldn't resist so I decided to cut up my air box and do the Jbrady mod.
I'll have to wait til later before I drive with the new thing in but heres some pics of the not exactly perfect but good enough cut out job.
I'll let you know how it sounds and runs later on today.. plus I'll try a digital camera video for everyone.
I'll have to wait til later before I drive with the new thing in but heres some pics of the not exactly perfect but good enough cut out job.
I'll let you know how it sounds and runs later on today.. plus I'll try a digital camera video for everyone.
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haha well I don't have immediate access to a jigsaw machine so after I drilled the pilot hole to start I found that by putting pressure on the drill and cutting with the drill bit worked pretty good. It really wasn't that bad except for the top piece by the bracket holder which was the thick fins I had to cut through...
I drove the car a lot yesteday and it has a nice prrr lower down and really growels above 3k. Only ran it to 6200 once but it did sound awesome. Throttle response was better than when I got it and power wise I dunno.
I do know when I was on the interstate and cruise control the car at 65mph on flat to very slight incline the instant mpg would go between 28 and 32mpg so that was surprising.
I drove the car a lot yesteday and it has a nice prrr lower down and really growels above 3k. Only ran it to 6200 once but it did sound awesome. Throttle response was better than when I got it and power wise I dunno.
I do know when I was on the interstate and cruise control the car at 65mph on flat to very slight incline the instant mpg would go between 28 and 32mpg so that was surprising.
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Well I guess since I really hadn't done a baseline cruise control on the interstate run thats why I was surprised I guess.
My current tank average after about 100 miles of sensible driving with some quick starts was 22.2mpg so far.
My current tank average after about 100 miles of sensible driving with some quick starts was 22.2mpg so far.
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I tell you what really suprised me was one night it was around 60* and the sun had just set, there was no breeze at all and I set the cruise at 65 MPH and got 35MPG in straight parts. Up an incline was about 33, and up a really steep one was around 22. I thought it was impressive for a V8.
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Doesn't seem like a very good mod to me. With stock intake, the engine is sucking more or less cold air from the grille, but with this mod, its sucking the very hot air from the engine bay. You know, you have the radiators, and the fans blowing the air into the engine bay, and this air is probably well over 100 degrees hot.
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Well jbrady had a make shift heat shield for all this I haven't got around to that yet.
Getting another stock part to return to normal is no problem so I am not worried that much.
I just did this because I didn't really hear of many people doing it and wanted to experiment and see for myself I am not really claiming gains of this or that just my observations. Any intake (even filter on a stick) is going to be prone to hot engine air unless its runs into the fender like the cold air aem on my 93 camry. So a heat shield is an important part nonetheless.
And as per a previous post about mileage from TJW on the highway I was getting about 35 on flat parts of I-81 in PA there just isn't many in the route I took yesterday. It was about 72 or so and sunny and 5-10 mph winds.
Getting another stock part to return to normal is no problem so I am not worried that much.
I just did this because I didn't really hear of many people doing it and wanted to experiment and see for myself I am not really claiming gains of this or that just my observations. Any intake (even filter on a stick) is going to be prone to hot engine air unless its runs into the fender like the cold air aem on my 93 camry. So a heat shield is an important part nonetheless.
And as per a previous post about mileage from TJW on the highway I was getting about 35 on flat parts of I-81 in PA there just isn't many in the route I took yesterday. It was about 72 or so and sunny and 5-10 mph winds.
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Doesn't seem like a very good mod to me. With stock intake, the engine is sucking more or less cold air from the grille, but with this mod, its sucking the very hot air from the engine bay. You know, you have the radiators, and the fans blowing the air into the engine bay, and this air is probably well over 100 degrees hot.
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I know that between the metal tubes and plastic tubes, the metal will get much hotter inside.
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For anyone interested I did a short video of what the car sounds like stock after doing the Jbrady type mod to the airbox.
Note.. I had the driver window open and was pulling out and going up a steep hill in the video.
http://www.tamaquatech.com/t1m3r/Lexus_Jbrady.mpg
Note.. I had the driver window open and was pulling out and going up a steep hill in the video.
http://www.tamaquatech.com/t1m3r/Lexus_Jbrady.mpg