Joe Z for $100 or F-Sport for $320

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09-25-09, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Shinobi-X

I'm still dwelling on how a 10% performance gain on an IS350 amounts to 3rwhp...Lexus owes us some power.

well, according to someboy it's more like 3%, not 3 whp.

but 9 whp from an intake for the is350? i'm gonna need proof for that too.

after all, any company - including lexus/f-sport brand - can make claims, but it's all BS until we see dyno sheets.

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Personally I got the f sport not for the whp gain. I just want f sport goodies on my car and when I pop my hood people acutally said dam your intake looks nice. Haha so I guess I wAsted 300 dollars for cosmetic looks and sound

if you're modding for sound, then doesn't that contradict this?

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the F sport intake is absolutely NOT louder than those cannon like exhaust it is atleast 5 times quieter. also, the only time i can hear my intake in the city is by going over the speed limit or fast acceleration. which both of these cases can get you a ticket, but not the intake itself.

if you're modding for sound, you really should've gotten yourself a short ram intake.

btw, if your car is visibly modded, expect to have mr. police officer ask you to pop your trunk. again, enjoy explaining to him that the f-sport intake is CARB legal. check AM1's post regarding that.

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09-25-09, 11:29 AM

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to save you time on the discussion, i've done the math for you.

based on your "10% performance increase" claim for the f-sport intake, for ~$260 you get a "claimed" 3 hp gain - which means you're spending $86.66 per hp increase.

looking at the joe-z intake, for ~$120, you get a "dyno-tested AND proven" 6 hp gain, which comes out to $20 per hp increase.

i'll let you dwell on that for a moment.

game, set, match. under my hood must be fugly, since i only have a "joe Z" intake. plus all my panels are removed.

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10-04-09, 07:54 PM

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LOL @ discussion of warranty on an air intake.

If something goes wrong, regardless of which intake you have, you better re-install your stock pipe before you take it in under warranty.

In 99.99999% of Lexus IS350's, WTF is going to go wrong in the engine that this is even a concern???

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10-04-09, 08:18 PM

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you'd be surprised at the possibilities.

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10-04-09, 09:22 PM

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game, set, match. under my hood must be fugly, since i only have a "joe Z" intake. plus all my panels are removed.

I happen to love my joeZ intake its subtle I dont get hassled for it by police

I only have one cover on to hide my solenoid

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10-06-09, 06:07 AM

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after reading all of this I've concluded that people swell up with price way too much over their purchasing decisions and will argue to the teeth even if its a moot point.