Celica SS3 Air Intake

[jiranz5]

I have recently bought a 1996 Toyota Celica SS3. It is a great, reliable car and it travels real nice like. However I am looking into doing a few basic mods to give it a bit more overtaking power as I do from 600-1000 km's per week. (I'm new to this modding thing as this is my first car that is actually capable of being modded...enough life in it )

Someone suggested that I put a K&N Panel filter in it and redirect the air intake with a bit of PVC piping. I am currently looking into the filter, but they appear to be rather expensive. As for the piping, does anyone know whether or not this is necessary. When I look under the hood, it appears that the standard intake is pretty short and straightc and ends just in fron the front left wheel arch, but i can't see exactly as the stone guard, mud guard, and frame are in the way.

If anyone has done this on one of these cars before or has any ideas...?

Note: I've tried looking for this in the search option but it's either not been covered before or I'm blind

[RomanV]

I'd leave it standard.

As you say, the standard intake looks pretty good.... Toyota arent going to put heaps of money and effort into making sporty engines, only to choke them to death with a crappy intake.

Putting on a pod and removing the resonators sounds cool, but will probably make you lose HP.

My new motor (which is similar to yours) will be running a pod, but only because I dont have any of the factory intake, and a pod is the simplest solution.

[GT4 20]

I can get you a K&N panel filter for your SSIII for $40.00. It's out of a mate's ST205 GT4 as he's just fitted a TOMs filter I had in mine before I swapped to an Apexi pod set-up.
Let me know if you're interested.
Gary

[jiranz5]

Hey, thanks for the filter GT4, I pulled the old one out and it was black as...(oops, I should have checked that already ). It has made a significant difference having the new filter in. Previously, there was a hill where my car wouldn't accelerate in third, now it does it just fine.

Cheers very much for that

[AJz]

yea i hav a K&N panel in mine, far much better than a pod, unless your a fan of hot air into your engine

[GT4 20]

No worries. Glad it's gone to a good home
Gary

[Emperor]

Removing the resonator will give you better top end but you'll loose down low torque.
Today's useless info.

[Punter]

Removing the resonator will give you better top end but you'll loose down low torque.
Today's useless info.

*cough* bullshit *cough*

[soven]

which resonator?

There is this useless big empty box that sits in the fender that can be removed.

[Emperor]

which resonator?

There is this useless big empty box that sits in the fender that can be removed.

Duno where it is on the Celicas, but on Skylines its just a big container/tube system that's near the throttle body entry.

[Emperor]

Removing the resonator will give you better top end but you'll loose down low torque.
Today's useless info.

*cough* bullshit *cough*

If you think so.
The test was based on an R33 Skyline, so it could be different on Toyotas?

cough dont spam cough

[Punter]

If you think so.
The test was based on an R33 Skyline, so it could be different on Toyotas?

cough dont spam cough

viewtopic.php?t=31819&highlight=helmholtz+resonator

I assume since you posted in this thread you read it??
There's more threads like that but i'm too lazy.

btw: I wouldn't call that spamming but even if it is, its better than inncorect information.

[Emperor]

If you think so.
The test was based on an R33 Skyline, so it could be different on Toyotas?

cough dont spam cough

viewtopic.php?t=31819&highlight=helmholtz+resonator

I assume since you posted in this thread you read it??
There's more threads like that but i'm too lazy.

btw: I wouldn't call that spamming but even if it is, its better than inncorect information.

Ok I don't mean that resonator, I mean all the shit that goes under it, there's a big box on Skylines, like I said, probly different on Toyotas/Celicas ?

[Punter]

Ok I don't mean that resonator, I mean all the sh*t that goes under it, there's a big box on Skylines, like I said, probly different on Toyotas/Celicas ?

Ohhh, well yea that makes more sense.
(I suppose that is still a resonator)