WeaponR Dragon Intake Systems

[dulla]

Check this out guys. it's only $150 & WeaponR makes nice intakes. should I buy it????? need some advice!!



http://weapon-r.com/english/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5695

 

[jbaker1121]

It's alright...the only thing different from other intake's is the stupid chrome spikes along the filter...and I've heard their filters are not that great compared to K&N

 

[StuLax18]

Personally I like the other style more. It allows you to use a hose to create a sort of ram air affect into the top of the filter. And like JB said, it doesn't have those spikes.

 

[pmanliu]

i think weapon R intakes look great, dont know on performance though but imagine it cant be too different... Weapon R also offers another filter design like this one:

wonder if they have that for the fx too...

 

[tchuck]

Though I think the silver spiked filter crown thing is kind of cool, I'm not a fan of exposed filters in my engine bay. Where I live it rains constantly and nothing in the bay is safe. I have cleaned my disgustingly dirty filter twice already this winter. I'm trying to figure out a way to enclose my Stillen airbox right now for that same reason (stay tuned for a thread). I dont have any experience with Weapon-R stuff but I imagine the only difference between this and any other exposed filter intake would be the performance of the filter itself.

 

[Logan]

One of the two tuner shops I have working with just did a lengthy research study on intakes and found that the metal intake tubes transmit and hold the heat much more than plastic or CF. By switching back and forth from aluminum to the stock plastic tube (keeping the K&N cone is place) they saw significant differences on the dyno......Polished or satin aluminum while it looks pretty but may not be doing your cold air intake justice.

Their study not mine, just thought I'd share.

 

[dulla]

Though I think the silver spiked filter crown thing is kind of cool, I'm not a fan of exposed filters in my engine bay. Where I live it rains constantly and nothing in the bay is safe. I have cleaned my disgustingly dirty filter twice already this winter. I'm trying to figure out a way to enclose my Stillen airbox right now for that same reason (stay tuned for a thread). I dont have any experience with Weapon-R stuff but I imagine the only difference between this and any other exposed filter intake would be the performance of the filter itself.

chuck is right. it's always raining in NY..... but I might do this mode

 

[tchuck]

chuck is right. it's always raining in NY..... but I might do this mode

:ehh:

WTF is that??? That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for!!

Also, what's up with the K&N sticker?

 

[pmanliu]

One of the two tuner shops I have working with just did a lengthy research study on intakes and found that the metal intake tubes transmit and hold the heat much more than plastic or CF. By switching back and forth from aluminum to the stock plastic tube (keeping the K&N cone is place) they saw significant differences on the dyno......Polished or satin aluminum while it looks pretty but may not be doing your cold air intake justice.

Their study not mine, just thought I'd share.

great logical advice logan... i was how much the difference actually was though. I know my aluminum tube, during the summer, gets pretty hot

 

[jumbosrule]

Try living in Houston!

The mpg difference on my FX between summer - 17.9 mpg and winter 18.4 mpg has more to do with ambient temperature rather than engine heat soak.

I have used the OEM intake for three years, the Stillen Z tube and CAI for two years and the Spectre chrome tube with Stillen CAI for a little over a year now. There has been very little difference in miles per gallon between any of them. Heat soak really doesn't play into performance very much on a naturally aspirated FX. Once you are talking about living in extreme climates or elevations it might play into it a bit more, but in no significant way.



As long as you are not causing restrictions in airflow, any 3" intake that fits will work fine, so pick something you really like. Or love. Do up that Weapon R if you like it. It's called style because it's yours and nobody else's. This Chrome tube in this photo is not application specific. I found it, added two silicone hump couplers from siliconeintakes.com and it performs and sounds just as good as the Stillen Z-tube did. If you like the style and the price - it will be something you are proud to have.

 

[ghettojiggalo]

:ehh:

WTF is that??? That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for!!

Also, what's up with the K&N sticker?

i think thats doc2k's setup, its for a 45 but really all u need is to make sure your filter sticks into the stock airbox w/out rubbing

 

[Logan]

Try living in Houston!

The mpg difference on my FX between summer - 17.9 mpg and winter 18.4 mpg has more to do with ambient temperature rather than engine heat soak.

I have used the OEM intake for three years, the Stillen Z tube and CAI for two years and the Spectre chrome tube with Stillen CAI for a little over a year now. There has been very little difference in miles per gallon between any of them. Heat soak really doesn't play into performance very much on a naturally aspirated FX. Once you are talking about living in extreme climates or elevations it might play into it a bit more, but in no significant way.



As long as you are not causing restrictions in airflow, any 3" intake that fits will work fine, so pick something you really like. Or love. Do up that Weapon R if you like it. It's called style because it's yours and nobody else's. This Chrome tube in this photo is not application specific. I found it, added two silicone hump couplers from siliconeintakes.com and it performs and sounds just as good as the Stillen Z-tube did. If you like the style and the price - it will be something you are proud to have.

You should have a naked chick laying across your engine bay.

 

[tchuck]

i think thats doc2k's setup, its for a 45 but really all u need is to make sure your filter sticks into the stock airbox w/out rubbing

My issue is that my Stillen box isn't sealed and my K&N cone filter wont fit into the stock box. Probably why he doesn't have a K&N cone inside that box... Back to the drawing board.

 

[dulla]

Chuck it is doc's intake & it is a weapon r it doesn't come with k&n filter. but I'm sure k&n will fit in to the stock box, at lest the front part.

 

[tchuck]

Chuck it is doc's intake & it is a weapon r it doesn't come with k&n filter. but I'm sure k&n will fit in to the stock box, at lest the front part.

The velocity stack and the base of the K&N cone filter are too large in diameter for the side of the box that connects to the MAF sensor tube.

 

[jbaker1121]

It can't possibly rain that much to harm the intake in any way: the Stillen air box is fine and the K&N fits in it perfectly. The only time you have to worry about the water and the intake is if it is half-submerged in water; and if it's an oil filter it deters water......
I recommend an oil K&N filter, a stillen airbox, and a plastic/composite/cf tube.

 

[tchuck]

It can't possibly rain that much to harm the intake in any way: the Stillen air box is fine and the K&N fits in it perfectly. The only time you have to worry about the water and the intake is if it is half-submerged in water; and if it's an oil filter it deters water......
I recommend an oil K&N filter, a stillen airbox, and a plastic/composite/cf tube.

Water harming the intake is not the issue. The filter being filthy after a very short while due to the open Stillen airbox is the issue. Here's what I mean:

This is my engine bay, note how dirty the inside of the intake is?




Here's my filter. I've already cleaned it twice this winter. It looks a little worse in person.

 

[jumbosrule]

Maybe it's the photo, but two things I notice about your filter

1) It's not that dirty. Maybe you are cleaning it more often than you need to just because it looks subjectively dirty? If it were badly needed, your mpgs would start to drop. Getting the filter wet wouldn't make it more dirty, per se. If this is something you really worry about they make pre-filter covers, specific for trapping moisture without restricting airflow:

http://www.outerwears.com/proddetail.asp?prod=5385&cat=11439

2) Needs more oil. See the white-ish color at the base of the photo? Should be uniformly pink - even more so than the rest of the filter. Should just begin to look a little wet, but shouldn't drip.

Could be that the photo is playing with the lighting a little, but there's my two cents based on what I can see.

 

[tchuck]

Maybe it's the photo, but two things I notice about your filter

1) It's not that dirty. Maybe you are cleaning it more often than you need to just because it looks subjectively dirty? If it were badly needed, your mpgs would start to drop. Getting the filter wet wouldn't make it more dirty, per se. If this is something you really worry about they make pre-filter covers, specific for trapping moisture without restricting airflow:

http://www.outerwears.com/proddetail.asp?prod=5385&cat=11439

2) Needs more oil. See the white-ish color at the base of the photo? Should be uniformly pink - even more so than the rest of the filter. Should just begin to look a little wet, but shouldn't drip.

Could be that the photo is playing with the lighting a little, but there's my two cents based on what I can see.

1) You could be absolutely right. I decide when to clean it based on how dirty I think it is at the time. My reference points are the many other K&N filters I've had on different vehicles and how dirty they look at the recommended service interval. This one seems to get really dirty really fast and i definitely don't want to let it get bad enough to affect mpg. I have an enclosed K&N drop-in filter on my other car and it has been fine (according to my subjective standards) all winter. Of course, that intake tract is drastically different between the filter and the outside world. It could just be the nature of the beast I guess.

2) I'll have to go out and look at it again. I can't remember if it looks that white in person. It doesn't really look like a photo illusion to me though so maybe I under-oiled it last time... I'll check this afternoon.

 

[AlejOFx35]

I ordered the weapon r and i was wondering what would be best to let it open (for better sound) or closing it.

P.S. i live in Puerto rico and the temp. is around 85-95 almost everyday and we get rain every two days.