Great to see this thread coming along.

How are those front tower bars working out for you, JChow and fung87?
Noticable improvement?

 

Its nice to see there are some people from buffalo ny on here. I'm doing my radio this week, and thats about it for now. This car is soo great and now i look forward to winter(weird Huh?).

 

No significant difference.
You may feel a slightly different response in steering - a tad bit more responsive.
But other than that, it's only there for rigidity purposes.

If you would like to improve handling performance, get a set of:

Springs + Struts combo, or coilover set, and a larger rear sway bar.
and of course, new tires.

I have a 20mm Sti rear sway bar lying in my garage, yet to be installed cause I'm so busy and L A Z Y

 

i love how rallitek changed their weapon R intake from 2005-2006 to just 2005... guess they got alot of complaints or somethin eh? anybody put the weapon R on an 06? any problems? ...its depressing how long ive been waiting for an intake that is made for a 2006 2.5i.

 

Hmm, well I did install the Weapon R on my 06, and I did get it from Rallitek. It works/fits fine but the directions are pointless. Actually they really confused me at first, they said that the newer models may need a hole drilled into the intake for a sensor. No such hole is needed. There are three vacuum ports on the intake pipe, two come from each side of the motor and the other is from the bottom of the AIT sensor tube. The vacuum tubing included in the kit may not be large enough for the AIT sensor, so I used the stock tube and a piece of the weapon r tubing. I've had it running for 600+ miles and no idle problems or anything else.

I've noticed more pull in the 3500+ RPM range, also the sound is pretty nice. I'll post some pics ASAP.

 

Which model is it that fits the 2.5i? I only saw a listing for WRX......

 

its good to hear that, it was making me think twice about purchasing the weapon R for my 2.5i. Im being offered a pretty good deal on an injen intake from a 2005 rs and im seriously thinkin about purchasing it, however im hesitating due to fitting problems and such. But if the weapon R seems to work fine maybe the injen should work out too? =/

 

It should, if there's only 2 vacuum ports on the intake then you can use a T-Fitting for two of the vacuum lines.

 

I've got the injen it works fine, just have to do like ralayer said and T one of the vacuum lines. I've got close 1500 miles with mine in and not one problem or cel.

the wrx short throw is the same thing, just stay away from the STI since its 6-speed.

 

damn good news thnx for all the help guys =D ill post up some pics after i install my intake then

 

Here is the Weapon-R on my 06 2.5i

 

I was wondering,.. does you lose gas mileage using a CAI.

Shoot,.. I searched here in the forums and this lady had a black rs and the wrx had to 'work it' to keep up.

Anyways,.. back to the CAI part,.. does it pull in more air, therefore using up more gas. IDK..

 

I drive at high rpms alot and haven't noticed any real change, from fill up to fill up i still avarage between 21 and 23 (as i keep a very detailed log book on my car as well)

 

is the weaponr intake a CAI or short ram?

and how much extra noise does it make?


o yea forgot to add.. ordering some Tein Basics today. Hopefully I get it right after July 4th, and get it installed by that week. Still can't find a good shop around.. its a PITA. I'll get some pics up when it's installed.

 

CAI actually helps you gain about 2-3mpgs, the intake of more oxygen just squeezes out more combustion from the same amount of gas.

The weapon R is a short ram intake.