A more patient and meticulous buddy helped me install, which was good since as others have stated the directions leave too much to the imagination. Took a couple of hours, but now that I've done it could probably cut that time in half or better. After my friend left the check engine light was on and it was idling at 1100 rpm. I figured I needed to reset the ECU so I looked around until I found a procedure on this forum. It involved turning on the power and pumping the pedal 5 times, then holding the gas down or releasing, and then repeat with everything very specifically timed. The procedue had similar actions for resetting the gas pedal and then for resetting idle speed. Yikes! After a dozen nonproductive tries I finally got so frustrated I grabbed a wrench and took off the negative battery cable. Wham! Problem solved! Now she sweetly idles at 600. Sometimes giving in to your frustration does pay off.

 

^ Does that even need to be said? Glad to hear you were successful with the install and thanks for posting your experiences.

 

I had to lighten it a bit to get the powder black finish to show vs the other black elements of the engine compartment.

 

So... Feel a difference? Sound good?

 

I do feel a difference. It seems there is a bit less hesistation when I hit it, although there is still lag waiting for the tranny to kick down. Mid range pull feels significantly stronger. Even when loafing around town there seems to be a smoother power delivery as if it isn't required to rev as high to get moving, but that may be my imagination. The sound is not intrusive at low revs, but when you put your foot down it is awesome, like it is sucking in hydrants, telephone poles, stray dogs, not just air and gas. I probably won't do exhaust mods, but I expect that in combination with some catbacks the sound would be fantastic.

 

Nice upgrade. A friend of mine has them and they do offer some decent gains. Congrats!!

 

Nice! I think I'll have to do this once all of my warranty stuff wears off. Sounds like a very worthwhile upgrade for the money.

 

My G is coming up on 18k miles and I figured I'd have to replace the stock air filters soon. Don't know what they cost but I figured since there are 2 it would be at least 40-50 bucks for the parts. Prompted me to take advantage of the group buy now to save that cost. Outside of the air flow sensors I don't think there is too much likely to go wrong that could hang up the warranty. Only burned a quarter tank so far, but I seem to be getting somewhat better mileage (maybe 1 to 2 MPG) when I can keep my foot under control. That is increasingly difficult though. The sound and rush of power could easily become addictive.

 

ur gonna luv em!

 

No reason to wait for warranty to expire for R2C. They won't void it.

 

Hmmm im still contemplating on getting this or the stillen! So can you feel a difference on it when stepping on it. i know this intake has better response in the low RPM's compared to the stillen. Hows the MPG i wonder if you actually get better gas mileage if you watch your foot...?

 

I never trust the butt dyno but it does have a nice snarl when RPMs rise.

With mods I'm getting around 25-27mpg highway on average.

 

OOoooooOO this sounds very Tempting now

 

I'm still at 11-1200 at initial start up. Put in black betty grounding cables after r2c (neg cable disconnected) but still have fast idle but again only at initial start up. Any ideas?

 

After living with it for a while I still feel the intake produces some good power gains, but everyday driving mileage has not really gone up. With an X in greater Boston traffic I'm averaging roughly 22mpg. That is not a change from preR2C. At one point, feathering it and getting on the highway right after fill up, I was getting 27.5 but I doubt that would sustain. I haven;t had any lengthy road trips to see if highway miles really are better. Previous best on a trip to NJ and back was 24.8 (probably included some surface roads). I still like the sound at WOT but have to admit the engine tends to sound raspy when really pushed. Probably need exhaust work to cure that. I have not had a reoccurence of the high idle. I wonder if the grounding kit is contributing to the high idle as for me just taking off the negative cable reset everything.