I am looking for opinions from people who have had either one (or both) installed and have tested them. Which would you/would not recommend and why? Performance wise, feel of throttle, sound and such.

I am well informed of installation, pricing and the paper specs. But I am looking for personal experience on how it felt to drive with these installed. Which has higher HP gains is not my biggest concern because at the end of the day its all about which is more fun to drive with!

Thanks guys for any comments/opinions you may have

 

Anybody?

 

i did this change and i m happy about it i dont have anything to show for performance i did it strictly for a cleaner look in the engine bay. The install obviously was easier for the R2C but the takeda wasnt bad at all assuming you mean the long tubes sound wise they both get drowned out by the ARK catback

but i think the takeda looks better the R2C paint started flaking around where the MAF was

 

Do you have any pictures of the Takeda from the front of the car? (front shot where you can see the intake behind the grille). I've been wanting to see this as well to decide!

 

 

whoops forgot to post up I ll do it tonight hopefully cant get to the pix from my work computer

 

Okay thanks!

 

this is the only pic i have right now

but you can see it if you look at the grill

 

I've been mulling this decision for a while too! Are there any others who have ran both of these intakes? I don't know which would be the best to go with from a performance, sound, and ease of maintenance standpoint.

 

I have had both, R2C's on my 08G35XS and Takeda's on my 11X coupe and now again on my 09 X sedan, Takerda's FTW

 

ANMVQ how easy is filter maintenance with the Takeda? Did you feel a power difference between the 2? Sound?

 

Powers there for sure I made the same WHP as when I had the Stillen gen 3s and less $$$ by over $100. Filter maintence is easy you just take the 6 10mm nuts on the back of grill taken e grill off and the filter comes right out

 

Anybody ever put dual filters on a Takeda?

Is that even possible?

Having 1 filter for both intakes kind of weirds me out for some reason.

 

i'm planning on getting rid of my Gen3 and doing this.. when i buy a takeda.. i'll measure it up and call k&n and i'm sure they have sizes to match...

 

I did the r2c and like it.I had k&n drop in before.I feel the r2c lost a little bottom end but gained from 5k up
and the nickel metallic looks sweet!