since its installed in ur car, can you take pix soon?

 

Group Deal FTW!!! How does it sound/ perform man!?

 

I've had the rototype on my car for awhile. It's just 3 sections of aluminum tubing welded together with the tweaked heat shield and mounting bracket. I'll snap a pic or two tomorrow. Sounds and feels great. Better power throughout the entire powerband. Averaged 9whp over the Fujita after 3 runs each. I posted dyno vids somewhere. I'll find them when I'm not on the phone.

 

definitely wanna see those pics

 

Has anyone purchased the R2c filter for their fujita yet? I saw that tonedef bought one for a jwt popcharger.

 

9whp gain... wow!

 

+9 over the Fujita.

 

I still have the prototype... it's pretty much the same except for the heatshield design which has been finalized now. I'll snap something later...

 

So how much whp gain from stock setup to R2C? Kinda hard to believe an intake could add so much whp.

 

I'm far from stock. lol

I doubt taking stock numbers from another car, adding Fujita's (claimed) 12whp, and R2c's +9 over Fujita would be real accurate, honestly.

Once these are released, someone will more than likely get a baseline, and then one with R2c. But just an educated guess... R2c will post more gains than a Fujita.

 

So... the R2C dyno proven to be +9whp over Fujita (claimed +12whp) for the total of 21whp gain from the intake? From the youtube clip I saw, the stock 6th gen dyno'ed 200whp and with Fujita it was 212whp. So with R2C setup, you could get a 10% whp gain. Sorry if I sound a lil skeptical about it . I'm sure you guys have stuff to back up the claim but it just sounds too good to be true for a 10% whp gain.

 

What's most likely the case, is that you actually lose whp with the Fujita.

On the dyno, the R2c gains were throughout the whole RPM range. Not once, at any point, did the R2c prototype show fewer gains in whp or tq.

 

Any updates or pix?

 

Youtubed R2C and found these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Rny1ujpcc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeKXIFzemeU


does this happen to be your car?
if so, do you mind telling me what your whp was for the fujita run ?

 

Yup, that's me...

Here's my dyno sheet. Average of 3 runs each:

http://img124.imageshack.us/i/dyno.jpg

As for pics... nothing's really changed. The prototype pics I posted earlier in this thread are what I still have. They tweaked the heatshield a bit, but it's nothing special... I'll be sure to get pics of the final production model that they will sell when I go back in 2-3 weeks...

 

Man the R2C sounds nice, but I doubt I can get that sound with just a stock exhaust right? I'm still debating if getting an Air Intake is something to get if you are still running a stock exhaust system.

 

Sure it is. I had stock exhaust and cold air for 4 years until I got my exhaust done. It sounds great even without custom exhaust. Well worth the money. Shoot by the time this R2C intake comes out, you could probably get a Fujita for about $100.

 

I'm sure it would help a bit, but i'm pretty sure that without the exhaust, you will not see any real drastic benefit from an air intake. when is the R2C one suppose to come out anyway? you make it sound like it will be a very long time for it to come out? The reason I don't think an air intake is the way to go right now for me is because the exhaust and the cat will most likely be bottle necking the point of an intake. BTW where did you get your grills? I am considering replacing my front and lower grills right now depending upon the price in comparison to doing a mod on my car. The only thing I have which I wouldn't consider a mod is a K&N air filter...

 

The cold air sounds amazing even with stock exhaust. you will see benefits from a cold air, due to reduced temp, less restriction, more volume. As for the grill, I got mine from a fellow max owner whom I traded a stock bose cd changer with. It is a Trenz grill and can be found on ebay for about 170. When I had a lower grill I bought that off of ebay also. 20 plus shipping. I currently have a body kit and mesh for the lower part of my front bumper.

 

You will still get great sound from an intake. Exhaust will only change the sound coming out of the back of the car.

R2c should be ready in 2-3 weeks. They are swamped gearing up for SEMA next month, but they want to get this project finished before then. They've kept us waiting for long enough as it is. lol

 

Ya I noticed it after, how much was that on average with the grill and all? I
am trying to keep a stock but not so stock look on my car. But it's kidn of hard to figure out what exactly I want we'll see, just picking up ideas, and doing minor repairs before the brutal winter hits here. Just finished up patching a small hole on my floor and rust undercoated the bottom of my car today.

 

You don't want the bumper I have, trust me. Talk with Max2daMax, he sells the GTR front bumper which is pretty nice and made of Duraflex material vice Fiberglass which is what my car's bumper is made of. I cracked it within a week of having it installed. There are currently 4 different front bumper options available for our car. If you are still interested in the bumper I have, it cost me about 500 shipped, 300 paint and prep, the mesh was 20, the trenz grill was free but would cost about 180. So about 1000 for just the front end. With that price you can probably get the full body kit without the hood. I am not completely sure the price. here is his website. www.ezkoncepts.com. I would PM him for cost maybe he can work with you.

 

ya, it sounds really great. especially compared to the fujita which already sounds aggressive.

it had me thinking he did not go full throttle on the fujita run. lol

 

I agree the jitas does give a more powerful sound then the R2C. But then also realize that one is CAI and the other is short ram. I've been running on jita cai with Greddy Sp2 exhaust . Sounds like a loud Z to be honest which is a nice pleasent sound. Trying to avoid ricey sounds.

 

I had the Fujita with my SP2 as well. Don't get me wrong. I liked it... but now that I'm running with the R2c prototype, I wish these guys were around a few years ago. lol

Honestly, there really is no point digging into the fender well with our cars to stick a small filter down there. The R2c filter is actually quite a bit bigger which = more air/filtration. And the heat shield will keep out the hot air from the engine bay.

I did ask the guys if they had a filter that would fit on the Fujita system. No dice, as they custom make their filters for each specific application.

 

Oh, he did... lol

The funny thing about the dyno runs... he actually had to do 5 runs with the R2c because my car lost traction on 2 of the runs, and the straps had to be tightened down.

 

In the 2nd vid at the end your engine looks like its lifting up and down. Is that normal?

 

Yup. An engine always needs some give/movement.

 

still no pix?

 

Posts 35 and 36 but with a heatshield. lol

 

Yeah i think it's time to change out my filter. I can barely see how dirty it is since I gotta dig into the fender. If R2C comes out soon I might get that in replacement of the jita. I live in Arizona and i'm wondering if the R2C will be OK for my engine during the hot summers.

 

It'll be fine. The heat shield will protect it.

 

Just thought I'd mention that we (Cattman Performance) have signed up as an R2C dealer. I agree with all the positive things said about this outfit on the 6th and 7th gen forums. I could not be more impressed with their products, R&D capabilities and way of doing business. We very much look forward to their new Maxima intakes coming out.

In the meantime, we are selling their JWT POP-Charger replacement filter, as well as a standard conical style with a 3" neck. Price is the same as R2C's ($65) but I need to receive our first shipment before I can weigh and pick a box to figure out shipping costs.

We're also offering the "new" Cattman FastPOP intake, which is simply a JWT POP-Charger with an R2C filter substituted for the original oiled cotton filter. This covers all Maximas from 89-06, but does not include the trick heat shield that will be available on the R2C short ram intake. On the other hand, our regular price will be $135, and they're on sale in this month's ad for $119.99.

We will be EAGER to offer the finished R2C intake that Oolatec has taken the initiative to pioneer with R2C (great work dude!), as well as its 7th gen counterpart, because the thermal isolation is obviously an advantage.

That said, the R2C/JWT hybrid "FastPOP" intake we're selling will be a good budget solution for 89-06 Maxima owners. In the inferior world of oiled cotton filters, the JWT POP-Charger always stood out as effective but affordable solution, so I think it will really shine with a better filter.

Brian

 

wait i'm a little bit confused. i wanted to know something regarding the filter from what i can gather from the website these or non oil based filters. is it then safe to assume it will be similiar to the aFe non-oil based filters? in the sense where no need to re oil ever again, and the fact that all you would have to do to clean the filter is knock it on the floor or air compress it...can someone clearify please?

 

btw my friend has the R2c black matte on his 09 g37x it looks great. and u feel the power gains throughout the power band. he saw significant gain in gas mileage. from about 250 miles to the tank city driving to averaging about 280 a tank and he has even seen 300+ on the tank. highway is also better too from about 350-400 to about 400-<500. pretty good numbers.

 

The R2C is similar to the aFe only in the sense that its a dry filter that can be cleaned with a 60lb (not more) blast of compressed air from the inside, and actually washed with soap and water to make it a nice clean white color again. There's never any oil involved. Apart from that, the R2C stands out because of its superior filtration and airflow properties.

Brian

 

So when is the group deal? I can just pick one up.

 

really knowing brian track record...he's going to be fighting hard for a good group sell here. so lets just wait and see. buh i'm def interested i still have an injen mr tech sitting in the box. don't wanna install cause of the hastle of checking thefilter every 5000 miles. and plus i've always learned more towards short rams for its usefulnesses. ie easier visual inspect, louder tone, nicer look i the bay (IMO), and with the heat shield should be more protected from heat and water (lower chance hydrolock)

 

I can't wait to get this!!!!!

 

When they are actually finished... another 2 weeks I hope...

I'll talk some numbers with Ed when I go back in and see what we can come up with.

I'll shoot you a PM as well... perhaps if you are free on that day, we can meet up there.