Ion Redline Intake?

Anyone ever heard about the:

Saturn Ion Redline 05-06 Secret Weapon Air Intake



Wonder if its any good.. maybe route a pipe from below to scoop up some air for the ram air feature?.

yeah you could do that, but all the people i talked to with there cobalts and ions always got the k&n cold air intake, thats what i got on order. They say it works the best. but i haven't read that much about the secret weapon intake.

i got my K&N it really just makes the blower whine more.. Im not sure if there is any realy gain other then noise.. which is mmmmm so good

yeah, i love the sound of the supercharger scream, but i haven't installed mine yet i just ordered it from my work. it says there supposed to a 14.4 at 6000 rpm with a stock 04 redline.

04_redline wrote:yeah, i love the sound of the supercharger scream, but i haven't installed mine yet i just ordered it from my work. it says there supposed to a 14.4 at 6000 rpm with a stock 04 redline.

Lastnight i hit a solid 14 psi but in the summer we'd maybe hit 12. Counts on mods etc.

are you guys using the short intake or the big one?

tombstonex wrote:are you guys using the short intake or the big one?

I got the CAI Cold Air Intake ( The big one )

The Weapon R was a rather large topic on the RLF. If I remember correctly, the overall end decision was that it was overpriced, and if used for drag racing harmed more the helped.

Most people stick to the AEM or the K&N if doing a full intake swap. The most popular is probably just replacing the stock filter with a K&N one and then removing the silencer

The K&N CAI does improve power, I have dyno tested it on Scotts redline, however, like any intake the MAF has to be scaled properly to the increased air flow. Of the 2 redlines I have seen with the K&N, airflow improved by about 6% with changes up to 12% in STFT's. Not only that , it looks alot better, gives you alot more room in the engine compartment and lets the sexy sound of the supercharger be heard.

yeah, i got a k&n coming, what you mean it has to be scaled. im alittle confused

04_redline wrote:yeah, i got a k&n coming, what you mean it has to be scaled. im alittle confused

Mikes talking about tuning the intake with the increase airflow to give you more power.

oh, well i should get that done when i install mine.

XeroState wrote:The Weapon R was a rather large topic on the RLF. If I remember correctly, the overall end decision was that it was overpriced, and if used for drag racing harmed more the helped.

Most people stick to the AEM or the K&N if doing a full intake swap. The most popular is probably just replacing the stock filter with a K&N one and then removing the silencer

So your saying that i just do the K&N filter? How do you remove the silencer?

Take it off lol It's the part hat looks like it has a bag wrapped around it in the bottom corner of the intake path AFTER the air box.

Though be warned, if you take it off the lowest point of your intake is the bottom of your front bumper, making it super easy for water and debris to get in it. Unless you replace it with something.

If you just want more flow and a re-usable filter, get the K&N drop in. If you want it to scream get the AEM or K&N Typhoon. I wouldn't recommend removing the silencer in our climate.

so i heard its hard then it seems to remove the factory air intake for the redline, is this true.

04_redline wrote:so i heard its hard then it seems to remove the factory air intake for the redline, is this true.

i removed everything.. but i got a CAI where the filter is protected from the driver side mudguard / fender

so you removed everything but the bottem piece. is that what your saying.

04_redline wrote:so you removed everything but the bottem piece. is that what your saying.

I removed everything that the factory intake had

oh thats what i was planning on doing.

its a pain in the ass to remove the lower air cleaner section of the Ion's intake but we took it out of Scott's car as well, gives you alot more room to work and looks alot cleaner.

yeah, thats what i want to do when my intake gets in. does anyone have a aftermarket thottle body.

04_redline wrote:yeah, thats what i want to do when my intake gets in. does anyone have a aftermarket thottle body.

It's a pain in the ass... lol well in my case pain in the belly.... but its better to do this with 2 people... I did mine in Winnipeg with a friend and it took up 2 hours ( drinking beer at the same time )

lol, oh. well would someone be able to help me then

Yeah i think im gonna buy the typhoon and put it in this summer.

yeah thats what i got on the way should be around christmas time. so just after.