3.3TT Agency Power Intake Initial Review and Install Video

[Angel]

I looked at the install guide. Figured “meh... I’ve done intakes before... this will be a 30 minute job”.

F me. I must be a neanderthal because my hands are bloody, it took me like 3.5 hours... had issues with one of the clamps they gave.... had issues everywhere with clearance/angles/fitment.

Oh and halfway dropped a socket AND and socket wrench (separately) into the depths of the engine bay.

The socket I was incredibly lucky to see it from the underneath of the car on one of the aero panels. Was able to bend the panel to get the socket.

The socket wrench (small one) I could see... but no way get near. Luckily I had a yard stick and some rare earth magnets and tape. Jerry rigged a “save my ass” tool.

I’m old. And tired. And hurt now.

And I do also have the passenger BOV recirc kink. Not nearly as bad as others. I’m leaving it as is.

At least it sounds friggin awesome and my butt dyno approves.

For the Rec hose You will have to cut it to make sit flush....you can always buy a a pair at the dealer and save those and keep the ones you have...fitment is no perfect and you definitely have to play with the angles of the tube to get it right....I am sure some people maybe had issues and did not complain or they were minimal to complain .....without a doubt my hood does not sit completely flush ...it closes no problem but its not flush...I figures that taking the rubber grommets and inserts helped a lot on clearance on closing the hood...when you have time go back try to adjust the angles on the intakes again thats what i did and it helped...there is nothing you can really do lol just live with the imperfections but overall i am happy with the intake...

 

[Angel]

I guess it looks like 3 people are having this issue to varying degrees. I wonder if anyone else is. I wouldn’t have thought to look unless I had read all of this thread.

I am sure there is more than 3 people but those are the only complaints here... I have a friend that got this intake and he had minor fitment issues as well one being the hood not closing flush and Rec hose being kinked as well....but hey thats parts of the game lol when modifying a car....

 

[nhcowboy28]

I am sure there is more than 3 people but those are the only complaints here... I have a friend that got this intake and he had minor fitment issues as well one being the hood not closing flush and Rec hose being kinked as well....but hey thats parts of the game lol when modifying a car....

I can confirm that removing the metal sleeve and cranking the bolts down on the rubber gaskets had the hood back to OEM tolerance on closing.

 

[DiabloStinger]

If your filter is popping off you can try to rotate the coolant hose about 45° to counter clockwise looking at the car. This gives you more flexibility in angling that pipe.

 

[DiabloStinger]

BTW... Checked mine today again. Still connected... I did some really hard pulls from a stop also to see if that would make it come off. All is well.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Ok. New issue/concern.

Drove through rain today.

I know this isn’t a true sealed system.

Not too worried about water in the air getting past the filter.

HOWEVER. There was a friggin pool of it at the bottom of the shroud hosing below the filter.

No drain hole? Really?

It wasn’t a trivial amount of water.

Thoughts?

Why didn’t they drill a hole?

 

[NS_Stinger]

Ok. New issue/concern.

Drove through rain today.

I know this isn’t a true sealed system.

Not too worried about water in the air getting past the filter.

HOWEVER. There was a friggin pool of it at the bottom of the shroud hosing below the filter.

No drain hole? Really?

It wasn’t a trivial amount of water.

Thoughts?

Why didn’t they drill a hole?

Do you have the Velossa big mouths? Sounds like drilling a hold in the lower shroud at the lowest point would be a good idea.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Do you have the Velossa big mouths? Sounds like drilling a hold in the lower shroud at the lowest point would be a good idea.

Stock inlets. Just the AP INTAKES.

 

[Roarbomb]

Ok. New issue/concern.

Drove through rain today.

I know this isn’t a true sealed system.

Not too worried about water in the air getting past the filter.

HOWEVER. There was a friggin pool of it at the bottom of the shroud hosing below the filter.

No drain hole? Really?

It wasn’t a trivial amount of water.

Thoughts?

Why didn’t they drill a hole?

Uhh that’s not a good sign. I don’t Like the idea of emptying the boxes every time it rains.

 

[SteveCo]

It wasn’t a trivial amount of water. Thoughts?

It looked to me like their design tries to pull some outside air from the hood gap into the open top of their filter housing, similar to the design that K&N used with their Typhoon. If that is the case, I expect that's where the water is coming from.

 

[DiabloStinger]

I think a hole in the bottom sounds like a good idea.

 

[nhcowboy28]

It looked to me like their design tries to pull some outside air from the hood gap into the open top of their filter housing, similar to the design that K&N used with their Typhoon. If that is the case, I expect that's where the water is coming from.

I wasn’t questioning HOW the water got in there. But rather WHY they didn’t drill a damn drain hole.

 

[SteveCo]

I wasn’t questioning HOW the water got in there. But rather WHY they didn’t drill a damn drain hole.

Then you might want to narrow your focus somewhat - 'Thoughts?' leaves a lot of room for interpretation ..

I thought the question on a hole was rhetorical, but I'll venture a guess - they didn't do any testing in the rain.

 

[xot1]

I am trying to figure out the pros and cons of this intake. As far as I can tell, for the cons:
- Fitment isn't good
- No drain hole for rain water

Then what about the pros? Why is this intake popular over other products?
Does it produce more power?
Is it because it uses dry filters?
Is it because it is entirely plastic? (didn't understand why this is considered as a advantage yet)
Is it affordable?

 

[nhcowboy28]

I am trying to figure out the pros and cons of this intake. As far as I can tell, for the cons:
- Fitment isn't good
- No drain hole for rain water

Then what about the pros? Why is this intake popular over other products?
Does it produce more power?
Is it because it uses dry filters?
Is it because it is entirely plastic? (didn't understand why this is considered as a advantage yet)
Is it affordable?

I like the overall appearance. OEM look if they did it like this.

Sounds great when in it (like others I’m sure).

AP is looking into the water pooling issue.

 

[Roarbomb]

I am trying to figure out the pros and cons of this intake. As far as I can tell, for the cons:
- Fitment isn't good
- No drain hole for rain water

Then what about the pros? Why is this intake popular over other products?
Does it produce more power?
Is it because it uses dry filters?
Is it because it is entirely plastic? (didn't understand why this is considered as a advantage yet)
Is it affordable?

I like the looks of it. They all seem to be roughly the same design (except SSR) with about the same filter size. I don’t know if one is “better” than any other honesty.

The plastic is supposed to have less heat soak too.

 

[Roarbomb]

I like the overall appearance. OEM look if they did it like this.

Sounds great when in it (like others I’m sure).

AP is looking into the water pooling issue.

I’d like to know when they figure it out. It’s dry as hell here so I’m not drilling at this time.

 

[nhcowboy28]

I’d like to know when they figure it out. It’s dry as hell here so I’m not drilling at this time.

I’m gonna try a poor mans fix tonight (going to rain tomorrow)...

I bought some foam weatherstripping (with adhesive backing). Not sure if it will stick... had issues with the only brand I can find in the past... I’ll lay down some alcohol then adhesion promoter in the channel : metal between the hood and the intake. Then really press the foam on. Maybe even down VHT tape first and have the adhesive weather stripping adhere to that.

I’ll post up some picks.

 

[xot1]

Thank you, that was fast

 

[Blitz]

I am trying to figure out the pros and cons of this intake. As far as I can tell, for the cons:
- Fitment isn't good
- No drain hole for rain water

Then what about the pros? Why is this intake popular over other products?
Does it produce more power?
Is it because it uses dry filters?
Is it because it is entirely plastic? (didn't understand why this is considered as a advantage yet)
Is it affordable?

I'd say.

- Fitment is actually great after cutting about 2 inches off of one hose and correct installation. (My experience)
- It took .2 off of my 0-60 so it's definitely worth some power, but I think all of the current intakes are pretty damn close.
- Dry filters are good imo, but that's kind of opinion based.
- It being plastic is good because it stays cool even when the engine is really hot. It obviously does. It is ALWAYS cool to the touch even after alot of hard runs.

Price point is pretty good for what you get.

I'd say it's popular because it's a good option for the price.

My IATs are actually really good with these intakes. They definitely work to keep some amount of air coming through the stock snorkels. That is only improved upon with something like velossatech snorkels.

The design is such that you get to keep alot of the goods from the stock intake and take away the restriction when necessary. You also get to keep the stock idea of plastic non heat soaking materials.

It looks really good, especially if you like blue.

The sound is basically a bov. With radio off I can tell as soon as I have even 1 psi of boost, and I can tell when my throttle is closing on shifts because it's audible.