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Weapon R Secret Weapon Short Ram Intake:

The Perfect Ideal for Weapon R Secret Weapon Short Ram Intake


If you are in the market for an air intake and you first choice was either Injen or AEM. Read our article below to know the real deal.

The reason AEM and Injen was on your mind in the first place is because they used psychology to convenience you they are the best. They put so much advertising in there brands that people automatically think AEM and Injen is the top brand and the best intake.

The real fact is AEM and Injen is the same exact intake you find on eBay for $20. It is a regular pipe with a regular filter which AEM and Injen buy from China for $5. The dyno results Injen and AEM claim to have are the same results you would get from a $20 intake if the company on eBay selling it decided to put a heavy advertisement on it.

What you should consider is that it's not all about whose brand sounds nicer or looks better. It has much more to do with that. Different brands have different designs. Every car has a specific application. Weapon R spends thousands of dollars testing each intake for each car to make the most precious horsepower gain possible.
  • If you compare an Injen or AEM to Weapon R, they will look like the same thing. But if you pay close attention to the design you will notice that Weapon R intake is designed more preciously for the air to move smoothly through the pipe into the engine, comparing to hard 70-90 degree turns that AEM and Injen have which will move the air roughly through the pipe decreasing potential horsepower.
  • Weapon R intakes are not only designed to have the air move smoothly through the intake pipe, but they are also designed to have the air spin like a turbo throughout the pipe while it is flowing through the intake. This means as the air enters the intake, it will start rotating 360 degrees throughout the intake pipe and when it reaches the intake manifold it will be moving three times faster then a regular intake.
Our recommendation is to go with Weapon R and no other brand. It is not because we like them, it is because we know it's more powerful and proven to be more powerful then Injen or AEM.
  • Weapon R is considered the top notch intake of all as of August 2004. Weapon R came out with a revolutionary filter that induces air from two locations in the filter itself. Besides the point that the air already spins throughout the pipe. As a result of the filter inducing the air from to locations it creates even more air rotation than before. According to the dyno charts, this has increased 2-7 more horsepower then pervious filters. Weapon R short ram intakes will out perform AEM or Injen cold air intakes on low RPM and it will perform almost the same on high RPM. Weapon R cold air intake will out perform any short or cold air intake on the market today. Weapon R is also known as an intake company who has the biggest application line in the world today.
  • Weapon R has a higher low end torque. This means when you measure 0-60MPH with Weapon R intake installed it will give you 6-8HP compared 1-4HP with Injen or AEM. Weapon R has a turbo effect inside the intake. If you ever heard of a turbonator which installs in the air intake to create a swirl pattern of air flow, the Weapon R already has it built in throughout the whole pipe. Weapon R will give you more horsepower at the low end and even greater at high end, you will be 100% satisfied with your Weapon R intake, we are confident!

We would like to explain how the " SECRET WEAPON " Intake system works


Here are some pictures of a flow test done with our specially designed flow bench. Our flow bench is very similar to those used to test flow in machine shops. We measure pressure, in this case vacuum pressure, inside of the pipe. The form of measurement we use is in H2O, or inches of water. This is the same as a majority of industry flow benches. Almost all flow benches use a meter called a Manometer, which has actual water in it, to make its measurements. We opted for a more precise method, using a precision tuned digital vacuum meter, provided to us by The DigiVac Company. The easiest to read this is the higher the number on the display, the better the flow is through the pipe. All test shown were performed using a Craftsman 5hp wet/dry vacuum as a vacuum source.

Picture 1 : Picture of the PATENT PENDING " Secret Weapon Intake Pipe " design. You can see the smaller inner tube used to increase velocity. The airflow through the inner tube has a higher velocity than a standard 3" intake pipe. The higher velocity / volume of airflow from the inner pipe creates a low-pressure vacuum at the throttle body end of the pipe, called a Venturi. This Venturi draws the air from the outer pipe, increasing its velocity, and increasing the overall volume of air entering the engine.
Picture 2 :In this picture, we first test a standard 3” pipe. Here you can see that the display is reading 1.4 in H20. We cap off the other pipe to provide a more accurate reading.
Picture 3 : In this picture we are now testing the Secret Weapon design. We see that the reading has increased to 2.3 in H20. This increase is due to the small inner pipe increasing velocity in the intake tract.
Picture 4 : In this photo, we test a pretty good-sized K&N style gauze filter. You can see that with this filter, the reading has actually DECREASED down to 2.0 inH2O.
Picture 5 : Swapping a Secret Weapon filter for the gauze filter, shows a large increase over the gauge filter and over just the open pipe as well. The improved velocity stack and filter design encourages the air to flow in a direct route through the pipe while maintaining a high velocity and low restriction.


What does this all mean?
The Secret Weapon uses two important laws of physics to increase airflow. The first law is Boyles law. This law basically states that as air velocity increases, its volume increases as well, while the pressure decreases. The second law is the Bernoulli Equation, where a moving fluid (in this case air) has a lower pressure than air that is standing still, or is moving slowly. This same law is used in NASCAR for both downforce and "drafting." When we increase the air velocity in the intake, we create a low pressure area that draws a higher volume of air than a standard intake would. In layman's terms, we are creating a vacuum effect using natural laws of physics.

Do the Weapon*R Air Filters, filter dirt better than K&N / AEM / Injen Air Filters?
The Secret Weapon Air Filter is made of Polyurethane Foam, which is rated at 300 Pores per square inch. Whereas the K&N / AEM / INJEN air filters are rated at 30-60 pores per square inch. This means that there is more dirt particles passing through the air filter to the engine when using their filters.

Why is the Secret Weapon Air Filter so much better?
The reason why the Secret Weapon Air Filter flows much better than any other filter on the market today is because of the specially designed Velocity Stack inside the air filter, it helps gather more air into the air filter and velocitize the air into the intake tube.


What are you buying?
  • The air filter can be totally taken apart and cleaned. The foam is denser and more thicker than the Dragon filter.
  • The velocity stank inside the air filter is a TRUE VELOCITY STACK. The Air filter has Ram Air capability, by hooking up the hose to the top of the air filter.
  • The intake has another Air Passage way inside the intake pipe to create a Air Fusion, imagine 2 different pathways of air inside the intake pipe, one air traveling in pathway #1 going 2 x faster than pathway #2. When the two different pathways of airflow meet at the end of the pipe they create a fusion effect which enhances the AIR SPEED of the by 3 times.


The Secret Weapon Intake Systems is an result of countless hours of testing and tuning of air intake velocity, Airmass and Airspeed for each vehicle application. The Result, an intake system that performs better than any Cold Air Intake, but with a Short Ram. It is possible by Weapon*R's Patent Pending Speed Velocity theory, By creating a higher airspeed in the intake path you increase airmass and airspeed, which greatly increase horsepower.

This is possible by Creating two different paths of airflow, both flowing at different airspeeds, due to the tubing diameter in which the air is traveling. Now when the 2 different paths of air meet,they create a vacuum, which is where the airspeed starts to multiply, forcing more air into the engine at a higher rate, creating more horsepower.

The Secret Weapon Intake Systems are carefully CNC mendrel bent out of 6061 Aluminum, and then Hand Tig Welded in sections to ensure a constant balance in airflow, regulation in airspeed, positive seal and proper fittment. Each one of these intake systems are carefully tuned, by matching the engines displacement, air intake capacity and airspeed to the intake systems tube size,length and secondary pathway tubing diameters to maximize the full potential of the SECRET WEAPON INTAKE SYSTEM.

This Intake is Matched with our Newly designed SW1 Filter, which provides maximum airflow, with the protection of high quality dense Polyurethane Foam. Many studies have shown Flow rates of up to 80% more Air and Better Dirt Filtration with Foam Filter than the conventional cotton filter. The SW1 main feature is an Computer CAD Designed and Flow benched Tested TURBO Velocity Stack, which greatly increases airflow ,airspeed and airmass into the engine, therefore increasing engine performance. Another one of the SW1 Filters great features are the capability to be dis-assembled to be cleaned and then re-assembled after cleanings or to change the color of the foam filtering element.

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