That charcoal filter is actually a EPA thing. It stops fumes from coming out of the engine and into the atmosphere after you turn your car off. Other than that it does nothing. So nothing big really. I would imagine it would get quite restrictive after many miles were put on the car.
@@Vanithoth I bought an aftermarket air intake box modeled after the OEM one cause I couldn't find a used one anywhere, I really hope that mesh isn't important in the long run cause it didn't have one when i unboxed it.
No, but you can drill a smaller circular hole very easily, or if you just don’t want to do all this and have some money you can buy the f-sport lower air box, it’s about $70-$90 depending on where it’s for sale and it does the exact same thing, the whole f-sport intake doesn’t make a big difference overall as I have seen, but it’s just up to if you want to go all the way to get it, I’m just buying the lower air box for induction noise
You can see more details in my “DIY air intake” video, but once you have a filter on the crank case side, you can cap the side on the intake or delete it like I did with a straight pipe
So I personally would not make the hole in the intake..heat soak..I did remove the mesh and it make a big difference in performance and miles per gallon if you drive it slow. The car has a good intake airflow already...not restricted but aperently the mesh was restrictive...I have a tune and boltons on my car. Removing the mesh and putting a f sport filter took it to a perfect level...thanks for the content I hope everyone removes the mesh.
are you sure we don't need the mesh? I bought an aftermarket air intake lid cause I couldn't find any OEM ones for sale. it did not come with that EPA mesh thing, I really hope it doesn't ruin the car in the long run
@@mazpr2025 i couldnt find a used oem one anywhere so i ended up buying an aftermarket air intake lid and an oem f sport lower box and tube. was nervous though cause the aftermarket upper lid didnt have that mesh
Dodgy? This is exactly the same as the OEM F sport air box. I guess Lexus engineers don't know what they're doing allowing hot air to enter the airbox by leaving that big old hole there😂. You bloody armchair engineers always trying to talk shit 😂
