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Prior to Install:

The exhaust comes constructed of mandrel bent T-304 Stainless Steel tubing, a nice size canister and 4″ straight cut tip.  Also in the box are complete install instructions and rubber hanger mount.

The install:

I will admit, we tried to do the install for this awesome exhaust.  However, we found that the jack points did not provide enough room for us to get a decent jack stand under the car.  Enter the folks at Toyota 101 and the ability for them to do this swap really fast.  The great part about this exhaust is that it utilizes the stock clamp/gasket for a factory-like fit and easy installation.

Our review:

Prior to our install we were sporting the stock Toyota exhaust with the TRD tip, not really a set up that will make the car growl from the outside.  Now we already had the Weapon-R Short Ram Intake on our project car, so we were already growling at the engine.  With that said, I waited at the dealership for them to drive our xD to the customer pick up area and all you could hear was growl. So we at MicroCar Magazine thought it would only be right to put the exhaust to the paces, so we set out on a 1k adventure to San Diego and Extreme Autofest show.  On the road you can really tell how well Scion was able to block out the outside noise.  During normal around town driving our exhaust provided a nice rumble and low tone sound, when we got it to the freeway that was a different story.  As we moved thru the gears the exhaust really came to life and the xD powered ahead.  The best part to this exhaust is that we notice no power loss, and we got the nice growl that Toyota engines are known to have.

Overall this exhaust performed awesome.  Can not wait to see what other products come out for the xD.

Suggested MSRP: All our research found that the exhaust goes for just under $600.00 – However we did manage to find out friends at FastScions.com selling this exhaust for under $400.00 – DC-Sports Exhaust at FastScions.com .

Short Ram kit pictured

The big thing for us at MicroCar Magazine is how much power can we squeeze out of our cars.  In comes Weapon-R, around for a long time providing the aftermarket auto parts industry with performance enhancement parts.  We were lucky to have experienced the products produced by Weapon-R in one of our other project cars, 2004 Scion RS 1.0 xB.

The Install

The kit comes with 2 possible configuration, cold air or short ram, the difference is one extra tube and where the filter sits. The install was actually a breeze with the easy to ready instructions provided by Weapon-R.  After we remove the stock airbox, making sure to keep the MAF sensor in its mount (Weapon-R found that this helped due to the baffels required for the MAF to work correctly).  Once you actually unbolt the bottom portion of the airbox you will notice how much room it opens up.

Tools used:

10 mm socket

Phillips screw driver

The actual install only took us about 10 – 15 minutes to do the full install.

First Thoughts
After turning the car on you could hear a distinct growl that comes from all Toyota engines that have had an intake put on it. Throttle response is really great, could not tell you if I noticed a change in the horse power however I could tell an improvement in torq.

In Closing
So far I have put all of about 50 miles on this intake but as I put more on I will update you with my thoughts.

Scion xD kits
Secret Weapon Short Ram suggested msrp $215.00
Secret Weapon Cold Air suggested msrp $285.00