SJ Induct versus Lennies Induct

[welshboxer]

Hi All,

As the title says, can folks give me their opinions on which induct they think is best and possibly the reasons why.

[shreddr]

same difference, both good construction, both have the same benefit. you may have a hard time finding Lennies they might not be made anymore. check in with him, he is a member here

[EZ-RIDER]

He is still making them, and they are carbon fiber !

[welshboxer]

The SJ induct does look a bit bigger. I have had a Lennies before, but am just about to get the SJ powerfilter and wondered if the SJ induct would be a good purchase as it does come as a kit, or try and find a Lennies.

[phoenixtexoma]

You might also want to get the snorkel extension from SJBMW, like my modified one.

[daweise1]

I have been looking myself....

SJ supderduct with filter

San Jose BMW - Parts

Lennies Induct (E-mail is one month old)

Tim,

Price is $480.00 plus $55.00 for 3 day international shipping.

Prces are in Australian dollars and payment is via Paypal to
lenmor@activ.com.au.

Allow 2 weeks lead time for shipment as I build to order

Regards,

Lennie

I will also sit back and see where everyone falls....

[shreddr]

Originally Posted by welshboxer

The SJ induct does look a bit bigger. I have had a Lennies before, but am just about to get the SJ powerfilter and wondered if the SJ induct would be a good purchase as it does come as a kit, or try and find a Lennies.

it's your money, but that SJBMW kit looks like a smokin deal at $399 compared to the standalone Induct. That whole kit used to go for quite a bit more as separate parts.

[welshboxer]

The kit is a very good price, there again the front part looks hugs in phoenixtexoma's picture, is it me or does it look as if it touches the back of the forks.

I take it that over 500 Australian dollars for a Lennie's Induct.

Does anybody know which one gives the best performance?

[shreddr]

phoenix's part was handmade. i am guessing that the SJBMW unit with filter will perform better than the Induct alone. just a guess though, and i doubt you will find any hard data either way.

[EZ-RIDER]

Lennie's Induct plus power filter would be the way to go if you have the $$$$

[phoenixtexoma]

The snorkel DOES NOT touch the forks. I made it in the shape you see so there would be a direct flow of air into the snorkel. The standard SJBMW snorkel is blocked somewhat by the left fork.

[welshboxer]

Sorry missed the part saying it was a mod and not the standard SJBMW part.

[EZ-RIDER]

Welshboxer where in Scotland are you located ?

[phoenixtexoma]

Welshboxer: my father's side of the family is from Wales, the Swindale region. The snorkel extension is easy to make using 1/32" ABS plastic from McMaster Carr and a heat gun. Used an aluminum pie plate to make the template.

[Chris Canning]

Reminds me of when the SJ version and Lennies surfaced there being some what of a bun fight between the opposing parties,if i remember was Lennies bigger??,the duct i mean

[welshboxer]

Chris,

Looking at the SJ induct on their site against the OEM one, the SJ induct looks a lot bigger, thinking back, I don't think the Lennies is any bigger than the SJ induct, unless in recent times they have enlarged it.

phoenixtexoma,

Never heard of Swindale in Wales, think it is near Staffordshire. Ask your family what town/village they are from.

[phoenixtexoma]

WB: E-mailed my (very distant) cousin in Christchurch who has supplied me with family geneaology, he replied that my great-great-grandfather Samuel moved from Wales to Swindale, which is near Staffordshire as you observed. The family ancestral home is in Wales in the same general area that the movie, "The Keep" was filmed. I can't remember offhand the name of the village, altho I do recall that I couldn't even begin to pronounce it. Samuel caught a ship to America from Birkenhead, landing in New Orleans in the late 1850s and settling in Texas.

[welshboxer]

Your family were from the Gwynedd area of North Wales, I am a South Walian, meaning I am from the Valleys of South Wales (coal mining and steel).

Now come on lads and lasses, has anybody got the low down on which induct performs the best.

[phoenixtexoma]

WB: Knowing the caliber of work that Lennie does, I'd go with his kit and a power filter, plus his Rocket Sprockets for mid-range, FRK module, Brisk plugs, Russ Collins 370 computer-matched injectors, SJBMW snorkel and a good aftermarket exhaust or the stock one with the cat removed (depending on the emission regs in your part of the world). Lennie's costs a little more, partly because the SJBMW kit doesn't provide you with the very important tube extension. You have to use the stock rubber ribbed one. If Lennie is lurking out there, maybe he can add to the comments. The above mods will change your S into a mid-range beast at WOT and a very smooth highway runner at normal speeds -- as in very little vibration up to 5k rpms and beyond, assuming you have all else dialed in.

[roger albert]

At the time they came out, apples to apples / 1st-gen to 1st-gen, the flow area of Lennie's was a decent amount larger and it was a LOT lighter. (CF vs heavy plastic). I went with Lennie's duct and SJ's filter. Quite happy with it. Both are good products.