a) my car came with a slightly open grill, i took it out ne ways.

b) added the 90degree elbow and thank god, its more quiet. i hate looking liek some puck 16 year old

 

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didn't anyone tell you to keep the rubber side of the car down?

How do you open the bonnet? I can see how you would on the first pic but the second pic looks like it would be pretty tough

 

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whats this i spy?

 

looks like a slick intake

 

I don't know but it looks sweet!

 

wheres that from ninja?

 

so i've been thinking. technically, leaving the bottom of the airbox doesn't seem to me like it would help provide more cool air (negligible, if any). the reason i say this is because the tube that feeds the airbox will not have any suction to it since the airlock (OE closed box assembly) has been eliminated. So the tube doesn't "suck" air, it simply diverts air toward the new intake, which i can't imagine would help all that much. what do you guys think?

 

from a "from japan" thread

 

You are probably 90% correct. I'm sure it does "suck" some air from that tube, but even if it doesn't what does it hurt? It provides a great base to build off of without having to fabricate that portion of a custom box.

 

link?

 

^ here

 

thanks paul!!!

 

Just did this mod.. for $40USD.... I can't ask for anymore!

This is awesome!!

Love the sound

 

i can't even open my hood 0_o and I am very serious about this

 

The hood latch is different than last years. It is a little lever under the hood on the driver side. you can barely feel it.

 

Ok... so i ordered my filter, elbo, reducer and clamps. In all just under $90. I guess it's worth the experiment.

 

if i am getting a filter with a 2.75 opening, i just need an elbow that's a 2.75 opening on both end right?

 

No. The elbow would need to be 2.75" on one end (for your filter) and 3" on the other end (for the MAF).

 

Installed mine this past weekend. I likey. It is a little "ricey" but it definitely spools up faster. I dont know yet if it yields more power... but I havent pushed it past 5k yet as I am still in break in. 750 miles and not even 2 weeks on the car. Needless to say I am driving every day for lunch. This weekend, the muffler delete is going in!

 

I'm sorry to say that is in correct....in fact it doesn't even make sense. Use a caliper and measure it if you don't believe me, but the MAF is 2.75" or 70mm.

 

lt had it backwards but it is 2.75" and 3"

 

I was wondering does anyone have 100% proof that the MAF sensor is seriously messed up by not having the "blown off" air comming back into the system. or if everything is fine, and you get to hear the PSST sound and pretend to be in an impreza, without major loss... people were talking about the car running too rich etc... but I would like to know if anyone ACTUALLY knows, not just someone making an excuse to stop the ricers. Thx!

 

The only problem that we have found was when we intially tested intake ideas months ago we put a foam filter straight off of the MAF and the car definitely did not like that (check engine light, running rough,etc) we then switched to the K&N that we are using on our intake directly off of the MAF and had no problems, infact after several restarts the check engine light went away . So Faom filters right off of the MAF are bad, K&N filters right off of the MAF are ok. Both kinds of filters are fine though if you put a 90 degree bend between the filter and the MAF. Hope that helps.

And yes the MAF is 2.75" OD.