ok, i wanted a little more power at a very low cost. right now with the holidays fast approching money, as most of you know, is very tight. so i was reading through the forums and found that ZPI made more than 20 hp by removing the botom of the intake box with the SC package.

i wanted to find out if this worked onthe N/A side. well guess what, it sure does. it is a little gheto till i can make a more complete mod out of it but all i did was remove the bottom of the air box and zip tie the filter to the reciver side.

i know what it sounds like but na sayers, try it. do it and drive around for a while. you will be amazed. you get the intake sound and power for about $3.00 for zip ties.

double post warning, i have searched this forum up and down and have not found anyone who has done this yet.

 

It will free up some hp no doubt.

 

sounds like an idea, too bad i already bought an intake...

 

yeah... most of my friends have already done it (that or get an intake..) cheap way to get some additional power.

 

Get some couplers and a hose and replace the portion between the throttle body and the part that holds the MAF. That will replace the sound baffling of the OEM intake tract with a smooth hose and hopefully that'll net you a horse or two.

 

get some couplers and hose..and run it from the box to the bottom of the car in back of where the fogs would be...10$ CAI....

 

Half inch insulation tape from Lowe's - $9
K&N filter from ajusa.com - $35
Removing lower piping - $0
Increasing size of opening of airbox inlet hole- $0

And now, you've got a basic SRI that actually rejects heat. Mine stays nearly ambient to the touch even after considerable driving.

Power increase has been noted, and now its F'ing LOUD when i get on the throttle. Much louder and deeper than my friend's tC with Injen CAI. Sounds like a quiet exhaust coming from under the hood.. but looks pretty geeeehhhhheeeettto

In addition... its totally silent with regular daily driving. It only howls above 50% throttle.

AND, I still qualify for H-stock

 

Noted, good responces. how ever, i was looking at next to free. dont worry i am fixing the problem. thanks for the input.

 

Stock filter is as thick as a pack of panty-liners. One site got 2 whp just by removing it. If you dont want to shell out a whopping $35 for a K&N, then try a $5 FRAM, or just run without a filter for an extremely limited amount of time (like, one race, TOPS.)