Res. box for factory intake

[darkkhild79]

Has anyone cut the bottom out of the res box and used that with a aftermarket cone filter attached to the stock tube to the intake. Will this cause problems as with water getting forced up into the engine by throught the box and tubes that let into the bay? Worth even doing ? Any help is grand? TIA

[accordaffair]

You mean like a home made CAI? I know people have cut the bottom of their air filter box, I was one of them. And people have removed the intake from the air filter onward, and stuck a cone filter on. If you're gonna go that far, I would either buy a CAI, or make yourself a homemade short ram.

[owequitit]

Are you talking about the stock airbox with the filter in it, or the resonator that is mounted down in the bumper?

One of the advantages of leaving the stock airbox intact is the sound level. It is much quieter. I added a 2" tube running into the stock airbox inplace of one of the stock 1.5". There isn't a real performance decrease from my AEM, and it is really quiet. It sounds just a little louder and a little meaner than stock. The total area of the 2" tube plus the 1.5" tube is within a fraction of a square inch of the Throttle body area, so the tubes shouldn't be a restriction. The paper filter might be, but I haven't had a chance to plug a high flow in there yet and try it out.

[darkkhild79]

Yep, just like a homemade CAI. I already have a cone filter on the intake, and removed the box filter and the resonator box when I put the cone on. But today I was looking at the res box and was wondering it it would still have any use to help draw in colder air if I was to cut out the bottom? Input to this? TIA

[accordaffair]

If you were to do that, yes you would be more vulnerable to sucking up water...I would suggest going the full route and getting a CAI with a bypass.