I decided to remove the metal intake pipe as it added no real benefit and potentially some deficit.

 

Where did you get that engine cover?!

 

eBay. It was a factory option. About £1200 originally. I paid about £300.

 

Nice! do you have the link still? Also, what other mods have you done to your car? any ECU or pulley upgrades?

 

I bought it last year, I doubt the ebay link will be valid.

No performance mods other than exhaust and cone air filters.

 

Have you had any issues, eg check engine with those pods on? I will be ordering the same intake but didn't think in removing the f/boxes! The sound is amazing on your car!

 

The ram air intake is not an easy install on the older cars because of the intake box design. The MAF sensor attaches to the air box and is not on a separate tube like it is on the newer cars.



Anyone know how I can modify to fit a ram air intake? I absolutely would love to hear the supercharger whine.

 

Funny you should ask, I've been working on an intake for the older MAFs that my car has.

These MAF adaptors pipes off eBay, combined with some M4x8mm screws, fit the older MAF sensors perfectly. And yes, the supercharger HOWLS with them on.

Next job is to fab up some heat shields and improve piping, along with additional Cold Air Feeds that I'm working on. I'd love it if someone could make a Carbon Fiber version of the Mina Gallery intake.

 

Nice, that was a good find. I guess there's always "something" out there that will work, just a matter of tracking it down. Where did the "Y" piece come from?

 

is the Y-Pipe I used. I'm considering getting it plus the MAF adaptors ceramic coated to try and reduce heat soak but ideally I'd like the whole pipe in carbon fiber.

 

Would these adaptors pair with the OEM left and right tubes or would I need fit custom tubing and Y pipe as well?

 

They're 3" - same as the OEM plastic intake - because the custom tubing/Y pipe was made to originally fit the factory air boxes - so yes, they'd fit fine.

Have to say though, I'm really not a fan of the OEM intake - it cracks over time, it has harmonic bends to specifically reduce induction and supercharger noise, and when I fitted the custom tubing I found a huge increase in low-down torque in the butt dyno at least. I just keep a new one as a spare for passing smog.

 

Appreciate your input Dave! That's a good point about the OEM intake. I am thinking of upgrading to the Mina intake, attaching the MAF adapters you listed, and pairing them with set a of universal filter.

 

You can also just cut and modify the factory air box. This is more work and irreversible, but free at least.

 

Nice work! I considered doing this, but didn't really fancy the plastic welding (?) required in your 4th pic but mainly because being in California I needed to retain the original airboxes to swap back every two years for smog visual inspection Spares can be had off eBay but they're generally more expensive than the MAF adaptors.

 

No plastic weld, those were just the edges from where the original air box top was on the now separate MAF's. Are you not allowed to run different air filters or boxes in California even if they are approved?

 

Not without CARB approval.

Not that I've seen anybody really follows this outside of smog tests, of course.

 

So essentially if you has the K&N cone filters that are C.A.R.B. approved you would be alright?

California is such a strange world to me, I do not understand that place.

 

I think the entire intake setup has to be CARB approved for the specific vehicle, but I haven't really taken the time to learn the ins and outs of it.

I mean, on the one hand, when I see the footage of the LA smog in the 90s, I absolutely understand why CARB exists and apparently has the authority it does. On the other hand, I fail to see why me fitting cone filters to my car is something they should be concerned about, or indeed why their laws strictly apply to what I can and can't do to a 2010 car that even when heavily modified is going to be much cleaner emissions-wise than cars from 20 years ago, but Old Man Buck down the road with his 1950s pickup can spew all manner of **** into the air without any kind of retribution.

 

Still under warranty for two more years, if anything goes wrong, I want the ability to revert back to stock before it goes to the dealer.