Cutting a hole in the airbox

[s2munckton]

Hi All,
Was just reading over some posts at ozaudi forums and discovered this one.

http://www.ozaudi.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=11172&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

What do you all think about this?

Rich

[Greg_S]

not sure its a good idea, may be better to make the intake trumpet more like the RS2 design

[Rusty]

I've gone one step further and taken the whole front off, crude but effective IMHO. Seems to get a real mixed reaction but I like it, it sounds great and the car runs fine with it so I can't see any reason not to do it, although others disagree!

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20295&highlight=AIRBOX

[pixsaudisex2]

see ive also taken my k and n of thinking that it suffers with heat soak to much as well but i was thinking about making the duct from behind the headlight come across the front of the grill more.

[Rusty]

Because I'm not running the aux. radiator, I've stretched the standard plastic duct over about 2" and cable-tied it to the aux. mounting hole.

[hiltoa]

I've always drilled the airbox of all the cars I've owned (where possible).
As long as you plan it carefully so the holes are away from hot engine air, it's a good way of making the car sound more throaty.
Whether it gives any more power is debatable, but I've always felt that throttle response has been improved, which for a free mod, is a result!