I built out an SRI the other day just to see what affect it would have on the car. Of course it felt better when the air was colder but once the engine bay was saturated the car was a limp dog (expected).
Over all the car felt snappier with the SRI on (and not heat soaked). I'm sure it will show gains on the dyno but I bet it will increase lap times.
So I put the stock box back on after looking for a way to move the filter to the bumper. Doesn't seem to be a way for the 2014 without permanently removing the washer fluid reservoir which I don't want to do.
Anyway, I started looking at the stock air box and it actually seems really good. It might not be a smooth straight tube, but it can carry some volume. I would even suggest more so than an SRI (I have nothing to back that up).
But I drove around for a while and I can tell that I'm back at the stock air box. Not as snappy on the throttle and obviously not as loud, but I'd rather have performance over noise.
So I started looking at ways to improve the stock air box. I noticed that right where the intake is by the front of the hood, there is a shroud. This shroud has a few tiny slots cut into it. How the hell is any air supposed to get in there? To make it worse, each slot has a louver on the bottom pointing toward the radiator which would, in my opinion, restrict it even further.
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So I removed that thing. It wasn't terribly hard. Just take out all of the plastic rivets, lift the shroud from the back and pull up the tabs on the front fender. Look in from the back and there are 6 screws. Remove those then just use a flat head to lift the snaps front the front. It's not too hard.
Anyway, here is the end result
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First drive felt snappy just like the SRI did. It didn't feel like stock box anymore.
I'm interested in thoughts and opinions, especially airflow dynamics and to hear results from others who try it.
Note: This won't add anything on the dyno of course, but the dyno isn't everything.
Over all the car felt snappier with the SRI on (and not heat soaked). I'm sure it will show gains on the dyno but I bet it will increase lap times.
So I put the stock box back on after looking for a way to move the filter to the bumper. Doesn't seem to be a way for the 2014 without permanently removing the washer fluid reservoir which I don't want to do.
Anyway, I started looking at the stock air box and it actually seems really good. It might not be a smooth straight tube, but it can carry some volume. I would even suggest more so than an SRI (I have nothing to back that up).
But I drove around for a while and I can tell that I'm back at the stock air box. Not as snappy on the throttle and obviously not as loud, but I'd rather have performance over noise.
So I started looking at ways to improve the stock air box. I noticed that right where the intake is by the front of the hood, there is a shroud. This shroud has a few tiny slots cut into it. How the hell is any air supposed to get in there? To make it worse, each slot has a louver on the bottom pointing toward the radiator which would, in my opinion, restrict it even further.
So I removed that thing. It wasn't terribly hard. Just take out all of the plastic rivets, lift the shroud from the back and pull up the tabs on the front fender. Look in from the back and there are 6 screws. Remove those then just use a flat head to lift the snaps front the front. It's not too hard.
Anyway, here is the end result
First drive felt snappy just like the SRI did. It didn't feel like stock box anymore.
I'm interested in thoughts and opinions, especially airflow dynamics and to hear results from others who try it.
Note: This won't add anything on the dyno of course, but the dyno isn't everything.
