WWWeeeHHaaaa!!

I cut out the stock air box and moved the MAF sensor close to the throttle body & plugged a K&N cone filter on the MAF.

I have NEVER had this much of a performance difference for a measley $25!!

The engine pulls lustily and sounds great as the revs climb over 3K.

 

I did this too last week, but with a Magnaflow filter. Very nice.
More power? I don't know. But throttle response is a lot better,
the sound is sweet, and it seems to get less choked up at 4500+ RPM's.

But now I think I'm going to have to buy a cheap short ram kit off E-bay.
Why? Because after installing the Magneflow, the temp sensor? wire
is just hanging in the engine bay, and someone said this is bad.

I guess I should buy the cool looking tubing and cheap filter off e-bay
for 35 dollars, because that tubing has a place to plug in this wire.

Am I crazy? Or how else would you just install a POP style filter with
this wire? BTW I haven't noticed any adverse effects but now that
I see that wire does have a purpose.....

 

you lost me lol what exactualy did you do? and what year pro do you have?

 

I have an 2002.5 P5

Uh, it's not hard to imagine. I used a utility knife on the rubber hose from the throttle body-to-MAF at the air box. I cut it just where the 'expandable' section starts.

I unbolted the MAF from the air box and pushed it into the hose & clamped it. i moved the wire bundle and connector to re-attach it. I let the air temp sensor from the air box dangle next to the filter and secured it. I then slid the K&N cone filter on to the MAF sensor.

Fancy? No.
Show worthy? Probably not.

Effective? Yes (IMHO).
Inexpensive? Yes.


I drove through serious rain/flooding conditions last night - no problum, mon!

No CEL.

I be

 

so you pretty much took the pipe out totaly? an hooked the filter onto your throttle body??

 

Nonononononono....

There is a black rubber hose coming from the throttle body and connecting with the MAF at the airbox. I *shortened* it and re-attached the MAF (now _closer_ to the throttle body) and then put a cone filter directly on the MAF.

You must have a MAF for the fuel injection to work properly.

'k?

 

ahhhhhhhhhhhh oh it was just hard for me to picture it thats all. lol and you say it feels better?

 

Yes.

Also, the temp sensor *in* the air box is to sense the air temp of the incoming air which is different from engine bay temp. With the cone filter, engine bay temp *is* my air inlet temp. No further mods needed.

I will take the money i saved and buy an MPV intermitant wiper stalk and THROUGH THE CHEAP POC THAT CAME WITH THE CAR OUT THE WINDOW!!

'whew'.

Good rant, tho' eh?

 

I bought that cheap intake kit from eBay. It's decent, but has a few issues. Securing the intake with the provided straps is not easy - if someone has a definite method, please let me know! I did get it secured, but it required a lot of bending and modifying of the straps.

I also have to adjust it so that it does not hit the master cylider and cause vibration in the brakes. I've got it pretty good - but upon takeoff, it does give one or two little pops, and it's annoying. I might have to trim the pipe where it clamps to the throttle body to get it to fit properly.

Other than that, it's a decent kit - and well worth the $40 considering other intakes are $200+

~HH