ISFlight

I read the thread about this mod. There are two ways to do this, the first one is the rubber cap off on the cylinoid, and the other is to electronically disconnect it. I only see one connector on the cylinoid. I read that another member unplugged the wrong one causing check engine light and etc. Curious if there are two connectors or maybe somebody can post a picture of the correct plug to disconnect. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Juanca

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Pics are in the same thread that you read. I believe Supraman is the member who posted the pics. In my experience, and some others, this mod didn't help, all the opposite, my times got worse.

SCCAForums

Don't do it... I tested as well...
Pros: Sounds cool
Cons: Car is actually slower... bottom end suffers

Enjoy,

ShadowISF

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If you do a search, you will find out that this mod wouldn't make your car faster.

You should keep the secondary intake anyway. The car sounds like a TIGER when it ROARS!

SCCAForums

Really? So can you show some of these 'search' posts stating this... from what i've seen in the past year... from at least 2 people that actually did the mod at the track... the car slowed down.

It sounds great... but Bottom end clearly suffers, it was painfully obvious at the drag strip.

To each his own though.
Dave

Juanca

iTrader: (5)

^^^
Correct, I was one of them. At the 1/8 mile I lost 2mph in my trap speed, consistently. There are even dyno charts showing the power loss with the DIY intake mod. Please show us those posts stating that the car gets faster, I'm curious.

ShadowISF

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LOL, what a typo...

I meant the MOD won't make your car faster!

SCCAForums

LOL... you wrote what we 'wished' though.

ISFlight

Thanks for the heads up, Joe Z sent me a message informing me to leave it alone. I was originally interested in this mod after reading the post with multiple dyno charts using aftermarket intakes, DIY Mod, and Stock. -Bryan B

digger08

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My car has this intake modified by the previous owner.

Out of interest I was running a diagnostic on my vehicle tonight with the engine running and parked.

My intake was showing air temperature entering at 145 degrees. The vehicle was at operating temperature. This seems significantly high.

Essentially.. as you would suspect, the open intake is sucking up all of the air in the engine compartment when the vehicle is not in motion. With the vehicle in motion, I'm sure the air would cool down or exchange itself cooler and quicker.

I closed the intake manually and in less than two minutes the intake air temperature dropped by 25 degrees as it only sucked fresh air through the snorkel or primary fresh air intake.

While not a very scientific method of measurement. Hot/dirty air in the combustion chamber is going to lead to sluggish results.

I will be changing this back to normal operation.

Digger08

Juanca

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My deduction is that you're missing a big plastic cover in your engine compartment as you wouldn't be able to close the 2nd intake port with it installed. This cover forces the 2nd stage to breath from the wheel well.

digger08

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^^^^^That's correct.

ISFlight

Thanks for the info, kinda bummed we don't have the aftermarket support like the Bimmers and Mercs, so many different tuners to choose from.