Originally Posted by Steve Hellums
Is it just me or does anybody else think people are ruining a work of art under the hood by removing the OEM air boxes and adding all these CAI tube's or pipe's? These cars already have CAI that can be improved a little and still keep it looking OEM under the hood. Man, I think the engine's are just butt ugly when people pull off the air boxes and add these aftermarket or home made tube's. One of the first things I thought when I opened the hood of a Crossfire was daym, that engine looks so cool. For a regular Xfire or an SRT6. I guess I'd better get my flame retardant suit out after submitting this.
It's not just you. I agree with you from an asthetics stand point. The factory Air-Boxes and Engine cover are very pretty. The only thing that makes them look better is to cut out the mesh part covering the supercharger and putting one SRT SIX's Engine plates on there.
As everyone knows, I have the NeedsWings Intake, and it isn't the most attractive setup I'll admit. The AMG engine with it's cloths off is a pretty ugly lump. However, I would rather have the performance in this case. The Intake itself looks very nice, and I have the Engine cover in place so it doesn't look too naked. For the power increase and SuperCharger sound, I had to do it.