Originally Posted by maxcichon
Thanks, bud! A/C off, top down!
I dropped the underhood intakes/cone filters like a ...hot rock!
I am now back to the stock airbox with K&N's. I'll next remove the little restrictor plates that feed through the radiator bulkhead and find a flexible coupler that actually works and can keep a minimum 2.75" diameter through.
I carefully measured the area of that little oval tube feeding through the bulkhead and found it to be only 3.975 square inches each while the intake tubes on the airbox are 4.713 square inches each (15%). They gotta' go!
Other folks have done this and now I see why.
Attached pic of insulation.
Max, at first it looked like you were grilling potatoes or chicken under there
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Sorry, couldn't help myself!
I was very surprised, too, when I first saw those wee little holes, with a flap, stuck through the radiator support. Thought to myself, well now I see why everyone is swapping out their intakes! Factory CAI or not, it's like trying to stuff a cow through your front door; you'll get it in there but it won't be easy nor efficient!