When I autocross, I have to drive through a field of taller than normal grass to park the car sometimes. Or if I visit somebody with a driveway that's two rows of gravel with grass down the middle... That's all.

I've only taken it to the fishing hole once. Never again.

And as far as the SSRA, I would always leave out the rubber strip that blocks the stock inlet unless you were going to the dragstrip. IMHO you could just put the same strip in a car with FRA and get the same amount of ram air effect. You will never see any gain from this mod on the dyno. However, I have no doubt that it does free up the path of air coming into the intake allowing a cooler, less restricted flow of air to the intake. Next time I go to the drag strip I think I'll make a plate to seal off the FRA mod and alternate runs with it on and off to see if there is any difference at higher speeds. Don't hold your breath though. I never go to the track. But colder weather is here, so you never know.

 

No slam intended, but I'd like to disagree on this one.

I A-tapped my car at the track this fall trying to troubleshoot something. I noticed that with the free ram air mod, I was sitting at the staging lane with 65deg F ambient air, and the IAT was seeing 142deg F (imagine what that difference means in terms of spark advance/detonation). As someone said, at a roll with a sealed airbox you would see some gains, but at a dead stop, that's another story.

Needless to say after that, I upgraded to the WS-6 lower airbox, and used single sided 1/2" foam sealing tape and sealed the connection between my airbox and aftermarked ram air hood. IAT temps are almost a match to ambient temps now.

Just my 2 cents, but that's what you asked for.

 

Well, after reading everyone's opinions on this, it doesn't sound like it's worth it. I kind of figured that the gains would be very minimal from removing that small piece of plastic anyway. It also rains a lot here in FL during the summer and I don't want to take the chance of getting any water in my engine.

Thanks again for the input guys.