You think our induction systems look bad.....check out the underside of a '98 and up SS hood. It has two ducts that have
to route the air back around to the front of the hood, then
pass through some rather small inlets. They should have
used SLP's Ultra Z hood. It might not be the prettiest, but
it at least has a more direct route to the airbox.

 

You sure about that?

 

Yea getting on the ground and removing a cone filter is SOO hard to do...let's not forget that the entire airbox was removed in order to fit the K&N cai, which means that the filter is easily accessible DIRECTLY behind the air dam...

 

maybe im not understanding this correctly, but it sounds like youre being a smartass about this.....i just feel it would be much easier to pop open the hood, remove the filter above the intake, clean it and replace, instead of getting underneath the car, pulling off the splash guard, loosening the clamp on the filter, and putting it all back together....

 

smartass is one way of putting it

 

I've had both systems. My old SS box was cracked and worn so I replaced it with a K&N cold air. Yeah sure the filter is harder to get at and clean. But honestly how many times can you clean a filter a year? And I do believe the SS one has very little ram air effect. Most of the air flows over the scoop as I'm told. And once again yeah sure, so maybe it's getting colder air from the outside, but it sits right on the intake, and I must say that sucker gets pretty hot, pretty fast. So any cold air I think just gets heated anyways. When I felt my K&N after installing it, the plastic was actualy cold! Thats what convinced me it's better. And about only getting air through 6 little slits in the guard, just cut a whole and put a scoop. A lot of people will say "no your going to risk getting water in" but unless you're driving through a puddle (as in the front of your car is under water) then water isn't going to be a problem. Just my experiences...

Trevor

 

alright then smartass, explain what your point was in the first post???