That's pretty nasty, how long did it take to get like that?Here's a picture of the air filter after one year. Car came from the San Diego area. The filter was almost plugged with debris from the road. I removed the tube from the air dam and then replaced the K&N filter with a WIX paper filter as the MAF and inlet tube to the turbo also had dirt in it. View attachment 339739
I understand it's a restriction on faster cars but seems like a decent way of bringing in ambient air to a 12 sec non alky carRam air systems don't work well on turbo cars because its the turbo that does the actual ramming , so everything else leading up to the turbo is more or less a restriction , the only benefit is it may pull up some cold air but its being compressed and heated up by the turbo anyway.
as for the kenne bell it had a tube connected to the air dam that led to an enclosed filter routed behind the headlight then into a too small tube to the turbo inlet. don't remember a passenger side air duct but if their were it would make the spool-up even worse.
The owner said it was in the car for just over a year. Not sure about the mileage on it.That's pretty nasty, how long did it take to get like that?
Thanks guys for all your replys..
Does the air dam scoop connect to the stock intercooler scoop?