Anyone have the write up for the DIY air filter mod. I have a 2.8 if that watters. I looked on AW but didnt see it. I want to do it tomorrow when i change my oil and oput my new K&N filter in and install my smoked sidemarkers. I will post picks of those and results of teh DIY air box mod.

 

audiboy posted one in the DIY section of this forum...there's also this one...

http://www.europeanspeed.com/stage2.htm

 

i found this one after going thru my favorites but i find it a little hard to follow. I want 1 that is step by step.

 

i dont have any cutting tools and i have a 2.8 so i think my air box is different. I thought it was plastic. Damn

 

honestly, if you take your airbox out, you should be able to tell which parts are restricting your air and which parts are unnecessary just by looking at it, i'm pretty sure that's what audiboy did for his

 

whats should i use to cut it? Is this something i should go buy?

 

a dremel with a cutting wheel...if you don't have a dremel, you can buy one almost anywhere for fairly cheap...but don't get an imitation, only Dremel brand...and you'll probably go through at least a couple cutting wheels, they come in packs of 20-30

 

Like bent said, i went in twice and cut till i figured out what was doing most resticting, and keeping the most heat out. So apg, dont make big holes in ur airbox thats closest to the engine, becuase u will draw in more hot air. On my 1.8t, i focused on the bottom with the biggest hole, (its basically open) and i dont run a skidplate, so im tying to suck air up through, and then more cutting for air to come up near the fender, i cut mine up big time, works really well.

 

did u do that thing when u move the foam around to block the heat?
The thing im worried about is since i have to buy the tool my dad will figure out hat im gonna do (and the sound when i do it) so i think he will flip out on me. Hmm. He jsut not a car guy liek i am. He doesnt get it.

 

Your dad? Get him to help you, it could be a family thing. "Hey dad, lets go cut up my air box" LOL. Audiboys way is good & your airbox will be plastic too. Look in the DIY