anything stock is "s h @#$"
dont get me wrong , the stock intake box is good , but give the engine an aftermarket intake and you can feel the difference

 

depends if you want a woosh sound when you let off the throttle while on boost or not

 

I took off the stock airbox with my K&N drop in filter and you could hear the stock bov pretty loud.

 

^ Yeah thats true, I tried it at the 1/4 track and I ran slower times when I took the stock top off.

 

if you want to get more out of your aftermarket short ram, you need to take the under tray out.

stockers are restrictive because of the filter element. that's all. the box itself is designed well, but what ARC is doing is making the airbox bigger so it could hold more air inside the box. Also, it uses less restrictive filter elements.

thus, creating better intake induction with lesser restriction, and this makes car go faster, throughout the powerband, unlike the short ram design, which is good for high end hp.

 

just in air filter yeah, you throw an itake tube on there youll lose power, unless you have some kind of engine mang.

 

I love this intake but once I get my xede, and my wideband and egt probes installed I dont think I can handle tweeking it with the intake from what the other tuners experienced. Ill just stick to the stocker with drop-in unless there is something designed just like it without any maf issues.

 

 

Sorry to bump up and old thread (i did a search)......but does anyone know if the ARC airbox fits with an OPTIMA D34 battery?

Im thinking of getting both for my IX.


Cheers,
T

 

the stocker is a good unit...

i wish i could put mine back on... but i broke my tabs and i'm also considering going to a blow through maf setup with ecu+ :\.

 

if the optima can fit with the stock airbox, then yes it will

 

Does it affect performance when it get hot?
somebody told me its get hot when you stop with engine on