sweet idea

 

does the drop in intake filter make a noticeable difference in sound?

 

Nope. Sounds just like stock.

 

http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/i...urrent=167.jpg (click if it isn't showing)
just go to a Pep boys and ask them for airducts. The only hard part about the custom CAI is you need to build custom housing to hold the filter steady (use bushings or it will sqeek). I know it has ridges but if you know physics if yhe intake housing at the beggining is only 2 or so inches and the rigged airduct is 3 you are not loosing airflow. (i use to have a RRM SRI but i live in texas so i changed to a CAI.)

 

Couple things when making a custom FWI type intake with ducts (I have done it with an 04 GrandPrix GT2).

-YOu gotta have enough room in your fenderwell for your selected filter.
-The tubing is flexible, but there is a downside... it's turbulent, which depending on your intake setup and other factors may negatively impact performance.
-Obviously the tubing needs a pass through from the engine bay to the fender area (Forward or behind your wheel)... if you don't have a spot big enough you may have to cut, and given the engineering of these things for energy management in a crash that may not be entirely safe to do (maybe).
- Your MAF and any other sensors inline with your air intake need to be maintained and installed in a similar fashion/attitude as with the original intake.
- The more bends the more turbulent and less effective the airflow of the intake (though given the stocker and it's bends, probalby not a big deal).
- As with any FWI, hydrolock is an issue (drive through deep enough water, like a deep pothole or flooded street and suck water in to the engine).
- If there is a spot where your filter is going to get the dirties, it's in a FWI.

 

get a hydroshield. I have one. But yeah i had to do no cuts, just driling in the housing to hold the weight of the filter.