Originally Posted by LOU@AMPLIFIED

thank you for the pictures ^^^. I really like mine on my G37.

TAKEDA explained as to why they decided to make a small sheild instead of the full heat shield.

The heat generated by the radiator hose next to the intake on the passenger side was where the heat soak was coming from when they were testing and doing dyno runs. Only the passenger side was getting heat soak so they decided to make a small shield to minimize the heat and sure enough, after that cover they saw better gains while doing the dyno

I also did some of my own testing. I have the magden computer on my car and i was testing the AIR INTAKE TEMPS while driving to san diego. The air intake was typically 20 deg hotter than outside temp just like the stock air box on cruising speed. Once i stepped on the throttle, the air intake dropped 10 deg within seconds.

Here's some pictures of the TAKEDA installed on my G