That's kind of why I'm curious about your project. The HKS looks pretty, but nothing more.

i basically had the drop ins with the maf tubes.all i did,was remove the boxes from the oem maf tubes,and added a 3" diameter free flowing filter with 2 inches of a 3" diameter thin aluminum pipe on each intake with a silicone reducer on each intake making sure there was a smooth transition of air and used the boxes as a brace and shield.the filters do not get hot so who knows lol.meh,so im not making power but it sure feels nice.sorry i made this thread.carry on :)

Man, too many guys dogging you every chance they get, I'd go get it dyno'd that way all this fuss over your idea and wether it works or not will be put to rest. S*** maybe you found the secret sauce other intakes are missing who knows.

I vote dyno it and we see whether it's a failure or success. I mean, if people are buying the ridiculously priced HKS without proper heat shielding (based on what others have said in this thread) and practically zero gains they should be excited about another alternative like this. Don't be saying "sorry I started this thread" over what these guys are saying until the numbers are in!

I'm not dogging his idea, I'm just a little skeptical at the resulting gains. Who knows, maybe the filters he's using lets in more air but isn't really "filtering" the air. This is probably given, but I hope the filters he's using aren't the cheap K&N knock-offs you see at autozone.

yep,its the spectre.i went with one of the bigger spectre filters when i had the fujita cai i had on another car when the fujita filter was done and felt more power with the spectre hence why i tried the smaller ones on this car.never had a problem with the other car and dont expect to have any problems on this car with these filters.

I see. Like I said, not trying to dog your mod, just looking out for you. You might not get any codes and it will seem to run fine, but that doesn't mean automatic, proper filtration. To be honest, I don't know a whole lot about that particluar brand. The only way to really know is to get your oil analysis done and see if its doing the job. Check out blackstone labs.

The only way this would be useful would be with stock and modded dynos performed same car, same dyno, under the same conditions. An after mod dyno only would tell you nothing about whether there were gains or not..