Don't go too low
Hello all,
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of exhibiting my 2002 Coupe at the Celebration Exotic Car Show, which is just outside of Orlando. As an aside, I called in advance asking whether I should bring the car or not. They emphatically encouraged me to exhibit, as at that time there were no other coupes registered. Public interest in the car was high, as there were only two coupes exhibiting, and considering the relative exclusivity of the car. People really like to see these cars. It was alot of fun.
Anyway, back to the topic of the thread. The other coupe was highly modified, with cold air, nitrous, over-the-top stereo and LCD displays, etc. The owner also manufactured his own cold air intake, and positioned the filter at about the same height as the original filter was in the airbox. He warned me that he can't drive in the rain-not just in standing water-as when he did the "check engine" light would come on and the engine would backfire! The moral of the story being you can't have the filter directly behind the airway in the front bumper cover.
Thinking more about this, isn't the stock system pretty close to "cold air?" You can actually see the stock filter behind the bumper cut out, where it must get "rammed" with air. It is protected only by a vertical spoiler of sorts and the fact that it sits back a bit. It isn't "in line" as so many factory systems are, but rather is at the end of a long pipe, like so many aftermarket cold-air kits. The only difference is that the filter is surrounded by an oversized box. Just wondering.
