first mod, 30$ish shortram

[tecton]

this is a xrs/gt short ram that fits anywayshere is a sound clip of 0-80 from inside the carhttp://webpages.charter.net/te...e.mp3thats inside the car, windows upsound normal?anyways, you cant pick it up in the video without the windows down and the camera just gets winded but there is this neat little hissing sound right around 5k and up...its really cooldefinately feel an increase in powerwas a pain in the (removed) to get the airbox out, thanks in part to rusty nuts/bolts/screwsbut my expirence with rust plus some cursing made short work of themhmmmadvice for anyone who does this in the future?put the filter on the pipe first, connect the MAF and the 1 hose to it FIRSTthen try to connect it to the throttle body.....i had to unscrew the leg and pull it out twice ( i was excited and not thinking clearly)anywho....offically not 100% stockim happyhttp://search.ebay.com/vibe-in...ojsZ1thats where i got it

[ToolGuy]

Hey sounds and looks good! They can be a pain but worth it! Those sounds you hear are the engine "breathing" and normal. All that stock air box duct work eliminates that and that is one reason why it is there. Such a great driver you are too and used your turn signals before mashing the gas!

[tecton]

lolstaying legalyeah it was a pain....started out alright, but it was dark, and im really tall so by the end of the install im trying to find creative ways of laying on the car while im working on it to spare my back

[NUBlackshirts]

Cursing usually seems to help me on car maintenance issues too.

[Psychobroker]

Sounds good

[vibe-04]

I'm thinking about doing somthing similar to the short ram but have it easily removed to switch from summer (short ram) to winter (regualr box). I haven't spent the time to investigate but do you think there is a way?

[drunkenmaxx]

if you have a short ram, there really is no need to switch!

[vibe-04]

The reason is gas milage.On my old Bronco II, I had a K&N cone on an intake tube from the front of the grill. Great power in summer but my gas milage would drop like a stone in the winter. I was "told" by someone that the colder dense air in winter (-25 C) would screw up the sensor giving false readings and mucking up the the fuel mix. So I would switch back to the box in winter and everything was better (lots of room under the hood). Now, this could be result of me not hammering the gas as in summer or the result of less air overall from the restricted box. Either way, I'm going to add a modified intake this spring, I'm just looking for input on the best way to do it.Thanks

[Turbo5Speed]

From the physics point of view, colder matter is denser matter. So with colder air (Taken from a cold air intake, rather than the hotter air of the engine bay) you recieve more oxygen per area than otherwise. More oxygen is half of the recipe to combustion, the other half? More fuel. So Colder air = Denser air = a higher Oa = increase in gasoline usage.The same fundamental is why intercoolers are so darn important in forced induction vehicles.