Guys, don't buy the Injen intake. After getting tired of seeing my e/t's stay up in the 15.5 area even with 2.2xx 60' times and r/ts as good as .544, I decided to work on the SVT a little. I took apart may injen intake and was surprised to notice that inner diameter for the MAF adapter plate was about 1.2 CM SMALLER than the inner diameter of the MAF!!! No wonder my car felt dead @ higher rpms!! Could very well be that the engine just cant get enough air up high, which could be the reason my E/T slows once I hit 3rd gear.
Solution? First I went to the auto parts store and bought a drop in K & N filter #0996. No it wasn't a direct fit, but I liked the inner diameter of the intake opening and I liked the long conical shape. I modified the base plate to fit into my stock air filter box. Then, using my trusty Dewalt drill I put about five 3/4 in holes in the air box near where it fits into the fender. I also but three 1 in holes on the bottom of the air box. Result? Poor man's heat shield. I shortened the aluminum intake pipe provided in the injen kit (just like the BAT pipe) by about 2 inches so everything could bolt together and fit in easily.
I also wanted to mount a cold air scoop in th e front bumber, but after taking out the black cover underneath the front clip and looking around, I determined that there just is no room to run large enough duct work to feed the intake. The space in the fender is really tight. IMHO If you could run duct work , it would have so many turns in it that it would slow down the air and kill any ram effect. My short term solution was to just take out the dirver's side black plastic trim plate that is next to the oil cooler in the lower grill. That will at least flood the fender area with cooler air at speed.
The car is stronger now...I will probably take it out to the dragway again this weekend to see if I can break into the 15.3 range.
