The point of an open-element air filter is you get more surface area to draw in more air. The downside is that it sucks in all the hot engine air. With this, you still get the high-flow characteristics of the S&B filter but don't get any of the heat soak.

I am going to write up a how-to soon. But it only takes about an hour and $13.

Dan Parmelee
1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe
"I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms"
"Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"