Nice find! IIRC, there was a Cobb write up on their forums that mentioned the fact that they were developing an airbox that took advantage of an unutilized air duct and it seems pretty likely that this is it. I suspect that pressurizing the stock air box via ram air will yield some modest but real gains.
DIY CAI mod.....well, cooler air anyway....or maybe Ram air intake mod :)
so while I had the front bumper off putting in the HIDs, I notice this little piece of plastic plugging an opening near the grill.
so I take a screwdriver and it pops right out revealing a pass-thru that's located nearly in front of the stock airbox.
so I wonder about that plastic lid with a piece of foam that's nearly choking off the stock air box's inlet side duct.
so I take the screwdriver and quickly remove it for shits & grins. okay now its wide open and can feed off that grill opening.
sure, I suppose some leaves, paper or debris might get sucked down into the airbox. who cares...its got a panel filter inside.
I realize its kinda silly and is probably worth 1.5 to maybe 2 horsepower gain......but hey its a mod.....right!
thinking about getting some mesh screen and fitting a piece over the top of the inlet tube to stop major sized crap from entering.
and sure, when you put the grill deflectors back on that feed the TMIC scoop, the one on that side covers up the opening.
but it can still get air from the lower grill opening and it's got to allow a bit more cooler ambient air to feed into the air box.
what the hell......it doesn't get any cheaper than FREE!!! :klavergreg:
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so I take a screwdriver and it pops right out revealing a pass-thru that's located nearly in front of the stock airbox.
so I wonder about that plastic lid with a piece of foam that's nearly choking off the stock air box's inlet side duct.
so I take the screwdriver and quickly remove it for shits & grins. okay now its wide open and can feed off that grill opening.
sure, I suppose some leaves, paper or debris might get sucked down into the airbox. who cares...its got a panel filter inside.
I realize its kinda silly and is probably worth 1.5 to maybe 2 horsepower gain......but hey its a mod.....right!
thinking about getting some mesh screen and fitting a piece over the top of the inlet tube to stop major sized crap from entering.
and sure, when you put the grill deflectors back on that feed the TMIC scoop, the one on that side covers up the opening.
but it can still get air from the lower grill opening and it's got to allow a bit more cooler ambient air to feed into the air box.
what the hell......it doesn't get any cheaper than FREE!!! :klavergreg:
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just did this mod yesterday morning wow lol well not really wow but its simple/free and potentially a win for us if colder air is being drawn in + took 2 secs to do 
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