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Old 02-04-2003, 05:11 PM
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cut a hole in the hood and stick that bitch out, drag racer style.
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Old 02-04-2003, 05:37 PM
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haha, just take hood off, weight reduction too
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Old 02-04-2003, 05:52 PM
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I want to put one in the cowl area of the windshield.



I dont see whats wrong with the stock location, look at it, it draw cool air

from the front of the car, there is a gasket on the hood to seal it off from the

engine compartment, Mazda spent alot of money to put it there, a $20 filter isnt going to be better, try a new air filter first and see if you notice improvement



The stock air filter draws air from the same place as the radiator, next thing you know people will be mounting thier radiators in front of the bumper thinking they can make a better mouse trap.
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Old 02-04-2003, 05:54 PM
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another pic: not as good as that first pic though
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Old 02-04-2003, 06:05 PM
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i played with the air box on my gsl-se and it makes very little difference. i am going to dyno the difference eventually.



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Old 02-04-2003, 06:38 PM
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clean engine bay rob... you should strip that **** off the hood. Doesnt it reduce cooling to the radiator to not have those air deflector plastic panels in there? I was going to take mine out for more air to the filter but not if its not worth it.
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Old 02-04-2003, 06:56 PM
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This is exactly what I did, got rid of the washer BS, and have custom piping from the MAF

down into the fenderwell. Works awesome.
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Old 02-04-2003, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by FCmaniac' date='Feb 4 2003, 07:38 PM
clean engine bay rob... you should strip that **** off the hood. Doesnt it reduce cooling to the radiator to not have those air deflector plastic panels in there? I was going to take mine out for more air to the filter but not if its not worth it.
first engine bay is my other vert, the one for sale.

Second engine bay is my vert.



You mean the insulation? I like it there, it serves a purpose- to try to keep heat off the black hood, at least I like to think so, lol



And the rubber things- without them there is too much of a gap, or are we talking about something else?

I tend to go for the stock look, it may not be such a valuable car, but its getting rare to see any at all, let alone the way it left the factory, clean and

original never goes out of style.
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Old 02-04-2003, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by my_jdm_rx7' date='Feb 4 2003, 07:56 PM
This is exactly what I did, got rid of the washer BS, and have custom piping from the MAF

down into the fenderwell. Works awesome.
Pics plz!
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Old 02-04-2003, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by FCmaniac' date='Feb 4 2003, 07:38 PM
clean engine bay rob... you should strip that **** off the hood. Doesnt it reduce cooling to the radiator to not have those air deflector plastic panels in there? I was going to take mine out for more air to the filter but not if its not worth it.
yes it does, Thats why they sell aftermarket cooling panels, too keep the better cooling and have it look much better.
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