Very sound advice LDUB...

I'll follow your regiment.

One suggestion for you Snow, is not replacing your filter with a High Flow Oiled intake. Or if you do, only run it in the summer.

Every one of my cars I put a high flow in would run like garbage on cold days.

And unless you want to keep up with cleaning your MAF, you'll end up tripping codes down the road.

Filters, unless you have forced induction, are very over rated (IMO) however they do sound, and look cool

I'm sure others will chime in with their experiences, as they pertain to the VX.

Just my 2 lincolns