This weekend I FINALLY modded in my ram air. Been sitting on this one for about 3 years and forced myself to tear it down and set it up. Ran plumbing from the small ports in the front cladding, around the lower/front radiator support, back and up through the wheel well (under the inner well cover), and into the OEM airbox. And I will admit, the maiden voyage showed promise. At speed, that extra forced, cool air gave it some more "oomph".

The 2 things left to do:

- set up the plumbing to marry to the Tornado canister from Tone.

- Finish modding the CAI to be less of a hulking monstrosity.

(thanks again John for the Alpine hose)

In regards to induction/extraction, I would desperately love to find a way to pull some of that heat out of the engine bay. I am thinking of going back to my OEM hood insert now since I decided that I am not gonna port the hood to make the scoop functional (lets face it.... a hole in the hood with a scoop is hardly functional for any reason without solid air porting anyways). Our engine bay is pretty cramped and room for porting is minimal, so getting heat OUT is another problem altogether. And seriously, when you pop that hood after even just a short ride, peeking in will singe off your eyebrows.

I am ALWAYS down for sharing ideas on extraction .

Hey John, speaking of breather filters, how long is your plumbing? Considering it isnt married to the intake any longer, it must get a healthy dose of super heated air, like mine. Mine does since the plumbing is only about 5" off the valve cover. I have been considering extending that to locate the filter in a cooler but dry area but have come up short in finding a good location where cool and dry are hand in hand.

The VX is back in the laboratory, as you can see, heh.