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As promised, I snapped some underhood pics. I am pretty shocked to see how restrictive the intake side is considering how the exhaust looks. Aside from the obvious cats, resonator, and gigantic muffler, the exaust doesn't really have any choke points. The intake side of things, however, have MANY bottlenecks. The air box intake is REALLY restricted, and the filter itself does NOT look like something that should be on a 325hp twin turbo engine. Much could be gained from a decent CAI. It doesn't stop there tho. The pipes after the air box are pinched, kinked, and all over the place. Honestly, if I were the engineer responsible for the intake side of this engine, I would be embarrassed of this mess. There is NO WAY this is the most efficient way they could design this.
Pic 7 shows one of the BOVs, but I could not find the other one to save my life. I think I may need to crawl underneath and peel the aero covers off to get at that one. Vent to atmosphere will probably be my first mod to this car, assuming I can find the other BOV.
The last pic shows a cooler, which I assume is for engine or transmission oil. The other side is blocked off. A good place for another cooler in the future for whichever one the other side isn't, perhaps.
I think my front plate needs to get moved to the side. It blocks a good bit of the intercooler, which obviously isn't helping anything.
Enjoy!
Pic 7 shows one of the BOVs, but I could not find the other one to save my life. I think I may need to crawl underneath and peel the aero covers off to get at that one. Vent to atmosphere will probably be my first mod to this car, assuming I can find the other BOV.
The last pic shows a cooler, which I assume is for engine or transmission oil. The other side is blocked off. A good place for another cooler in the future for whichever one the other side isn't, perhaps.
I think my front plate needs to get moved to the side. It blocks a good bit of the intercooler, which obviously isn't helping anything.
Enjoy!
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