Sawing of the air filter box

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

Hi, so i was wondering if sawing of the botton half of a stock air box with make any difference to my car what so ever? an i got one pre sawed and another one that is naromal, from a juck yard incase some thing bad happens, and im only doing for fun and an experiment, i will replace it with a cheap short ram i just ordered from amazon as soon as it comes in. could anyone tell me if this also a bad idea? and the filters is still on, as i read in one of the pass topic about some rich ricer kid that didnt put a filter on and got bashed.
and thank you guys,
(btw a lil about me i like learning thur fiddleing and reading off of forums and googleing, i am a 16yo highschool kid, so i might post stupid questions or cheap mods, and im paid for the car with two jobs, heching why i have to do CHeap mods...so injen,k&n, obx, aem etc are out of the question for me... ... please feel free use constuctive criticisum , so i may learn from it, and no bashin that dosent help anyone...)

[GreeKAvaLoN]

if i were you i'd keep all my stock parts. you never know if u ever want to sell the car put it all original. sawn up intake may not please a buyer. that was my plan when i started modding my car, now though, well now it's to the point of no return lol.

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

i always buy an extra of the stock parts before i ever mod anything. and that what my dad told me to , but so long as i dont destroy the car value and able to keep it in a decent running condition.

[SleeperSolara]

There's no point to sawin' the lower half of the intake box.
You'll be suckin' in hot air from the engine bay.
You can remove the snorkel to get more air to the air box, cause there's an openin' near the fender, and the snorkel routes the air from the headlight area, but if you take the snorkel off, you'll have more air space to pull into the intake.

[Dawgz]

U bought the wrong car to "budget" mod.

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

haha alrite thanks, well technically speakin could i just place a heat sheild in front of it???

[kingkakyle]

haha alrite thanks, well technically speakin could i just place a heat sheild in front of it???

then ur basically covering the hole again

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

Well like the gap to the left of the intake and place the sheild there. Not around or infornt of it.

[TheGreenDutch]

Try it but definitely use a heat shield or else its just sucking in hot air. Also maybe glue some wire mesh on the hole so you don't get any mice or cats or plastic bags sucked in...lol

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

Oki doki, and confused... how would a plastics bag get in if there's a filter still?? Do u mean the bag would fly in and just cover the filter?

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

OK, im back, so the intake came, fits just fine, i sanded it down and sprayed it to make it more heat resistance, and have a K&N cone filter on it, but the intake did not come with a heat sheild.... does anyone here know where i can good a pretty decent one? or a DIY guide or site?
thank you

[solara90]

you have the 1mz or 2az, i got a extra cold air intake for a 2az id sell to you for cheap

[BaoChikaBaoWoW]

1mz thanks tho, appreciate it