so if your looking to do something easy that makes a lil bit of a power difference and a sound difference get a panel filter like a K&N or AVO or whomever you want. Then you put it in the airbox and take off the ram air intake and bada bing bada boom done! Now when you hit the gas your intake makes a nice growl! And it seems the turbo spools faster and smoother. I like it so I think its a good cheap mod if you wanna do it.

 

awesome, whered ya get the intake from? and as far as taking off the ram air intake, what do u mean?

 

he means the snorkel and the intake silencer

 

so how does air get led to the intake box if you do that?

 

doesn't have to its just sucking up the air thats around it. Air gets replaced pretty quickly when theres a ton of it.

 

taking off the silencer and snorkle mean sucking in more dirt? or sucking in oil from the intake? wouldnt that be kinda bad? i heard on some turbo cars its a serious problem

 

more dirt?? well dirt is in front of ur car too... this is why u have a filter

sucking in oil from the intake??where from?

 

well reading stuff like this on forums

"The only issue that a person may have with this sort of filter is that it's slightly less effective as a filter when compared to most genuine OEM filters. OEM filters are typically 99 percent effective in removing dirt and other abrasive particles from the intake air. A K&N is around 90 percent. You might have read stuff in chat rooms about how K&Ns don't filter well and can ruin your engine. The truth is that they do filter slightly worse but probably not enough to make a difference unless you drive in a dusty, sandy environment all the time."

as for the oil. you suck it in from aftermarket ones like k&n. the oil thats on the filter to collect dirt. i heard either vw or another turbo model has issues with sucking in that oil from the filter to the turbo and causing a issue.

like i said this is just what i read up on

 

ok.. i thought u meant from the taking off of the silencer and snorkel lol

yes, the k&n filter can cause u to suck it oil, this is y u should just stick with a genuine subaru one..

 

makes sense to me!

 

The 08 doesn't have the silencer and snorkle. It's a new style intake.

 

yes it does i took mine out.

 

it is the same intake... y would this thread be here about the removal if it wasn't there lol

 

wow u took the words outta my mouth lol

 

ya.. great minds think alike... lol