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Old 07-17-2009, 04:05 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Boxtaboy
No problem. The earlier model yrs. had this issue where people threw out their cigarette butts out their window, and then they ended up getting sucked into the air intake, so afterwards, Porsche changed the design and added that protruding lip.
Also, I noticed mine has a screen in front of the snorkel so the intake can't ingest anything very big like a cig butt. I think the screen is unique to the 03/04 models but I'm not sure.
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