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Old 01-01-2008, 12:38 PM   #1
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Old 01-02-2008, 07:10 AM   #2
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That's a great lookin' car!

As far as people's MAF's getting screwy, 99.9% of the time it's because they're using a K&N style filter (reusable by cleaning and oiling) and over-oiling the filter when they recharge it. This causes the excess oil to get sucked down the intake and foul up the MAF. If you just lightly oil the filter (it doesn't need much at all to work properly), then you shouldn't run into any problems.
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Old 01-04-2008, 07:27 PM   #3
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Old 01-05-2008, 12:54 PM   #4
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I have to admit black is the best looking color when clean. I think it would look sharp if you had the rollbars painted black to match the car.
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Old 01-06-2008, 12:20 AM   #5
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I have to admit black is the best looking color when clean. I think it would look sharp if you had the rollbars painted black to match the car.
Thanks! Actually, the roll bars are painted the aluminum look as an option to match the aluminum look rear center console and the aluminum/carbon fiber handbrake and gear shift selector. I will post other pictures to show the whole effect.

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Old 01-18-2008, 05:15 AM   #6
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That's a great lookin' car!

As far as people's MAF's getting screwy, 99.9% of the time it's because they're using a K&N style filter (reusable by cleaning and oiling) and over-oiling the filter when they recharge it. This causes the excess oil to get sucked down the intake and foul up the MAF. If you just lightly oil the filter (it doesn't need much at all to work properly), then you shouldn't run into any problems.

I will agree that this is most likely the case. Had the same issue with my s4 which ceased once i switched to a dry filter.
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Old 01-19-2008, 03:35 AM   #7
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I went with the TTP intake and agree with all that the aftermarket intakes sound great. Dont know if there was any increase in HP as I did not do a dyno run with only a change in intake. Even though it sounds faster, I suspect there was little or no change in performance with the mod. One thing that does really impress me is how quickly the oiled air filter gets black with brake dust from the front brakes. I would guess that only 500 miles or so, a cleaned, freshly oiled filter is pretty black. I cannt imagine that is just from the road, so I figure if must be from the brakes. Has anyone else checked their oil-based air filters after 500 miles or so?

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