10min. Boxster "de-snorkel" Hack!

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Postby Lefteris (Athens-Greece) » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:58 pm

daytrader wrote:What is this hack for? Explanation, please!


More bass sound more air on the filter more power!
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Postby CJ_Boxster » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:04 pm

That was the first hack i ever did to my Boxster and it made a huge difference, without it my intake noise would be alot quieter.
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Postby fu03steve » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:29 pm

im so going to do that... can you really tell a difference?
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Postby Lefteris (Athens-Greece) » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:33 pm

fu03steve wrote:im so going to do that... can you really tell a difference?


Yes but at the middle and high RPMs only!
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Postby fu03steve » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:37 pm

i guess i need to stop shifting then :D
is it hard to take it out? i never noticed the screw of the vent
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Postby Lefteris (Athens-Greece) » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:44 pm

fu03steve wrote:i guess i need to stop shifting then :D
is it hard to take it out? i never noticed the screw of the vent


Go for it my friend, it is as easy as it looks!
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Postby fu03steve » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:46 pm

ill do that and change the exhaust tomorrow... if its not raining...
is there other things i can do to make more performance or sound?
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Postby fornowh » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:27 pm

That is how I met Bizi. He did it for me, gave him a couple bucks.
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Postby fu03steve » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:32 pm

oh you have that done Romy?
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Postby fu03steve » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:33 pm

am i suppose to do it to both side or just the left side?
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Postby Lefteris (Athens-Greece) » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:06 am

fu03steve wrote:am i suppose to do it to both side or just the left side?


On the left side only, the right side is there to send air to the engine and it have nothing to do with the intake air filter!
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Postby fu03steve » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:20 pm

okay i got it!!
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Postby Jitters » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:09 pm

You guys are really Hacky...

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Postby FastForwardWheels » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:33 pm

Jitters wrote:You guys are really Hacky...

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I got an exhaust mod for you..... :mrgreen:

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Postby fu03steve » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:12 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock:
is that the legendary ROCKET SHIP style :LOL:

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Postby Lefteris (Athens-Greece) » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:36 pm

FastForwardWheels wrote:
Jitters wrote:You guys are really Hacky...

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I got an exhaust mod for you..... :mrgreen:

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