I recently purchased a 996tt that I knew had some mods, but the previuos owner didn't know much about them. So I finally had the car up on a lift today and it was like Christmas! I discovered that, in addition to the ECU flash I already knew about, I have a full Milltek header/cat/exhaust setup and Bilstein pss9 coil overs! I know that I should have had a PPI, but there were many reasons that it didn't happen. Anyway, at least the surprises were pleasant ones.

Here's where I could use some help. With such a good exhaust it seems silly that the car is drinking through a straw with the stock intake. I've looked around and read through many threads but I'm looking for some additional advice for a relatively easy DIY project to open up the intake. The fabspeed intake looks like it would help things quite a bit to start. I'm not ready to do a massive overhaul of the intake for many reasons, not the least of which is the cost.

Any suggestions?

 

Evoms' unit is now half the price it used to be and a proven piece. You'll still have to drop the motor a little to get this changed out.

 

what do yo mean by intake? airbox?

 

Airbox and any other easy replacements that will allow the car to breath easier.

 

skip on the airbox...

 

+1 to Ari. With stock K16's there is no gain to be had in changing the airbox.

Spend your money on track time.

 

replace the filter with a K&N panel for now (but check that there's not already one in there first, red filter material color, think the stock one was yellowish)

 

beware of an oiled filter it can get have a neg affect on your maf

 

Oops, I thought you meant air intake down to the turbos when you said "sucking through a straw".

 

It does have the K&N filter installed. It sounds like there isn't much of a reason to do anything else for now. The stock turbos get all of the air they need through the stock air box?

 

If you over-oil it...
Is there a better than stock filter available that you don't oil? I'd keep the stock airbox.

JH

 

Kevin at UMW, a/k/a Yoda of the Turbo, recommends stock air filter. I switched back to that after I installed Kevin's Stage 2A kit.