Out with the old(relatively old) and in with the new...custom spectre intake....after two trips to the autoparts store(stupid employees), I put this together for about $50 including the filter

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For what its worth the new setup felt pretty good with the butt dyno..I chirped the tires easier than expected/normal. it might be because the old filter had 47,000 miles on it, and was pretty dirty. but the turbo and blow off are a little louder than when I had the plexiglass lid lift and no lid at all. This beats spending the $250 to $300 or more for an intake..as of now I have had no CEL after about 15-20 miles driving today.

 

Sweet. Glad it worked out. I pieced a kit together for our Mazda but the quality of they parts felt horrid. So I just figured I'd save for a better brand. But you can't beat that for 50 bucks!

 

I bought one $14 part I didn't need because of the stupid employee. spectre makes a somewhat universal MAF sensor pipe with a hole in it. It had quite a few makes that it would fit on the back of the package. but i asked the associate anyway. He said "these things are universal. they come with adapters for every make and model". the MAF sensor was 1/4" too big for the hole. I was gonna return it but I cut it up with a dremmel to try and make it work, and ended up making one from the stock airbox.

the parts are almost all plastic from spectre(which i just found out). only 1 thing they make is aluminum, and thats a 18" or so pipe with a 45 degree bend at the end... But this will do for now, until I get bored with it again

 

Ha that's funny. Same thing happened with the Mazda. Salesman said yea it should fit fine. Got home and..uhhh... No it will not work with the MAF. The setup of the spectre vs bigger brands is the same. Concept is the same. But I want something long term that will last several years. I don't think they will. But if your gunna change it again then yea you can't beat the price!