Nope.

First thing I thought is hotter whether, before I even read that you said that.


jason

 

Stop over thinking. Snorkles/silences are useless...worthless... they keep grandma's happy and young boys wanting more turbo whine. Doesn't affect performance. MAYBE air flows a bit more smoothly, but not enough to affect anything... including power.

jason

 

yah, I gotcha... when I said "power" I was refering to the "boost pressure". Unless you've advanced your timing or something a drop in boost will result in less power.

OK so... I think we agree: warm weather

jason

 

Check again...

You removed the Snorkus... do you have any cold ram air coming in? I'd guess not as much as before, especially if you've removed the front ram air housing.

 

Gaaah, it's not ram air. It's just an intake front part. There is just as much air in the fender as there is above the radiator where the air is normally pulled. If you look there is a small plastic part that covers the front part of the intake over the radiator. Even if you remove that plastic thing it wasn't designed as ram air. Why would you want to ram air into the turbo fan anyway. To gain even a slight amount of ram air pressure you'd have to be going like triple digits and even then it would be very little. Nothing like the amount of boost the turbo gives. Not only that, why would you put a ram air intake in front of all the twists and turns, silencer and airbox that both have holes in the bottom? There is no appreciable pressure from the stock intake. Removing the silencer just grabs air sooner with less silencing form the snorkus, possibly colder at idle (no air wash from the front radiator) with a little less restriction.