I broke a latch on my airbox

[BehindBlueI's]

Originally Posted by ZOOMSS

I went through three airboxes on mine because the tabs and inserts kept breaking off, surprised yours lasted this long. After the last one broke I bought a R2C intake with their black hex filter and called it a day.

On a side note the R2C gave me a 3mpg jump in fuel economy.

You'd think if it legitimately boosted FE numbers by 3mpg GM would go with that design given CAFE fleet standards. What's the downside? I see the website talking about the sound, but there's no real description.

[J Rod]

Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's

Indy. That's very nice of you. If I can't find something local and can resist the allure of duct tape, I'll get in touch with you. We've not been to Ft. Wayne in a while anyway and I'd not mind an excuse to visit the Hoppy Gnome again.

I love that place, was actually planning on going again this Sat.

[ZOOMSS]

Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's

You'd think if it legitimately boosted FE numbers by 3mpg GM would go with that design given CAFE fleet standards. What's the downside? I see the website talking about the sound, but there's no real description.

Yeah but that would you know, make sense. I was pleasantly surprised by it myself. But yeah the intake itself is pretty novel in design, its a rather large polymer rectangle-y tube ending with a velocity/accelerator cone and massive dry filter, and it does definitely change the engine note. The stock the car to me has kind of a raspy throaty growl under acceleration while with the R2C its a much deeper purr.

This isn't my car in the vid but it give you a good idea of how it sounds in person,

[JJPlace1]

Plastic tie worked great on mine !

[mike12345]

Yeah douchers at the garage did that to mine, I took it in for oil changes earlier on they broke it off. I bought a new one. The box is easy to replace a few bolts.