well my intake was looking pretty ghetto, mostly cause it was held together with duct tape, i decided to make it less ghetto looking, but i didnt wanna spend any money, so i gutted the stock air box and cut off a good portion of the front half so my intake could fit in it (cant see that once its installed), now it looks stock but the cone intake is inside, i would take a pic, but it'll just look stock

but then i wonder, is a clean looking intake better than an ugly one that was designed for maximum efficiency? i mean, aside from the itnake my car is basicly stock so even without a special airbox the cone filter is still delivering more than enough airflow right?

I prefer a little bit of asthetics over functionality. For example I would never use a setup like 1993SLE'*, as I think as it looks ugly as sin. I guess you just have to decide if you need every ounce of performance to be gained. Frankly, I doubt the difference is noticable on all but the hottest days.

while i agree that it looks 'different' its one of the most effictive on the club for a CAI....

functionality over fashion

Oh don't get me wrong, in no way am I knocking your choice, just saying it'* not a choice I would make for my car. I'm not questioning its effectiveness at all.

oh its cool bro.....i knew you wern't hatin....everyone has there own choice as long as its effective....it works

well my question was would there be a significant or even noticable difference in an otherwise stock car? the intake i made (i still have the parts and could use it at any time) was ugly as sin but i know it worked great, gutting the stock airbox and putting the cone inside im sure it works well enoguh but i doubt as good as a custom airbox, but at the level my car is at would it even matter?

Well I'm not 100% sure as I didn't get to see your old intake. Was it a cone-style "CAI"? Or just a modified box?

well in stock condition the PCM is upright in a tray, i fabricated a tray so it could lay down and the intake was above it, and then i made a lexan shield that spanned from the radiator to the back of the washer fluid bottle with the exception of a hole for the intake pipe to go thru, then i i covered the lexan sheild with an adhesive aluminum sheet on both sides, and put it in, i seald the edges with duct tape and weather stripping, and made a cover with another lexan sheet given the same treatment and again sealed with ducttape and weather stripping, it basicly looked like that side of the engine compartment was a large duct tape box completely sealed and insulated from engine air

pics of the old or the new one....