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Old Jun 2nd, 2005, 05:15 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by holdenontoit
food for thought:

the scoop is there to provide unimpeded air to your interCOOLER.this in an effort to cool the superheated supercharged air going into your injectors.ANY screen introduced will cut down on the air flow to your intercooler and I will grant you , will cut down on the myriad bugs and small rocks that seem to make thier way in there.It's a trade off, but I err on the side of air flow.

I have the screen and noticed no difference in performance what so ever. I live where there is a lot of bugs and it helps big time to keep them out. I just take a toothbrush to clean it and I am done. It is a major pain to clean the inter-cooler properly.


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