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    With that fender well intake in the how to section what exactly do you do with the pcm since your taking out the airbox where it is located?
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    Is it just me or is everyone REALLY asking this recently??!??!

    Zip Tie it down...strap it down somehow...or leave it like I did...not like it is going to go anywhere anyways...
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    ok i had everything cut and made to fit and when i went it to test fit the 4 to 3 inch coupler is to big and doesnt fit on the throttle body. so idk what i need to do im gunna see if theres a coupler with a smaller whole on it but idk. also there is two things connected into the intake i know one is the iat but what is the other thing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluegtp91 View Post
    Is it just me or is everyone REALLY asking this recently??!??!

    Zip Tie it down...strap it down somehow...or leave it like I did...not like it is going to go anywhere anyways...
    Yes i agree with that, it seems to be the question of the season.

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    ok i now know its the maf do i need to have the maf and the iat hooked up? and im stil confused why the coupler wont work is the throttle body bigger on the gen before my 05?
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    Really? Think about that...MAF reads the air and the IAT reads the intake air temp...you tell me.
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    yah i guess makes sense i have to do alot of modding for everything to fit and the filter seems way to big and it just a 6
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    4" intake piping...the bigger the better.
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    So...bolt a coffee can to your intake. Nuff said.
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    Is heat gonna be an issue with this on the ecu?
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    well i had to go with 3" the couplers i found would not fit on the tb
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