when i bought my gsr it had a ghetto sri. the filter was complete ****, not even a k&n, and the metal intake arm was laying on the ac lines. i immediately bought a k&n conical filter and suspended the arm from the strut tower bar with a zip tie to keep it off the lines.

since this setup still sucked i decided to do the ghetto icebox, and so far i like it alot. it looks alot cleaner and i really havent noticed any negative effects performance wise. it is a little quieter that the open element filter, but still sounds good. i used the aluminum arm/filter i had, a stock airbox i procured, modified the stock filter, and used a piece of the stock resonator piping to draw colder air from the fender. the hardest part was cutting the stock filter piece because my hack saw was dull and that plastic was really smooth and hard. i will eventually get the RU-2820, because the filter i have now is not quite the right size. sorry i dont have any pics, but i dont have digital camera yet. i have one coming in this week that i ordered, and maybe then i will post some pics once i get aquainted with it.


Modified by fistandauntilus at 12:51 PM 1/9/2006

 

You might want to capital letters and paragraphs an **** if you want people to read that. I started and gave up...

 

i am sorry you you find it difficult to read a post that is more than a couple of sentences long.

 

My icebox can master both the past and the present.

I also have the K&N RU-2820 filter mounted to a stock filter stub. I have the full stock airbox and intake arm. In place of the resonator and the piping leading to it, I have 4"OD ABS sewer piping (thinner wall) with two elbows and a fluted inlet in the RF fender. The coupling with the stock air box was shaped to match the port. I did this in the summer and my intake manifold temperature dropped form untouchable (typically above 140 deg. F) to about 110 deg. F, based on my hand calculations.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dogginator &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My icebox can master both the past and the present.

I also have the K&N RU-2820 filter mounted to a stock filter stub. I have the full stock airbox and intake arm. In place of the resonator and the piping leading to it, I have 4"OD ABS sewer piping (thinner wall) with two elbows and a fluted inlet in the RF fender. The coupling with the stock air box was shaped to match the port. I did this in the summer and my intake manifold temperature dropped form untouchable (typically above 140 deg. F) to about 110 deg. F, based on my hand calculations.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sounds nice, i might modify mine in a similar manner down the road.

i also noticed that the whole intake assembly was much cooler than before when i took it for a drive after i set it up.