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Old 11-11-2008, 01:16 PM
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To improve 'noise', drilling holes in air box was 'de rigeur' (sp?) when I owned my last 964 10 years ago.

You guys still doing this? I remember it made a brilliant difference when accelerating and was planning to do it again.

Any reason not to?
Old 11-11-2008, 01:26 PM
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The difference between a stock airbox and the Cup airbox is 3hp on a chassis dyno. Drilling holes would then be between 0 to 3hp.
Old 11-11-2008, 01:36 PM
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I'm running with the stock airbox cover - I like to think it keeps the filter cleaner and drier. Besides, my primary muffler bypass makes plenty of noise!
Old 11-11-2008, 03:59 PM
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Geoffrey,

how would those horses be distributed? Any lows loss?
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its basically just moving the curve up with the peak being 3hp.
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I have the Fabspeed "964 CUP High Performance Air Intake System" (one big hole) and love the sound with wide-open throttle.

Doc
Old 11-11-2008, 06:04 PM
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Cool sound at WOT is all you get. I returned to a stock airbox from a K&N cone setup but I would like to have another airbox half to drill and play with.
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Any DIY's on drilling the airbox? Pics?
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just buy another airbox cover from ebay or oklahoma foreign and cut it like this for the Carrera Cup Air Box

http://www.carreracupusa.org/Race/engine/engine.htm

as far as drilling it - just apply a 1-2" hole saw liberally across the face of the airbox cover (outer only)
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I will exchange my drilled air box with anyone that has an intact one.
Old 11-11-2008, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by springer3
I will exchange my drilled air box with anyone that has an intact one.
Ditto.

You beat me to it!!
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I have a Cup style cover done in Carbon Fiber and a stock one.

the open (Cup Style) has a much better induction sound. Especially over ~3K RPMs
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I have an intact one and, as I'm new, it should be fairly easy to pull the wool over my eyes, but...if all I get is a cooler sound and more BHP, why wouldn't I want the drilled one (except it's not stock)?

I may be game for a swap.

Matt
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Springer3 and Dfinnegan,

I have a spare airbox cover (intact) that I was going to cut open, cup car style. But felt bad about destroying a perfectly good Porsche part. If either of yours only has holes on the big side, so it can still be cut to look like the one in the link Cupcar#12 posted, and you would like to trade, shoot me a pm.

Cool,
James
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Originally Posted by ginch
Any DIY's on drilling the airbox? Pics?
Have a look here...
www.porsche964.co.uk


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