This is! Hahahaha... My son and I installed my first significant mod last night in just under two hours. It was quite a bit easier than I anticipated. We also found a dead bird behind the air dam. So THAT'S what that nasty smell was a few months ago... Yuckkkkk

This is the MS CAI. It sounds nice Question about the install: There wasn't anything in the instructions about removing the tray that the old air filter box sits on. I was going to pull it out but it is supporting some hoses/wiring. Any advice on that?

MazdaSpeed exhaust scheduled for delivery today, hopefully have it installed tonight.

 

You can just leave the tray, or find new mounts for all the attached junk.

Taking it out increases the flow out of the rad quite a bit......

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thats fcken sick a dead bird? WTF?

 

I was getting the flamethrower ready...standing down

 

Well played sir, here I thought it was another noob seriously asking. When I had mine I just left it alone. But like stealth said removing it will increase the flow, so just devise a way to remount them. The exhaust should be easier than the intake, just get some PB blaster and it should be cake.

 

haha good call

 

Yeah, I was the dumb noob that posted asking what WOT is. I figured this might cause s stir I'm really not that dense but I might as well have some fun with my mistake!

You mentioned 'when' you had yours. Did you take swap it back out for something different? If so: what and why? Just curious...

Thanks for all the feedback to everyone...

 

I swapped mine with another member for a Racing Beat intake I just wanted to try something different is all. Never had any problems with it.

 

i tried the k&n typhoon short ram and it jerked alot turning the engine light on, then i used an aem cai and it worked fine..

 

damn, i was up for some more fun today at your expense!!!!!!!!

 

well played sir

 

TRUE its WHAT I DID..

 

I was thinking, "Not another one?!"

Well played on the thread title

For the exhaust, Just make sure you lube up the rubber hangers with WD40 real good and get two large screwdrivers to wedge the suckers out.

 

hahaha +1 for getting flamethrower out. lol

 

pretty funny thread looks nice slash! can't believe a bird could wedge itself into that tight space.......

 

thx red! I think I know when the bird happened. I had to make a trip into Montana and I was driving, well, ummm, fast. Those passes have some irresistable turns Anyway, a few days later the car started really stinking. I keep it really clean so I couldn't figure it out. Then it went away. After seeing the bird last night that had to have been it. It was all dry and crunchy. It was wedged in real good so I figure it must have been during that Montana drive...

 

 

das nasty

 

haha hey OP, don't forget the Colonel's 11 herbs & spices! JK

 

Or just be a man and work it with your hands

 

well played. i wonder how many birds have been found on this forum

 

So something I realized after getting the intake installed last night: looks like I'll have to pull the bumper off to clean the filter. It's not that huge a deal but wondering if anyone has found any tricks that are less time consuming? Bumper removal is easy, it just takes some time. I think that was the longes single task in the whole install process.

 

wow. wtf.

i had the same kind of bird in the same spot like 3 weeks ago.

it was stuck between the condenser and undertray.

it didnt smell or anything but it was hollow and still had all it feathers. i was pulling it out with some pliers and pulled some out. it was nasty.

 

fing birds

 

The more you do it the faster it gets. Takes like 5 mins after a couple times

Especially after you break the brackets and lose some of the clips