Brokenblinker
Active member
I heard a lot of people say this was pretty easy. And while not that complicated, I didn't have a super easy time. I didn't see any instructions out there, so here it is. Some smaller people seem to be doing all this work while sitting in the trunk or on top of the supercharger. I don't really fit there, so I'm leaning over the left side of the car.
1) Undo the hose connecting the intake to the supercharger inlet by loosening hose clamps 1 and 2. Make sure if you loosen them ALL the way that they cannot drop down into the engine bay.
2) Undo 3 torx TR20 screws that fix the intake clam. Be VERY CAREFUL not to drop these torx screws in the bay. I had to use various sorts of extensions to reach them and used a strong magnetic extension to pull them out.
3) Start hinging open the clam. I found this very difficult because there is a wiring loom attached to the top of the clam. Pop the wiring loom out of the little slot on the clam.
4) Now start widening the clam more. It should move relatively freely now. Be aware that the "hinge" on the bottom is not captive such that when you pry enough apart, the bottom will come free. At this point it will be easy to finagle out the old filter and finagle in the new filter.
5) I found this next part the hardest/most frustrating. You have to pry the top apart enough that you can "re-hook" the bottom of the hinge. Here's a photo kindly provided by another member who had their intake out. As you try to seat the intake, if the screw holes don't line up well, you don't have the bottom of the clam seated well or the filter is not seating into the clam flange well.
6) Very carefully reassemble so as not to drop anything in the bay. I used a magnetic stick to re-place screw 1 as I could not safely fit my fingers in holding the screw.
Hope this helps!
1) Undo the hose connecting the intake to the supercharger inlet by loosening hose clamps 1 and 2. Make sure if you loosen them ALL the way that they cannot drop down into the engine bay.
2) Undo 3 torx TR20 screws that fix the intake clam. Be VERY CAREFUL not to drop these torx screws in the bay. I had to use various sorts of extensions to reach them and used a strong magnetic extension to pull them out.
3) Start hinging open the clam. I found this very difficult because there is a wiring loom attached to the top of the clam. Pop the wiring loom out of the little slot on the clam.
4) Now start widening the clam more. It should move relatively freely now. Be aware that the "hinge" on the bottom is not captive such that when you pry enough apart, the bottom will come free. At this point it will be easy to finagle out the old filter and finagle in the new filter.
5) I found this next part the hardest/most frustrating. You have to pry the top apart enough that you can "re-hook" the bottom of the hinge. Here's a photo kindly provided by another member who had their intake out. As you try to seat the intake, if the screw holes don't line up well, you don't have the bottom of the clam seated well or the filter is not seating into the clam flange well.
6) Very carefully reassemble so as not to drop anything in the bay. I used a magnetic stick to re-place screw 1 as I could not safely fit my fingers in holding the screw.
Hope this helps!
