r/WRX • u/warbycooter • 10h ago

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Is there a specific item or part that can cover this hole up that’s next to the air filter? I know it need cleaned up too

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u/When_hop Blobeye STI Wagon 10h ago

Yeah revert back to the stock airbox instead of your hot air intake.

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u/grizzdoog 10h ago

It almost looks like an SPT intake. One came on my bugeye from the dealership. It is nothing but hot garbage and I got rid of it once I upgraded to a 20g because my tuner said it was causing my IATs to be 30 degrees hotter than the ambient air.

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u/When_hop Blobeye STI Wagon 10h ago

I mean 30F hotter than ambient is normal for a turbocharged car, that air is coming out of your turbo 'cold' side but still hot even after the intercooler. I regularly max out my IAT temp at 150F on a hot track day (top mount)

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u/grizzdoog 10h ago edited 9h ago

What I really meant to say is my IATs dropped up to 30 degrees when I went back to the stock intake compared to the shitty hot ram intake. It was stupid hard to tune because the high IATs were pulling timing making a consistent tune really hard to do.

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u/When_hop Blobeye STI Wagon 9h ago

Gotcha, yeah that makes sense

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u/vodenibivol 6h ago

Did you relocate your IAT sensor/get an aftermarket one?

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u/When_hop Blobeye STI Wagon 2h ago

Nope

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u/SR115 10h ago

Thats where the OEM snorkel and intake go through if im not mistaken. Unlike later cars, Theres a little plastic piece that pushes air through a tube to the stock air filter.

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u/newuser6d9 10h ago

It may not look the best but it is doing its best to feed your air filter cool air from outside the hot engine bay.

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u/bb-wah 10h ago

Are you missing the fender liner?

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u/Time_Assistance3265 10h ago

that would be a cool 3D print out of TPU. I have the same hole on mine from my Cobb intake. If I design something ill send you the files.

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u/Murrywhiplash 8h ago

Im skilled enough to make an ugly cover maybe with a funnel to force some air to the filter lol.

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u/wetfartsounds 9h ago

GP Moto snorkus bypass, the stock inlet ram, and a heatshield airbox.

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u/Lonely_Rip_5975 8h ago

I used blue tape and some gorilla tape. It’s worked for the last 2 years since I owned the car.

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u/Professional-Owl8276 6h ago

I used mine 4 frontmount piping