I spent a couple hours this afternoon hooking this bad boy up. I bought thermo tec tape for the filter box, and a thermo tec cool tube shield for the pipe. After 45 minutes of spirited driving I popped the hood and the tube was cold to the touch...I guess the shield is doing its job. The Z has a downright mean growl at WOT above 5500 rpms now, I love to hear it. Throttle response and pull are both better. Here are some pics:

 

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Good stuff, any gains to speak of?

 

nice one...

we havent dynoed it yet.. but my guess is 6ish to the wheels...

I had this one on my car until my accident when It got crushed..

if you ask me... this is my favorite intake for the z since it combines the best of both worlds of cold air and short ram.....

but.. the price is high, but i prefer the iflter placment of this intake.. as well as the jwt pop charger...

out of the two... if you want to spend a little extra $ go with the K&N...

http://www.performancenissanparts.co...roducts_id=236

 

Whats with the blue Xs along the tube. Is that K&Ns design or something you put on?

 

the photo makes it look wierd, I was confused too. look closely youll see the blue lines are actually string laced up holding a peice of heat shielding(some sort of leather like fabric) on the intake.

 

Ahh yes. I see now. Did look really wierd at first.

 

Yah the laces are the thermo tec tube shield. It comes with 4 colors of lace and one happened to match

Other people with the K&N said the box and tube got really hot if they werent insulated, so I wanted to keep everything cool, and it works great. The thermo-tec is made from fiberglass coated with some sort of metallic finish...it says its good up to 2000 degrees.

 

Great looking install bro. Mine is red (on my G-Coupe) but I like the covers you have on yours. Have you got any more info on those thermo-tec covers?
Product description and p/n's would be a big help. TNX
GSM

 

look on

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/racingsu...thermotec.html

I got the heat shield tape for the airbox, and the cold air tube shield.

 

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out and order some wrap.