I felt a lack of torque for on the freeway so i checked the engine bay and found that the filter came off the mounting point. I was driving with this for about 15 miles without a filter....

How bad can this be for me? i will bring it to the dealer and put back the stock air box, but you think they will know?

 

you car is fine, why would you need to go to the dealership?

 

just being paranoid, my first new car...so there is nothing that I should worry about right now?

 

you should be fine

your car will tell you if something is not right via the tried and true SES light.

 

No problem. Some drivers will remove any filter when they drag race for better ET. Not sure if it helps ET.

 

I torqued the screw that holds the filter to the mount and drove home (another 20 miles) and torque is back on my baby Z. Happy Z owner i am!!! You guys are great...lets hug this **** out...lol Thanks guys!

 

Hey Ziv, hows the turbo project coming along? Is everything ready or is it installed already?

 

Come on bro - you are falling behind. Car is done. All is good. Got it back in early nov and got to drive it about 2 wks before it went into storage:

final tune was 450whp and 480wtq

 

Nice...I was just wondering cause you had the EVO2 on sale cause you wanted to boost your ride. you have a cardomain account? I wanna check it out.

 

just put it back on... no problem...

the filter is not clamped on to the velocity stack when they ship...

 

i was checking to see how dirty mine was the other day and noticed how loose mine was...i clamped that **** down good...i was afraid it was gonna do exactly what yours did

 

Yeah, I think i torqued in that screw really tight. hopefully it wont come off again while I drive.

 

I removed my pop-charger 1X at Cecil county. Immediately upon start-up the car didnt run as smooth as with it on. I ran it anyway, and with a very simialr 60ft, I ran slightly slower than what I was running that day. I think its because the car was seeing slightly more flow the ECU didnt have enough time to adjust. Anyways, Id keep it on.