Mods is this worth adding to diy section as it comes up often?

Intake Silencer Removal AKA Snorkus

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Mods can we add this as a thread under DIY as the questions gets asked plenty?

Here is one set of general instructions taken from scoobymods.com http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sh...val+AKA+Snorkus

Intake Silencer Removal AKA Snorkus

Great Free Mod, very easy, less than 20 minutes start to finish. This mod allows you to actually hear the turbo, BOV and actually allows the turbo to spool up a few hundred RMP's quicker.

TOOLS:

(1) Jack
(1) Philips Head Screwdriver
(10mm) Ratchet
(Pliers)
(Hacksaw) (Optional for additional intake modding)

This mod is easier with two people. If you are doing this solo it may be easier to remove the fender liner. My method requires you to only jack up the front passenger side of the car. You don't have to remove the tire and you only remove one screw from the fender liner.

Open hood and remove the "ram-air" scoop if you haven't already. Just use your pliers or ratchet and undo the two screws and pull the scoop out of the fender hole. Use the ratchet and remove the gold bolt that is in the fender. This bolt is right in between the hole you just uncovered by removing the scoop and the airbox. This is (1) of (2) bolts that holds on the silencer.

Next, jack up the front passenger side of the car. With the screwdriver remove the pop rivet for the fender liner. This is the bottom most screw on the right side of the tire if you were to be looking right at the "SUBARU" emblem in the center of the wheel. A few inches higher, following the inner fender liner upwards, you will see a black clip holding the fender liner. Pull the liner off of this clip.

Now get under the car. You will see a somewhat rectangular piece of plastic with (6) screw/rivets in it. Take this flap off . Now you will see (2) thumb screws with rectangular heads. The look like " [] ". Once these are removed the fender liner can be pulled off towards the tire. Looking up into the engine bay you can see the silencer. Ain't it cute the bolt is hard to get at but you can overcome!!! just remove this 10mm bolt and pull the silencer down down down.

You've done it, you are silencer free.


*******OPTIONAL*********

You will notice once the silencer is out that the airbox doesn't quite sit up agains the hole in the fender. You can either put duct tape around it, get some weather stripping, buy some pipe or you could just hack the stock silencer. You can cut the pipe that originally attached to the airbox. Just pop this small piece back onto the airbox and into the hole into the fender. Voila!

Also the hold left by the removal of the scoop and silencer can be plugged with the factory plug supplied to. IMHO this finishes the job nicely and looks very professional. Part costs less than $5 at the dealer I believe.

Pop the fender liner back in, redo the clip, put in the fender screw, put the thumb screws back in. Reattach the rectangular splash plate back up. Lower the car slowly to the ground.

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