I understand. I love the look of the CT Intake, have been thinking about getting one myself. I would just get it and call it a day. It would be alot of trouble running a duct like that. The duct I used for my RM intake I posted above was a huge pita to put on! It even ripped the duct a little bit and it was squashed quite a bit from squeezing through that area. The CT intake is bringing in the air it needs. They say the colder the air, the better. Since the CT intake is a closed box it does a pretty good job of keeping the hot engine air out of the intake. Thats what benefits the most.

 

Also that duct in my RM intake had four holes in the face of it. It sit right behind the grill and I used some black zip ties through those holes to attatch it to the grill.

 

FWIW, I also have a PRM intake and made a simple and cheap mod. First I cut out the fake duct on the right side of the front bumper then duct taped shut the openings in the part of the fender liner below where a CAI filter would sit. I moved the air horn as close as possible to the opening in the fender (in RAYZ photo, the opening is next to the yellow wire).

I tracked temperatures using 2 remote sensor thermometers with sensor probes inside the PRM air horn and inside the now cut open duct. At 20 MPH+ the biggest differential between the 2 probes was ~1.5 degrees on 85 degree days. At a stop, it'd go up to ~12-17 degrees difference. I'd guess an OEM air box would show about the same results. So a CAI is better, but given the work to install and maintain, plus expense, I'm happy with the mod and the PRM.

 

seems pretty legite!
unfortunately I've already decided on selling the intake.

Side note does anyone have a pic of what the ap2 bumper looks like from behind??? still considering doing somethign like this. Thanks.

 

Thanks mister x though