Post pics of your eninge bay.

[B-Low187]

heres the only other pic i have and it doesnt really help either lol. but i still have alot of plans to dress it up under there but right now im focusing on performance(engine build and turbo) and exterior (custom paint job, rims, tint). then ill focus on dressing up the engine bay and move to the interior. and i might have to have it all repowder coated because it wont match the blue im getting done on the outside

[Iron Ranger]

Wow, these are some of the nicest Cobalts I have ever seen!!! The only thing that can match these is my brother's '05 Dodge SRT-4(Neon). Upgraded with 310hp.

[boost_it.20psi]

wow cherry where did you find all those steel braided lines?

[knoxbox]

this setup is about to change cause i've got an injen intake on the way, and a mrz underdrive pulley and i'm considering painting some stuff under their also painting the hood strut.

[Cherry GT]

Originally Posted by boost_it.20psi

wow cherry where did you find all those steel braided lines?

Spectre Performance Products.
Its a wrap, take your time and it
looks really really good.

[Iron Ranger]

Originally Posted by knoxbox

this setup is about to change cause i've got an injen intake on the way, and a mrz underdrive pulley and i'm considering painting some stuff under their also painting the hood strut.

What's the deal with the "smaller" air filter?
Is this better than hooking it up to the intake tube?
I don't even know what that part of the engine is for.

[BaltHead]

That smaller filter is a crank case breather, I believe. Guys correct me if I'm wrong, the OE hose dumps air into the intake after the MAF. The dumped air, coming out of the cover sometimes carries oil with it. Besides looking better, he nor a few of us, like the idea of oil being randomly dumped into our intake. The filter is removable and washable and a nice dress up piece for the engine bay.

[Red07SSNA]

Originally Posted by BaltHead

That smaller filter is a crank case breather, I believe. Guys correct me if I'm wrong, the OE hose dumps air into the intake after the MAF. The dumped air, coming out of the cover sometimes carries oil with it. Besides looking better, he nor a few of us, like the idea of oil being randomly dumped into our intake. The filter is removable and washable and a nice dress up piece for the engine bay.

You are mostly correct...that hose is part of the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) system. At idle air is drawn from the intake into the crankcase and is sucked into the throttlebody by a calibrated hole in the intake manifold. At speed piston blowby air in the crankcase goes back through the hose into the intake to be burned. Sometimes when in WOT you can get a SMALL amount of oil ingested -- but it usually is in vapor form otherwise you'd have oil pooling in your intake tube. Having the small filter just vents that nice gaseous blowby mixture into the atmosphere rather then burning it in your engine. Your car is calibrated to burn that mixture -- so actually your car runs richer (VERY small difference) to compensate for the lack of the crankcase blowby.

[boost_it.20psi]

awesome thanks cherry. that is a sick idea

[knoxbox]

there are a few other reasons as well, the crankcase blows out HOT air, now what is thep purpose of having hot air pushed back into the motor?

specially if you have a cold air intake now you have luke warm air going into the throttle body, to me this just defeats the purpose and is the main reason other than the possible oil and various other things. this is also why IF i had SAI i'd do this same thing.

over various cars i have had and various people i have known to do this its good for about 1 - 2 hp... now again this varies by vehicle. and i don't know of anyone that has actually ever dyno'd but i've heard quite a few people state this... i know 1-2 isn't much but hey its a cheap mod and every little bit helps.