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Originally Posted by look 171

Steve, lots of guys remove the cone (or something like that?) behind the real grill and install mesh to keep the bugs out. Wonder if you have done that yet? My car came like that

The common name for the procedure is "desnorked" or "desnorkled" despite the fact that the snorkle is left in place, but a "blocking plate" in front of the snorkle is removed. That plate is supposed to keep debris out of the intake tract. The rumor is that during testing a car aspirated a cigarette that was tossed out another cars window which caused a fire.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

They have a silencer just inside the grille that gives you more intake noise when removed.

Right, it gives more intake noise. I haven't tried it, but I'd like to. It's not hard to remove. I should do it one day just to see what the difference is. I drive the car with the windows and top up most of the year anyway, so it would only do so much for me.

I'm pretty sure that the Spyder vents leave the plate in place.