[944S Boyeee]

Was recently out looking under the S to check if my coolant leak was gone after I tightened a screw on the heater return hose (and it is...good!!).

While under the car (from the front), I was looking to see where air gets sucked in through the air intake. It didn't appear there were any big holes or anything - just see the rad and a black rounded plastic piece above that.

First a question.......where does the air come in from?

Now, check for this on your car......do any of you have two small (about an inch long and .5 inches wide) holes in that plastic piece (above the rad)? It appears the P.O. may have used some sort-of heat gun or something to burn these two holes in the plastic (you can see the plastic is not cut clearly, it is "warped" around it's edges). Is this factory (crappy job if it is) or is this a "mod" or an attempted mod by the P.O.??? Weird thing is the holes are to the right and the intake tube is more to the left.

Would putting holes in this plastic "rounded" piece improve the performance? I've never driven another S, so I don't know if these holes are helping my car or hurting it (I have what seems to be a vacuum leak, but can't find one - could these holes be causing and high/low idle??). My S seems very fast (all it has is a Blazak chip), perhaps I should make more holes (lol).

944S Boyeee