intake restrictor

[cefiro]

This is a pic of what I found in the intake of my cefiro. Its gotta come out right. Anyone else round this in theirs.

[A31_Cefiro]

Where would I look to find this gizmo. I'm not super mechanically minded

[Mase]

yeah im pretty sure my laurel had this, i haven't touched it yet tho.

its in the intake pipe

[RiverSide]

I believe it is there to reduce turbulence in the intake. it actually does serve a purpose.

The jury is still out as to whether or not it is better to keep or remove it.

Let us know how you go if you decide to remove

[cefiro]

Already removed it, I am running 1.2 bar at the moment so I cant see it helping, just hindering. Anyhow thats just what I believe, I just think if it does work it would be on standard boost levels and if it works well then why dont they continue on with it with other later model cars or aftermarket ones being sold. Arrogent attitue to have, but anyhow can always put it back it if there are any dramas.

[someonestolecc]

I looked at my z32 AFM grill today and thought to take it out as alotta people seem to but I thought the extra .5kw I'd gain is probably not worth the 1:1000000 chance a peice of anything falls in and goes into the engine. *shrug* Never know maybe a bit of your air filter or something.. It's just cheap insurance I guess.

[Mase]

what abotu if a piece of this thing breaks off??? eyyy, didn't think of that!!! I'm gonna remove it when i get the chance, stage 1 weight reduction!

[shnaped_second]

yeah my cef has that in there i just left it there, it would be there for a reason, nissan wouldnt waste time to develop something like that for no reason, to me it seems similar to one of those hiclone things and it doesnt seem like its going to get sucked into the turbo cause its in there pretty solidly

[someonestolecc]

heheh Mase. stage 1 weight reduction O_o

z32 grills don't look like they would break but valid point none-the-less. If there are signs of it breaking off I"ll take it off

[cefiro]

I took it out and also had the gasket between the exhaust manifold and the turbo replaced as it broke, and have got a definite increase in power. More than likley I had leaking gas from the broken gasket costing me power. But I have noticed that the strange loud hissing noise gone obviously due to the removal of the device in the intake pipe. anyhow I am happy with how the cars running now.