Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part Three, Getting Some Green Power With Cobb Tuning

Next, the new high-flowing Cobb MAF housing is installed into the cold air box and onto the intake tube.

Here is how the intake is oriented,  we also installed the MAF sensor element into the Cobb housing.

The dry flow filter is installed next.

Here is how everything is fitting before the cold airbox lid is installed.

The lid is bolted in place,  The intake is now totally shielded from hot underhood air.  Note that there is a sticker with the CARB EO# on it in the kit.  We put it right on the airbox lid to make sure we can’t be hassled when we smog the car or by the police.

3 comments

  1. I know there was a lot of complaining when Cobb decided to pull a lot of their parts recently, but I’m excited to see what they can do while still being CARB compliant, especially with Flex Fuel and down pipes. Hopefully this owner decides to do more if/when the Project Green Speed development is fully fleshed out so the readers can get a no BS article about what is and isn’t possible while following the rules. As dumb as they sometimes may be…

  2. Thank you for the great article. Do you have any recommendations for an aftermarket turbo intake duct? There are a number of options on the market. I’d love to know what your experience has been with them, which is your favorite, and why.

    It looks like the resonator chamber had already been removed from the fender. Cutting out the back of the air intake duct, as mentioned on page 9, seems like a good idea, especially if the resonator is gone. But, wouldn’t you also recommend blocking off the two giant holes in the inner fender wall which, without the resonator in place, expose the air cleaner to all the road grime blowing past the fender liner?

    Thanks again for the excellent content!

  3. I see you used the COBB titanium cat back, is this similar to the older COBB catbacks that neck down to 2.5′ at the area that mates to the downpipe, or would this be a true 3′ all the way through?

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