Hi Garret,
thanks, yes pictures are always welcome:) The additional cold air pipe routing seems to make sense. And I am wondering if the direction of your filter positioning (90 degrees to the drive direction) and the relatively high mounting helps also to get some more air stream.
Hi Heinz, The K&N kit (c. €100) bolts directly on to the engine and includes an extended breather hose. I bought the kit on eBay from the UK. It does not hit the bonnet and gets good surface exposure to the cold air coming in from the louvres. I ran a cold air pipe to the font of the car (with advice from Cain) to ensure additional cold air feed but I found that the filter position alone (without additional cold air pipe) functioned very well with no issues. I enclose a picture of the front air dam/scoop (thanks again to Cain) connected to a cold air pipe running up to the K&N filter.
