Interesting new 996 NA airbox design

I�ve been following an interesting intake design project for the Porsche 996 non-turbo cars (996.1 and 996.2) that might be worth discussing here. Most of the intake upgrades for these cars fall into two common paths: � Swapping in a 997 airbox , or � Installing one of the aftermarket carbon �competition� intakes that look great in the engine bay. The problem many of us have seen over the years is that while these options often increase intake noise and look fantastic , they typically don�t produce meaningful horsepower gains . In some cases, dynos show a loss of low-end torque with power shifted higher up the rev range , which isn�t always where you want it for real-world driving. There�s a design being developed by Salman Janjua (Infinity Auto Design, UK) that�s attempting to address exactly that issue. The claim behind this intake is that the design work and dyno testing focus on improving usable low- and mid-range power , rather than just creating more intake sound. From what I�ve seen so far, the development approach is centered around maintaining proper airflow characteristics rather than simply enlarging the intake path. If the dyno results hold up, it could be one of the few intake designs aimed at actual performance gains instead of just sound and aesthetics . For anyone interested in following the project: Product page: https://www.infinityautodesign.com/p...-carbon-intake Salman has also mentioned that group buys may be available before dealer distribution , with pricing around $1510 + shipping , and potentially ~15% off for groups of 10+ buyers . For transparency: I�m not affiliated with the company in any way � just a 996 owner who finds the engineering approach interesting. Curious if anyone here has seen dyno data yet or has experience testing intake airflow changes on the M96 platform. https://www.facebook.com/share/1DzdeA1MWZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Salman S Janjua is his name and above is the Facebook 996 owners group link to where I got his pictures, etc. from Would love to hear thoughts from the Rennlist crowd.

Looks very restrictive vs. stock.

Looks like a unique and cool design.

Who makes the filter and what vehicle was it designed for? Looks like a K&N but I don't recognize it.

I�ve got a 3.9L w a gt3 TB and larger plenum running the same stock airbox. The airbox just isn�t a problem.IMHO

Looks like an update on the old EVOMS airbox. The biggest benefit, assuming there is any, would be from the larger vertical snout in my opinion. I am wondering about the surface area of that filter vs. the stocker though. I have a 997 3.8 airbox on my car (I admit it, I did it for the looks) and did a bunch of measurements comparing it to the stock 3.6 airbox. They use the same filter element. The primary difference is the size of the snout.

Any notes on how they are managing the MAF calibration? Is the inside diameter where the MAF is the same as the stock? Does it have a flow grid to assure air across the MAF is not turbulent?

Seems to me that the tube to the throttle body will eventually crack, no? The airbox is attached to the body and the engine floats on the mounts so I would think having a solid nozzle connecting the two would be problematic.

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I'm not 100% certain but it looks like the piece from the air cleaner to the throttle body is flexible stuff.

I think its pretty cool that folks are developing and testing air box designs. Not sure if its worth the price alone with just factory heads. It would be a different story if the owner gets professional headwork done. We have seen this with the IPD plenum and throttle body as well. Nevertheless, air boxes, plenum, throttle bodies, equal length ported headers, etc, still need to be designed for application. But it seems like the key incredient to get these things to work is professional headwork.

Without any sort of independent testing I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole.