Intake with or without Battery Cover

[rick@garage16.ca]

Members who have a intake, do you keep or take out the Battery cover on top?

[peterm15]

Keep

[SomeGuy]

No more duct on the 2010+

But I kept it on my old one...takes 2 seconds to remove if you need to get at the intake.

[cwp_sedan]

No need to take mine off. Only the battery vent , etc came off.

[Default User]

Kept it on until I got a STB then had no choice but to keep it off

[JonsMazda]

Off

[maz06]

Keep

[07carbon3]

keep it on

[standsideways]

first mods on my 3, remove all engine covers and throw in basement.

[SilentJay]

Definitely keep.

[TheMAN]

its useful to have the battery cover and duct on the 1st gens... it helps cools the battery and prevent crap from building up on the terminals... this increases battery life :)
good strut bars lets you keep the cover too

[Takumi616]

I would prefer to keep it on...

[Fayvir]

keep it on as well

[boyracer]

I kept mine on as well

[eqlso]

I took off the duct, but still have the battery cover on.

[djsebzilla]

Got a HPS SRI and kept everything in place ... Keep the OEM style.

[TheMAN]

I took off the duct, but still have the battery cover on.

no point having the cover on if there's no duct

[Pivot]

Kept mine, but removed the duct. I think it was rattly, but might have just been my imagination.

[M_Duch]

Had to remove the duct to fit my Takeda SRI

[silverstarmazda]

i have a ram air so i split the duct in half and took off the cover cuz its winter now. i have a strut bar that lets me keep the cover but bareley lets me take it off. just in case i need a boost

[Punkrockjohn]

Had to remove the duct to fit my Takeda SRI

+1

[hyper7boy]

I've kept mine on. No reason to take it off and it makes the engine bay look clean :)

[McGuyver_3]

The let water in to the battery box area. I took mine off on my old car. My new rides never had them

[Flagrum_3]

its useful to have the battery cover and duct on the 1st gens... it helps cools the battery and prevent crap from building up on the terminals... this increases battery life :)
good strut bars lets you keep the cover too

^Two main reasons I've left my cover and vent on, plus it looks cleaner....My battery is going on 7 years now, don't remember having to even clean the terminals yet, actually ;-)

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[js593]

first mods on my 3, remove all engine covers and throw in basement.

Pics? Is this off a Gen2?

[olgeezer1]

Have to agree with The MAN, I think there's a cooling function for the air duct and cover, protect the batt. from eng. heat.( For the same reason I took off the eng. cover since it's only a decoration and keeps the head from getting a cooling air flow.) Still on the original batt. on an '06 GT. By the way, djsebzilla, how do you like the HPS SRI?( Looking for something low on the noise.)

[Cab0oze]

Kept everything on my old Mz3! Simota FTW :D

http://www.engsoc.org/~caboose/upload/Mz3Projects/Engine%20Bay/front.jpg

[djsebzilla]

Good looking especially with the silver trims

[Cab0oze]

Good looking especially with the silver trims
thanks :D

[djsebzilla]

Eeeeeee Cab0oze just realize this but .... Wtf happened with your speed ? This grey sedan -i hope- is your beater ?

[Cab0oze]

Eeeeeee Cab0oze just realize this but .... Wtf happened with your speed ? This grey sedan -i hope- is your beater ?

heh no the sedan was my old ride, sold it becaus i was getting tired of dealing with rust. I almost kept it to be my winter beater but decided I could sell it for quite abit