That's just an Autozone generic air filter clamped on to the stock intake. It actual does not work very well like that. First problem, excess filter oil on the element drips onto header and makes fire! Second, water splashes right up and into this filter stalling the engine.

To do it over, I would extend a hose out to the inner fender well and put the filter into a mostly enclosed box. OR just put a good element in the stock air box.

-Eric

I had my filter like that for a while, and on top of the oil dripping on the hot manifold, I had the issue that it got noticably doggy when the engine bay heated up. :-/

Never had a problem with water stalling the engine, though... even when I took on a 3 foot deep mud puddle

Never had a problem with water stalling the engine, though... even when I took on a 3 foot deep mud puddle

just becareful with that..only takes one stall to total the engine =) i have seen/read about probably 6 explorers in the pasy year that have detonated the engine in a "puddle" lol i love that "it didnt look that deep" or " it started shallow" lol

Ok that one took me a minute eric...

I think the tri-design from Calmini is a good choice, as long as you don't have to pass emissions. I think they even say on the site that they are not enviro friendly. I live in Canada, so I'm with Calmini. The Thorely header ( I have been told) is great and enviro safe, so if thats the concern, go with that.

steveo

i have the calmini header, i noticed a very good improvment in performance, especially highway driving. i have emissions i have to pass too and i passed with flying colors(well after i did a little tweaking to get me to pass heheheh) my vote goes to calmini

I ordered a Pace Setter after I rebuilt my 1.6 8v cuz a buddy of mine could get them dirt cheap, but it would not work on the 1.6.

Take this into consideration also, a 4 into 2 into 1 (calmini) is a better performance design than a 4 into 1.  Don't believe me, check out some of your local bike shops or sites.  There are a few web sites for motorcycle racing that show the horsepower difference between the two.  It may only be 1-3 hp difference, but when you are talking about 80hp, 1-3hp more is a noticable difference.