Vita said:
it's fun isn't it, i can see why some would chop it up
It got chopped up, for sure....I thought about a sawzall, but I had arm surgery two months ago and didn't want my arm freaking out while weilding a 20 lb saw with an 8 inch reciprocating blade, on my brand new car...I rotated the airbox several times, after removing the intake tube, and cut that sucker in half with my trusty 4" grinder (cutting wheel attached)...
I didn't notice a huge sound difference, but I didn't do the actual "Barry Mod" - instead of relocating the MAF, I cut the air box top's shelf, leaving the round part only and the MAF in place, and attached my cone filter. Drops the filter 6" lower to the ground and I didn't have to mess with the MAF.