After removing both pieces of weather stripping from the front end of the hood and taking off the sound proofing there was only one piece left for me to take off. The hood scoop/intercooler cover had to go. I've seen many of the Japanese tuner cars without this piece and i didn't think i needed it either. The removal of this allows more air into the scoop and onto the turbo heat shield. I understand the piece "seals" off the intercooler but I'm going for mass air here. Plus with the addition of more boost and downpipe back exhaust i need all the extra air i can get to the turbo.


Tools:
Philips Screwdriver
Blade Screwdriver

Steps:
Simply unscrew the Philips head screws from the perimeter of the scoop cover. Once you have removed the screws there is 2 "clips" for lack of a better word, holding the bottom in. Simply slide them out from the slots they are in. The last fastener is on the top of the scoop cover. It is a small pop rivet much like the ones used to hold the inner fender wells in. Use the blade screwdriver and philips screwdriver together to remove this rivet. Pop it out and the cover will come with it.

Not only will this allow much more air into the hood scoop but the piece weight about 5 pounds so a little extra weight off of the already heavy front end.