hey i just thought about something else: see that accordian-looking tubing coming in from the right? i noticed it's basically a ram-air scoop from the hood of the car ... and then i also noticed on other peoples' installation pix that they've just completely removed this altogether, along with that piece of tubing that i've hilighted in red. Is this the general consensus, then, to just remove all of these so that the only source of actual air intake is the new aFe filter?

thanks

p.s. i've decided to (probably) not wait until monday and just do this with a buddy of mine tonight or tomorrow