well that intake tube is just for the sound really, all it does is suck air out the wheel well as opposed to your engine bay when you remove it. remove it and listen to your engine, you wont wanna put it back. Now that carbon element was restrictive to your air flow and was causing less air to enter the engine. just take off that extra tube man, you could always put it back. its got 2 tabs that pop in, just pull one end off the air box, open your wheel well ( theres a screw u loosen above the wheel ) stick your hand in there and pull it out thru the wheel well. i couldnt get it to go thru the hole in the engine bay.