Mine came pre Podified too with a HKS Pod.. Runs fine, but I am aware of the hotair situation and I was looking to get a heatshield sorted for it... OR obtain a stock airbox from somewhere and put a decent panel filter in there.. (K&N or HKS)
i got a hks pod , batterie is still where it normaly is. had it dynod with and without . made no real differance . its only on there cause it was a FREEBIE . never had a problem with higher boost either . kmon everyone loves freebies
Yeah mine has the air intake that goes from above the grill to wear the airbox would usually be.. so I guess that helps to a degree, I still think it must get some hot air in there, so a heatshield would only be a good thing even if it doesn't note any real gains in power.