it just attatches to the stock plenum on the hood, look harder at the pic. the only advantage is another spot for the plenum to pull air from. on the 09 sleds they have an extra frogskin on the plenum and would be pointless to add the slp. I mesh hood would help but they don't make mesh hoods that retain the stock intake. If you modify from stock it might help a bunch, but it could cause problems and without a fuel controller you can't correct it.