on ur aem, take the tube from the MAF to the filter and flip it, so that the filter is on the MAF end and the MAF is on the filter end, then turn it so your filter is behind your drivers side headlight.
On my mp3 with it installed the way AEM instructed like you have it, i pull a measely 106whp 114 ft lbs of torque, with it flipped the other direction i pulled 114.7whp and 112.3 ft lbs of torque. I can find the thread discussing it for you.
Really? Didn't know that would make a significant difference. I'll give it a try. Would probably keep it cleaner too.