The lug nut just refuses to move at a certain point, you'd really have to yank on it to get it off. I'm taking the car in today, and I'll find out exactly what went wrong.
TorGod, explain to me how swirling the air would force more air into the intake
. Don't you want the air to be straight, instead of turbulent? Yes, really the only reason I wanted to remove it was for a bit more sound, and I would modify the pipe as to pull air from the original location.