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Trying to squeak out every single hp and et out of my car I find myself getting creative.
I do not have a front bumper support and this is the only way this will work. There is not enough room w/ the bumper support in there.
Today I did a mock test of it.
Basically on the nose of the firebird's there are two holes with a black plastic piece in the back. Traditionally people mount their fog lights there.
I had mine there but finally ditched them today.
Right now I am running my back up intake (lingenfelter cold air w/ conical k&n) instead of my SLP cold air kit.
I completely blew apart my SLP cold air kit due to a HUGE nitrous backfire.
I removed the black plastic pieces in the nose and now air can flow straight into the engine area (actually radiator).
This is a trial set up, I have to find something better and also I need to reshape/ cut the openings. They are an odd shape and I have to take a look in home depot and see if I can find any better ducting. Also I will have to improve the way the ducting will attatch to the openings because trapping 92 mph n/a and 107 mph on the bottle it will force A LOT of air into those tubes. If they are not secure then it will be a waste.
I used dryer ducting seen here on my 91 sable (3rd pic):
http://www.geocities.com/misterjuice/sable.html
Right now the dryer ducting starts at my driver's side nostril held on by 2 zip ties. It snakes under the drivers side head light, enters the area where the SLP cold air kit filters would sit.
Since I have the Lingenfelter cold air kit the dryer ducting goes up the metal opening (slp cold air kit filters sit in) and the dryer ducting just has a bend in it so the air will just hit the K&N conical filter.
I am hitting the track in a couple hours and will see if there are any other differences.
I am running different parts though:
N/A plugs
Lingenfelter cold air kit
60+ pounds lighter
I'm really looking to see if the mph can jump into the 92's or higher.
Once I perfect this I think I can see 1/2 - 1 mph gain n/a and on the bottle who knows.
Ideally I would like to have dryer ducting from both nostrils go towards the drivers side compartment where the SLP cold air kit sits.
I would like to have one tube slot over one air filter and the other slot over the other.
That way I am constantly forcing in air, cold dense air straight from the nose where I would expect a decent amount of wind turbulence is.
Previously the air would hit this sealed area and then come out and go around the nose, now I am hoping that the air will just go straight into the tubing and straight into the engine.
I also could remove the air filter on it and just run the tubing directly to the lingenfelter tube for track only conditions, hmmmmmmm That was just a brain storm as I type [img]smile.gif[/img]
I'll keep updates as this progresses.
I might be able to get some pic's also.
I do not have a front bumper support and this is the only way this will work. There is not enough room w/ the bumper support in there.
Today I did a mock test of it.
Basically on the nose of the firebird's there are two holes with a black plastic piece in the back. Traditionally people mount their fog lights there.
I had mine there but finally ditched them today.
Right now I am running my back up intake (lingenfelter cold air w/ conical k&n) instead of my SLP cold air kit.
I completely blew apart my SLP cold air kit due to a HUGE nitrous backfire.
I removed the black plastic pieces in the nose and now air can flow straight into the engine area (actually radiator).
This is a trial set up, I have to find something better and also I need to reshape/ cut the openings. They are an odd shape and I have to take a look in home depot and see if I can find any better ducting. Also I will have to improve the way the ducting will attatch to the openings because trapping 92 mph n/a and 107 mph on the bottle it will force A LOT of air into those tubes. If they are not secure then it will be a waste.
I used dryer ducting seen here on my 91 sable (3rd pic):
http://www.geocities.com/misterjuice/sable.html
Right now the dryer ducting starts at my driver's side nostril held on by 2 zip ties. It snakes under the drivers side head light, enters the area where the SLP cold air kit filters would sit.
Since I have the Lingenfelter cold air kit the dryer ducting goes up the metal opening (slp cold air kit filters sit in) and the dryer ducting just has a bend in it so the air will just hit the K&N conical filter.
I am hitting the track in a couple hours and will see if there are any other differences.
I am running different parts though:
N/A plugs
Lingenfelter cold air kit
60+ pounds lighter
I'm really looking to see if the mph can jump into the 92's or higher.
Once I perfect this I think I can see 1/2 - 1 mph gain n/a and on the bottle who knows.
Ideally I would like to have dryer ducting from both nostrils go towards the drivers side compartment where the SLP cold air kit sits.
I would like to have one tube slot over one air filter and the other slot over the other.
That way I am constantly forcing in air, cold dense air straight from the nose where I would expect a decent amount of wind turbulence is.
Previously the air would hit this sealed area and then come out and go around the nose, now I am hoping that the air will just go straight into the tubing and straight into the engine.
I also could remove the air filter on it and just run the tubing directly to the lingenfelter tube for track only conditions, hmmmmmmm That was just a brain storm as I type [img]smile.gif[/img]
I'll keep updates as this progresses.
I might be able to get some pic's also.
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