How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

[flamingchicken]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

try lingenfelter.

you dont need the maf from there, ours is in the throttle body. do the lid, see what gains you get, then do the ram air and see what it does.

[cubsfanman3]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

alrightt. id have to consider doing something like that...

[Inferno]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

FIPK's aren't worth the money. They just suck in hot air. do this:
It works on my 2001 4th gen camaro,and will fit any 1999-2002 v6 camaro or firebird. it's actually a revision of an old design, costs ~$10 and takes 1 hour, tops.
here's what you do:
1) go to lowe's, menard's, home depot or wherever and pick up A: some 150 grit sandpaper, B: a 3" 22.5* STREET elbow, pvc. the street part is highly critical; one end should be smaller than the other, i.e. one end ONLY is flared. C: a 3.5" - 4" Stainless hose clamp, D: a 4" - 4.5" stainless hose clamp. the rest of these are optional, but highly reccomended, so when you lift you're hood it's not like "wtf?" E: Plastic Primer Sprayaint and finally F: some matte black spraypaint. i prefer rust-oleum, but it's kinda expensive, go with the national brand if the extra $3 matters to you.

2) go to car, lift hood, lift latches on air box lid, remove everything from airbox lid back to MAF screen (not including MAF screen, of course). pull the IAT sensor out of it's rubber housing and just let it dangle. you're gonna need to use a pair of pliers to remove the retainers on the silencer box

3) using pliers or whatever, remove all the factory band clamps holding the connecting boots to their respective parts. now's also a good time to snap out the ribs on your factory airbox lid, if you haven't already.

4) throw the factory silencer away, or keep if you have the shelf space (i do not)

5) using the sandpaper, smooth out any ridges on the pvc, inside and out. if you just snapped the ridges/baffles out of your airbox lid, smooth the inside of your lid.

6) thouroughly wash the pvc elbow (and lid, too, once again if applicable)

7) prime and paint the pvc elbow, plugging the ends with some newspaper or taping it off.

8)once dry, go back out to your car, attach the airbox lid, airbox lid-silencer boot, new pvc elbow "silencer", silencer-MAF boot. now you can use your shiny new hose clamps to attach everything in the right place. remember to replace the IAT!
NOTE: you're going to have to manipulate the airbox lid- silencer boot onto the new "silencer". Oval hole, round peg. Highly do-able. Get it?

If you did it right, your engine bay should look nice and uncluttered, like this:






Good luck, and Happy Modding :)

[cubsfanman3]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

so u think this is just as effective as a whisper lid??

[Inferno]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

so u think this is just as effective as a whisper lid??

Nope, not by a long shot, but it's a cheap (half-assed) step in the right direction. $10 vs $100. Plus, good luck getting a whisper lid right now. everyone's sold out.

The Whisper lid has a circular outlet, a taller profile, and a greater internal volume, all of which add up to more flow.

[flamingchicken]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

not at all, see how the intake boots are not smooth...that creates turbulence. the whisper lid is completely smooth.

[cubsfanman3]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

im deff goin with the whisper lid

[1997v6ixxr]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

I have a '97 with a suncoast creations functional Ram Air hood & box, but the problem is the stupid angled intake! I have it set-up with a flex intake hose that creates too much turbulance due to it's corregated design. It's also way to freakin long! Does anyone have a better way and/or pictures for getting the air from the hood snorkles and air box straight into the intake?

[Inferno]

Re: How can you get rid of intake air silancers?

I have a '97 with a suncoast creations functional Ram Air hood & box, but the problem is the stupid angled intake! I have it set-up with a flex intake hose that creates too much turbulance due to it's corregated design. It's also way to freakin long! Does anyone have a better way and/or pictures for getting the air from the hood snorkles and air box straight into the intake?

Does the 97 have the same angled TB as the 1998?
If so, that's a battle that the 95.5-98 guys have been fighting for a while. I plan on finding a solution this summer when I borrow my buddy's 98 firebird, but as of yet, nobody's had the ram hood that's spoken up about a problem. Many people make an auto-zone special, or use dryer ducting, which isn't recommended.