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Originally Posted by fradaj
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They transfer the hurricane to the tornado dispenser...
Honestly, I don't know. I assume they act as silencers to reduce noise. The LFX intake has one also, but not two. I remove it on all LFX intakes and do not see any ill effects from that.
The more I look at it I think they may work to increase the Venturi effect on the air coming into the intake. Could be for noise but I doubt it.
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You could be right, but won't know until it's dyno tested. I removed them both and saw a significant airflow increase. Like I said, I remove the one on the LFX also and see no ill effects.
As requested, pictures below of comparison to LFX intake and LGX intake (I also threw in the Colorado, and 12-13 Impala LFX intake for kicks so you can see how different these intakes can be)
First 3 pictures shown Colorado and 14+ Impala LFX intake, 12-13 Impala LFX intake (and other FWD), Camaro LFX intake, and 2016 Camaro (and possibly ATS? I think the 16 ATS is supposed to get the LGX next year as well?) LGX intake.
3rd picture, Colorado intake is shown with the aluminum lower intake piece attached, the impala, and camaro intake do not show this. The LGX intake does not have a lower intake piece like the other intakes did, it is one piece.
4th pic, Camaro LFX intake left, 16 LGX intake, right... NOTE the new LGX intake is held on by 8 bolts to the engine while the 12-15 Camaro LFX intake is held on by 6 bolts.
5th Pic, Camaro LFX intake shown w/ lower intake piece attached left, 16 LGX intake shown right... NOTE the LFX bottom is FLAT, while the new LGX bottom is on an angle.
6th & 7th pic. LGX angled bottom shown up close, followed by LFX flat botom shown up clost... This is the biggest problem you will come across trying to adapt the LGX intake to the LFX... The adapter will be expensive, and it's probably not worth the time/money to try to adapt the LGX intake to the LFX engine because of this.
8th pic shows the mouths of the intakes. LGX shown left, double "silencer", LFX right, single "silencer" (I always remove this from the LFX intakes I modify)
NOTE, the LGX intake throttle body opening is smaller than the LFX intake. Is it APPX. 2mm smaller.
I'll be trying "take 2" of the ported LGX intake tomorrow vs the stock intake... Following that, I will move onto phase 3 of modifying the LGX intake and try it again...
Also, I have an LGX intake tube on the way, and stock airfilter. Unfortunately I was not able to purchase the complete air box assembly as it is not available at this time for either the v6, or the v8 car. The throttle body for both was also not available.