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09-23-2017, 08:24 PM | #16 | |
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OP is interested, I believe, in whether anyone has shown equal or more gains to those of the vendors' claims with their own fabrication or frankenstein version. Me and my buddy used to go to Autozone and pick up some ricer mods and hack them up so they would fit daily drivers like a Maxima and the performance results were always stunning - appearance, not so much lol...again it was very ricer, but it worked, and we had a blast doing it.
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09-23-2017, 09:43 PM | #18 | |
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09-24-2017, 09:43 AM | #19 |
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Thanks Michael, I'm sure I will take you up on that offer.
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09-24-2017, 04:22 PM | #20 |
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The stock intake is good if and only if you plan t keep your car completely bone stock and never do any mods to it at all...which some of us plan to do. But for those of us who do have plans for future mods including pulleys, headers, tune...then a CAI is a good first mod to get out of the way in preparation for upcoming stuff. But I'll add that even on a stock vehicle it will increase response, give you a handful or more of extra hp, improve MPGs since your engine will breathe easier, and it'll make your car different than every other ZL1 that rolled off the line. So why not? If you can custom make your own then even more so! I say go for it.
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09-24-2017, 06:47 PM | #21 |
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Hey Roto-fab 1, yes I plan on doing a tune after the install. I would think that any increase in tube diameter would require a tune due to the MAF calibration. Bigger tube, slower air velocity, different MAF reading.
Just rounding the numbers but throttle body inlet size 4" then adapting up to 5" all the way to filter housing. These numbers are very close to the stock intake size now. I didn't think this thread would generate a following but because it has I'll start sharing some data. I will pull the old flow bench out of storage and do a run on the stock intake system from throttle body to air entry of box below stock filter. Then I'll remove filter and do a comparison. My first thoughts are that without the filter in the housing the numbers will be pretty good. The filter lays so close to the bottom of the housing air looks to be pretty shrouded on the upper side. I may not be able to measure at 28" of water coulum due to the volume of air but we can use a different datum for all comparisons. Last edited by Vulcan1; 09-25-2017 at 10:51 AM. |
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09-25-2017, 03:58 PM | #23 |
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65 my birthday
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09-26-2017, 09:51 AM | #24 |
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Vulcan1 - good choice of color for Lexington, KY. BBN.
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09-26-2017, 12:16 PM | #25 | |
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A DIY intake for your ZL1 won't be too hard. Press brake the heat shroud, fab your intake tube, and add a filter, and a couple other tricks we use to prevent turbulence. We try to avoid using metals because of the heat soak/transfer properties. Obviously you will be, because the fab capabilities. Something I have always wanted to do on an aluminum intake tube or intercooler piping is ceramic coat both inside and out. Not solely for the benefits, kind of for the same cool factor of building you own intake, and having piping that's not "piping hot". Here are a couple pics of our first intakes we did before making any revisions if this helps you any. |
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09-26-2017, 02:51 PM | #26 | |
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