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Old 05-24-2007, 07:29 PM
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is this mod worth it. i've been thinking about buying one to go along with my lid, but will a smooth bellow make any difference in the performance of my car?
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no its only for looks.
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its sappost to, its not only for looks and it claims 5 horse, personally i would say 1-3 horse different and it will make you that much closer to a COMPLETE intake set up... dont blow any money on it now look for better gains but if you see one selling in our classifieds for around 30 i would say buy it.
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Performance value - its not worth it.

I personally have the SLP one and like it because it makes for a sturdy place to mount my nitrous nozzel.
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Originally Posted by 1meantransam
its sappost to, its not only for looks and it claims 5 horse, personally i would say 1-3 horse different and it will make you that much closer to a COMPLETE intake set up... dont blow any money on it now look for better gains but if you see one selling in our classifieds for around 30 i would say buy it.
I agree. probably 1-3 HP to the crank. Im actually glad I got mine, just for looks and I like the sturdyness. I bought my way back when they were cheaper than they are now. I cant believe how much they are going for. If you have a few extra bucks go for it, buying it would be like buying a tank of gas, so maybe lay off the car for a week or so and you would of spent that money on gas anyways.
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www.not-a-sponsor.com you can find the same thing for like $23 shipped. i like it. it cleans up the engine bay a lil and scores me a mean 1-3 hp lol

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i got mine from a sponser here a few months ago only because if u spent 100 u got free shipping . The price of shippin wasnt much below the price of the bellows so i bought it and got my shipping free. If u look at it like that the bellows only cost me like 10
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i used one from intakehoses.com i didnt really like it, now its F/S.

the stockers work the best from what ive learned. im using an LT1 WS6 bellow.
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Nope.
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i didnt think they really made much of a difference. i was thinking about going to home depot and get a pice of the plastic tubing. i probably just leave it alone and save up for some underdrive pullys or something
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It has a clean look to it. Kind of a pain working with the Air Lid though. You have to make sure it's shoved all the way back or your air boxs clamps will come undone.
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Worthless mod. Only buy it if you like the looks, otherwise it's useless, IMO.
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I bought one from a nonsponser and I think I paid something like $20 for it. To me it was worth the money for a couple reasons. 1. It really helps clean up the engine bay and I've started showing my car off at shows so every little bit helps. 2. And most importantly it's strong enough to hold my nitrous nozzles which the stock one couldn't.

If you're looking at gaining HP then don't buy it because you really won't see anything but if you're adding nitrous or going for better looks then it's a good mod.
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I got one for $10, and I plan on using it with my 85mm MAF.
I think it's one of those things that works really well if you have the supporting mods.
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I think it looks alot better but it doesn't give much of a performance gain....but then again neither does the air box lid so I guess it's more about what you want it to look like.
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i would have to agree that its pretty much just for looks
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its worth it for the looks alone . i have one and like it
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i just got a piece of rubber plumbing tubing from home depot and cut it down-cost 8 bucks
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Originally Posted by blownta00
i just got a piece of rubber plumbing tubing from home depot and cut it down-cost 8 bucks
thats what i was thinking about doing. did you have any problems getting it to fit right
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i think its worth it. it looks alot better then the stock one



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