jammon46

Ok I got an idea when I was looking at my stock lid at silencer (don't have the funds yet for an aftermarket). seems to me like the silencer would take away a few hp, but I didn't want to hack it off and have it look like crap. So I cut some plastic pieces off a cup to fit the triangle shaped openings and sealed it with silicone so it is totally reversable. Am I the first one to do this? If so, what do you guys think about it?

VIP1

Sorry, but you arent the first one to remove the silencer.

Some have made cones (usually out of metal), others have used rubber waste pipe reducers made by Fernco (available at Home Depot).

jammon46

No, ya see I didn't remove it, I bypassed it! With it on the car you can't tell anything is done.

VIP1

Pics?

If its bypassed, why leave it there?

Patman

This type of stuff was done back in 1998 when the LS1 f-bodies first came out. I hacked off my silencers (on the 98 Formula I had then) and taped the hell out of what was left, and it worked, but eventually I put an MTI lid on it instead since it looked better that way.

PendragonZ

Good thinking for a free mod! You can get a used lid for pretty cheap though, if you want to go that route. Check the for sale forum here, they come up quite often.

jammon46

would buy a lid but Im spending my money on C6 wheels. Cant wait to put em' on!

unit213

Way to be inventive, but IMO it's a waste. I sold my lid for $40. The gain with a lid and a smooth bellows is only about 10rwhp. Part of that increase is a direct result of the factory lid, which you're still using.

badhoopty

it would be pretty stealthy to put some giggle gas and fuel solonoids in the factory baffle hollows, and dremel out the ridges in the stock airlid. i'm sure somebody has had to have done that by now, dunno about the gains, but it would be kinda cool from a sleeper point of view.

but then again, thats lotsa work when an aftermarket lid is pretty much proven and downright simple.

777

iTrader: (21)

the nitrous idea seems to be quite a good idea...but seriosly if you have an ls1 powered car how can you not come up with 50-100 bones to buy a lid? that is like one of, if not THE cheapest, effective, mod there is.

PewterNHRA2001

iTrader: (1)

owning an ls1 might just be the reason why some of us cant come up with the money for mods...spending all the money to be able to keep the car haha

jammon46

true dat!

777

iTrader: (21)

i suppose so...i'm sure you make payments...i don't make any anymore so that doesn't come across my mind...my bad

unit213

umm...LS1's are dirt cheap. Mine was only 23K brand new. My Cobra was $38K , which is still cheap these days.

trigger1

iTrader: (28)

Wow. If my 400 dollar a month car payment is cheap to you I need to send my resume to where you work!

unit213

Mine is $700 + $200 for insurance monthly. My Explorer is $500 + $150 for insurance monthly.

$1,550 / month total

777

iTrader: (21)

must be nice to have some money

LSWannabe

Damn Unit, over 18 grand a year just for your cars. Let me give you my account number then you can direct deposit a couple hundred a month in there for me. Just for a year or two. Wait I'm drifting away from my point, DAMN UNIT 18 GRAND A YEAR JUST FOR YOUR CARS!

Ptvolly

I hate to admit that the lid and bellow was the last mod I did, but was worth it for the money! Good inginuity(sp?) though!
May car payments are also about 1500 a month for two veh and insurance. Which is why I'm not real quick to spend the $$ for the mods! Is it a sign you're a car nut when you build a new house and your mortgage is less than car payments?

unit213

That doesn't include mods. Add another $5K or so for the Cobra this year.