Wile_E

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm familiar with the search feature and used it. Through all of my reading, no one gave any thought to the fact that the screen could possibly be there to straighten the air disturbed by the silencer right in front of it. It's said that the vettes don't have the screen...do they have the silencer?

unit213

The 'vettes don't have the baffle/silencer. I believe GM put it there to intentionally try to restrict airflow. They didn't want their flagship 'vette to be outdone by a $23K Camaro.
I posted a link above (edited my post). Have you checked that out? Like I said, there is tons of info there.

Wile_E

I saw the link, thanks.

Like I said before, I think the screen is there to straighten the air flow disturbed by the baffle/silencer. I just mentioned this because it was never mentioned in the many posts I read on this subject.

FWIW, I've been reading on this site almost daily for a month now (since I got my Z28) and have only posted a few times. I know there is lots of info on this board and I do my best to find info I need without asking the same question for the 100th time.

I thought it was odd that no one had made this comment in all of my reading on this subject.

Fenris Ulf

No problems here, removing the screen is just fine.

Wile_E

I have also removed mine.

I just thought that the screen no longer serves a purpose when an aftermarket lid is installed.

I'm not debating whether or not taking it off is good or not, I'm just trying to add some insite to an obviously long debated topic

Viper

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Good call; I've read about it for 4 years ( 2 ls1 boards ) and no one ever pointed that out.

unit213

I touched on that subject. I guess no one really spelled it out.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The airflow is straight with an aftermarket lid. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I pulled that from my statement on the link listed above.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I know there is lots of info on this board and I do my best to find info I need without asking the same question for the 100th time. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you have a question Wile_E, ask away. We're all here to help. <img border="0" alt="[angel]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_angel.gif" />

richieg

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by unit213:
<strong> The 'vettes don't have the baffle/silencer. I believe GM put it there to intentionally try to restrict airflow. They didn't want their flagship 'vette to be outdone by a $23K Camaro.
I posted a link above (edited my post). Have you checked that out? Like I said, there is tons of info there. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree with you completely on the intentional detuning of the camaro/firebird for what's it worth, It does also have a quieting property. All I can say is I ripped mine out with a screwdriver, throttle response was greatly improved and I could here more of the engine coming out of my airbox. Just my thoughts.

Wile_E

It's said that the purpose of the screen is to straighten the air flow going through the MAF. This was designed with the stock air silencer in mind, which causes turbulance in the air. If an aftermarket lid in installed and the air silencer is removed, then there is no longer the need for the air to be straightened.

Any thoughts on this theory?

unit213

I see that your new to LS1tech.com Wile E. Welcome to the board. With that said, this topic has recently been discussed to death. Colonel (partial owner of LS1tech.com) posted tons of great info. The search feature hasn't been functioning properly or I'd post that link for you. The bottom line is that the MAF screen is unnecessary and many of us have had great results by removing it.

edit: The search feature worked! Here's some good info for you...

https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...;f=24;t=005062

Dan

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