Hood Intake or K&N CAI?
02-12-2008, 09:16 PM
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Hood Intake or K&N CAI? Alright, so in a few weeks I'm going to be buying a RamAir SS Style Hood for my 94Z28. I was mostly going to get the hood for looks, but I'm stuck between the option of going with my original plan of getting the K&N CAI or if I should get the Hood Intake kit?
What would give me more performance, or is there really not much of a difference? The airkit is usually about 50-125$ more on average than the K&N. Is it worth the extra money if there is extra performance?
Also, does anyone have any recommended brand/sites to get hoods from?
(Cheapest i could find is from LMP - http://www.lmperformance.com/19116/2.html - Anyone ever use them before?)
What would give me more performance, or is there really not much of a difference? The airkit is usually about 50-125$ more on average than the K&N. Is it worth the extra money if there is extra performance?
Also, does anyone have any recommended brand/sites to get hoods from?
(Cheapest i could find is from LMP - http://www.lmperformance.com/19116/2.html - Anyone ever use them before?)
02-12-2008, 09:34 PM
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the functional hood kit will definately help out at a car show and with "cool points" lol, but the fact is the lt1 ss airbox setup is restrictive and gets hot sitting on top of the intake. If there is a performance difference you will see more hp from the cai.
02-12-2008, 09:57 PM
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There was a guy selling a used hood intake on here a couple weeks back for pretty cheap. I think the only problem was it had a tiny burn hole in it that shouldn't be too hard to fix. If I remember right, I think he only wanted like $100 for it or so.
EDIT: Just checked back and he sold it already. I would go with the hood intake, even if it won't give you the same performance. It is a lot more cool points having it. I plan on doing it whenver I get an SS hood.
EDIT: Just checked back and he sold it already. I would go with the hood intake, even if it won't give you the same performance. It is a lot more cool points having it. I plan on doing it whenver I get an SS hood.
02-13-2008, 01:35 AM
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Anyone recommend some sites to buy the hoods from? Are there are sponsors here that supply hoods (at a decent price)?
And I think I'm going to do the hood intake rather than just have it for looks. Why waste a perfectly good hood intake
It will probably sound louder since the air is coming from on top instead of the bottom, will make cars next to me look twice with a nice roar. Mwahaha ! 
And I think I'm going to do the hood intake rather than just have it for looks. Why waste a perfectly good hood intake
It will probably sound louder since the air is coming from on top instead of the bottom, will make cars next to me look twice with a nice roar. Mwahaha !
02-13-2008, 01:47 AM
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I haven't looked around on too many of the sponsor sites, but WS6Store has them. This is actually a trufiber hood which is lighter than most, cheaper, and still has functional ram air. http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/...c6d0418bf022a3
They're a sponsor here. I'm not sure if they have further discounts for members, like some other sponsors do or not.
They're a sponsor here. I'm not sure if they have further discounts for members, like some other sponsors do or not.
02-13-2008, 02:51 AM
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I haven't looked around on too many of the sponsor sites, but WS6Store has them. This is actually a trufiber hood which is lighter than most, cheaper, and still has functional ram air. http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/...c6d0418bf022a3
Anyone have any other recommendations, please let me know
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02-13-2008, 02:57 AM
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Does the other site that it's on sale at have free shipping too? That hood probably won't be anywhere close to cheap on shipping. And WS6Store is top-notch, IMO. A couple weeks ago, I ordered my short shifter from them. Within 30 minutes of submitting my order, it was already shipped out. It was at my door within 16-20 hours with free shipping.
02-13-2008, 03:42 AM
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Does the other site that it's on sale at have free shipping too? That hood probably won't be anywhere close to cheap on shipping. And WS6Store is top-notch, IMO. A couple weeks ago, I ordered my short shifter from them. Within 30 minutes of submitting my order, it was already shipped out. It was at my door within 16-20 hours with free shipping.
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02-13-2008, 09:20 AM
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ws6store is in des moines? anyone have an address? i'd liek to check them out since i'm 2 hours away from them and my girlfriends family lives there so i'm there all the time
02-13-2008, 02:54 PM
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Its usually called a Hood Intake Kit or something similiar and its usually around 250-350$. Ill post some links later when I find one, im currently doing research on sites that sell them.
02-13-2008, 03:00 PM
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yea man let me know b/c i looked on every site i know and it seems like no one sells it Idk tho some post links
02-13-2008, 03:10 PM
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I'm not sure if they're a sponsor or not, so hopefully I don't get in trouble, but here's the link to the SLP site: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=21003
02-13-2008, 03:33 PM
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The only place I know that sells the hood intake is the SLP website. And their products aren't cheap. I'd check eBay though. I used to see them on there all the time.
I'm not sure if they're a sponsor or not, so hopefully I don't get in trouble, but here's the link to the SLP site: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=21003
I'm not sure if they're a sponsor or not, so hopefully I don't get in trouble, but here's the link to the SLP site: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=21003
http://www.lmperformance.com/6072/.html
305 compared to 308$ and free shipping.
SummitRacing has them also, but they are the same price. they also have the lids for 102$. Expensive. Thats 150$ more expensive than a regular CAI.
Also, the K&N Intake will give you about a 10hp better (at most) performance increase compared to the Air-Box intake. SLP Says 15 HP Gain, K&N Says 25 HP Gain - These are "At Best" performance improvement, but still. A K&N Intake will get you more hp/$$.
I think im going to be going with the K&N filter myself. More performance, cheaper. And its not like people will know your hood isn't the CAI without looking under the hood. With the hood, It will look a hell-of-a-lot meaner though
Edit: All the air-box intake kits are "Recommended" for the SLP Camaro SS hood. So it may not even fit the TruFiber version 100%
Im sure there is a way to build a custom intake for the hood, buying separate parts and making it yourself compared to buying a kit.
Edit2: I found this http://dagostinoracing.com/index.php...ducts_id=12096
It includes the SLP hood and the airbox kit together.
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02-13-2008, 05:27 PM
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I've been able to find them other places, such as that LMP Site.
http://www.lmperformance.com/6072/.html
305 compared to 308$ and free shipping.
SummitRacing has them also, but they are the same price. they also have the lids for 102$. Expensive. Thats 150$ more expensive than a regular CAI.
Also, the K&N Intake will give you about a 10hp better (at most) performance increase compared to the Air-Box intake. SLP Says 15 HP Gain, K&N Says 25 HP Gain - These are "At Best" performance improvement, but still. A K&N Intake will get you more hp/$$.
I think im going to be going with the K&N filter myself. More performance, cheaper. And its not like people will know your hood isn't the CAI without looking under the hood. With the hood, It will look a hell-of-a-lot meaner though
Edit: All the air-box intake kits are "Recommended" for the SLP Camaro SS hood. So it may not even fit the TruFiber version 100%
Im sure there is a way to build a custom intake for the hood, buying separate parts and making it yourself compared to buying a kit.
Edit2: I found this http://dagostinoracing.com/index.php...ducts_id=12096
It includes the SLP hood and the airbox kit together.
http://www.lmperformance.com/6072/.html
305 compared to 308$ and free shipping.
SummitRacing has them also, but they are the same price. they also have the lids for 102$. Expensive. Thats 150$ more expensive than a regular CAI.
Also, the K&N Intake will give you about a 10hp better (at most) performance increase compared to the Air-Box intake. SLP Says 15 HP Gain, K&N Says 25 HP Gain - These are "At Best" performance improvement, but still. A K&N Intake will get you more hp/$$.
I think im going to be going with the K&N filter myself. More performance, cheaper. And its not like people will know your hood isn't the CAI without looking under the hood. With the hood, It will look a hell-of-a-lot meaner though
Edit: All the air-box intake kits are "Recommended" for the SLP Camaro SS hood. So it may not even fit the TruFiber version 100%
Im sure there is a way to build a custom intake for the hood, buying separate parts and making it yourself compared to buying a kit.
Edit2: I found this http://dagostinoracing.com/index.php...ducts_id=12096
It includes the SLP hood and the airbox kit together.
02-13-2008, 11:06 PM
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I dont think the camaro RAM-AIR off the hood is as good as the CAI from the wheel well. I've had both. The Ram-air setup hogs up alot of space on top of the motor too. I currently still have CAI from down low and will keep it that way for a while yet.
