GXPPOWER

what ius the URL for the website that gives instructions on how to modify the stock lid? explains how to cut and dremel in inside of the intake lid and part of the intake setup. i book marked it but cant find it now.

anthonyz281999

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www.installuniversity.com

v8hunter

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Not to be a smart ***, but why don't you just pick yourself up a used lid on ebay or one of the boards for $50 or so if you are wanting to be cheap.

Save the dremel tool for doing the free ram air or self porting your throttle body.

KrazyDan

Maybe he wants to keep a stock looking engine bay. Ive thought about doing my stock lid as well and reinstalling it, just to give it that stock look.

GXPPOWER

i want to keep it looking stock. and 2nd. why waste 50 dollars. when i can do it for free. and i dont need a dremel tool their are many things to use to cut with. esp hard plastic. and i already have acess to a dremel also. so i would waste money going on ebay. some people shouldnt be so lazy. im sorry but if you can do a mod yourself for cheaper do it. its not that hard. and if a free mod is to technical for you then you probly shouldnt be modding anything at all bought or done yourself.

'Trust'

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An aftermarket lid will gain you more than modifying the stock setup, the baffles still dont help out w/air flow. You could always do a lid and stick the sticker from teh stocker on it, 9/10 people wouldnt notice the difference

GMmexican

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anyone know the website where i can purchase a whisper lid?

anthonyz281999

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i got mine from tbyrne motor sports...there a sponosor here ...but a lot of sponors here will have them

Mr Incredible

Taking out the baffles from the stock lid is the first mod I did. Did it help? Who knows. But I did it anyway.

The baffles are of a plastic that I found was easy to snap/twist off. I got a pair of lineman pliers and went to it. It took other tools to get them all out and I only left the ones that were just too damn hard to get out.

I finished up with a die grinder and some burrs. There was plastic bits EVERYWHERE and it took a good half hour to vacuum them all up.

I wish I knew what it did, but there's no way I could afford dyno pulls for before, after, and real aftermarket lid.

777

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I doubt you will gain anything from your lid mod. Air flow is much more than just creating more space. Lids have a design. They aren't just stock lids with the baffles removed. That's like saying why by a supercharger for $5000 when I can by a hairdryer for $100. I think it's an idea and it may give you some power, but don't talk like this mod is just as good as a lid and it's stupid to pay $50 for one.

Mr Incredible

The baffles are there to reduce noise but they also make the air turbulent. I believe the reason for removing the baffles is not to increase space but to smooth (and perhaps increase) the airflow through the lid.

Will it hurt? Doubtful. Can it help? The theory is there, but without direct comparison I (we) will never know. And, certainly, nobody can say it won't work with any more authority than somebody else can say it will. It isn't likely to be as efficient as an aftermarket lid, but the price is right and it retains the stock look.

Good enough for me. Someday when I have a spare chunck of change maybe I'll get a better lid. Or not.

CJDZ24_Z28

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exactly!

blacksnake

The SLP lid has a stock appearence if that's what you want.

Don't waste your time dickin' around with the stock lid. The aftermarket ones are going to net you about 10 rwhp, tops. That's not that much to begin with, so i would want to make sure I got the whole 10 hp, rather than hoping for a couple with a cut up stock lid.

bww3588

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hell SLP lids came factory on some SS and WS6's

'Trust'

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No on WS6's, those were ASE's job. But for sure some SS's came with them, and it'd make sense for them to be an option on Firehawks, but I've never seen one with one

bww3588

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you are right. sorry about the misinformation. i think the factory SLP lids had black letters insted of white. correct?

'Trust'

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No sweat, the factory one looked lil different from the aftermarket slp one, it still had the stickers on it, and the edges of it resembled the stock lid aswell as far as not being smooth but having the little pieces of plastic running perpendicular to the side they were on, i'll see if i can find a pic

'Trust'

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Found one!