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Old 11-21-2007, 11:11 PM
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I was browsing around the forum and noticed someone mentioned they took the baffles out of the hood scoope on their hood. Is there any value in doing this or is the risk from getting water in your intake outweigh any benefit. From what I can tell even though the air has to make a few turns going around the baffles before it actually hits the airbox and since the box is already sealed to the hood would it really make that much of a difference?

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It's not quite sealed, there is a gap between the hood and the airbox
I debaffled the hood and sealed the airbox to the hood with some composite and some weatherstripping
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The LT1 WS6 airbox is sealed to the hood already with the equivalent to weatherstripping...its slightly different than the LS1 WS6 airbox. So my question is...since the hood is sealed to the airbox does it matter if the baffles are still in the hood or is it noticeably better to remove the baffles and risk water getting into the airbox?
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I took mine out 2 years ago and never had any water get into the intake. Cant really tell if i got any more HP from removing it but im good with it out.
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How did you take yours out?




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