Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF
10-01-2002, 09:41 AM
#1
On The Tree
Thread Starter
iTrader: (8)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Dowagiac, MI
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF well I got my ati kit yesterday and everything is cool except the plenum box is made out of plastic. I think they should of made the tubing out of stainless instead of powercoated steel and they should of used silicone hoses. I think i might buy the polished plenum(aluminum) box or see if they will trade me. other than those two little things I will say the kit is really nice. I ordered it from Performancepartsoutlet.com for 4377.00 for the complete kit. they were the cheapest I found on the net and i have been looking for 6 months
10-02-2002, 09:56 AM
#5
Moderator
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF BTW, ABS plastic is a class of plastics based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers. <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
10-02-2002, 11:11 AM
#6
TECH Resident
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Richmond,Va
Posts: 808
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Black LS1 T/A:
<strong>BTW, ABS plastic is a class of plastics based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers. <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">lol wtf!?! who knows that kind of crap hahaha j/k
<strong>BTW, ABS plastic is a class of plastics based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers. <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">lol wtf!?! who knows that kind of crap hahaha j/k
10-02-2002, 05:01 PM
#7
On The Tree
Thread Starter
iTrader: (8)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Dowagiac, MI
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF yeah you might have a fancy name for it but it still adds up to cheap crap! I ordered the polished intake plenum today. I might just haft to hit the plastic one with a golf club. The thing just dosent look right.
Trending Topics
10-03-2002, 12:51 AM
#8
TECH Resident
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Richmond, VA Where fast cars, well......are hard to come by.
Posts: 979
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF How much extra is the polished one? I think I should probably skip the plastic one, soudns that way at least. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
10-03-2002, 05:54 AM
#9
Moderator
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF Unless ATI is doing something different, the Black Inlet Plenum (fits about where your Induction sits now) is metal, not plastic.
The Inlet Hat down by the compressor is black ABS plastic. I never heard of it being polished.
What's the big deal if the Inlet Plenum were plastic, anyway? Your Induction piece is plastic.
If you want a polished Inlet Plenum, that's fine... pay the extra money. But, it would be no sin if they made it of plastic... that would just be following the stock format.
The Inlet Hat down by the compressor is black ABS plastic. I never heard of it being polished.
What's the big deal if the Inlet Plenum were plastic, anyway? Your Induction piece is plastic.
If you want a polished Inlet Plenum, that's fine... pay the extra money. But, it would be no sin if they made it of plastic... that would just be following the stock format.
10-03-2002, 02:03 PM
#10
TECH Apprentice
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Maple Grove MN
Posts: 362
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF Mike he never really clarified what part he was talking about. I hope he didnt order the polished plenum thinking he's going to get a polished intake hat. I dont know how much replacement plenums are but if its an extra $140 to upgrade your black metal one to a polished one then I bet they're pretty spendy. I've never heard of a metal intake hat but I thought that was kinda screwy when I got my kit. Everything else is metal and then you get this plastic thing for the front of the compressor. WTF? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
10-03-2002, 06:54 PM
#11
On The Tree
Thread Starter
iTrader: (8)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Dowagiac, MI
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF Im talking about the intake plenum (the one on top or the radiator). I know that all the intake hats are plastic. I know plastic matchs everything else under the hood but im going to do something special. Im going to use Mastercam and program the Procharger logo so i can use my CNC mill to mill it on the top of the plenum box. Pics will be up soon. Its going to look kick ***!
10-03-2002, 08:50 PM
#12
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (15)
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Mass
Posts: 8,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF camarogod98 is correct, they are now made of plastic. I stopped and looked twice during our last ATI install. One of the techs even asked "what happened to the plenum?".
Tom
Tom
10-03-2002, 11:15 PM
#13
8 Second Club
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: the not so stock tribe
Posts: 3,697
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF weired???
any pics of it?? does it fit better ??
will it hold large amounts of boost!!
the only benifit i could think of is that it doesn't heat soak like the metal one.
any pics of it?? does it fit better ??
will it hold large amounts of boost!!
the only benifit i could think of is that it doesn't heat soak like the metal one.
10-04-2002, 05:48 PM
#14
TECH Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Clinton Twp. Michigan
Posts: 658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Plastic Plenum box on ATI kit, WTF Well, this does and doesn't pertain here, but i have the polished intake plenum, and am changing my ATI setup, so if anyone wants it, and is willing to wait till this winter, i'll probably be selling it.
