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ATI Piping Ever since I watched those rubber hoses going into the 'airbox' flex on my car during a dyno run, I've been wanting to replace them with stainless steel pipe. The idea of rubber hoses moving with all those metal corners touching them seems like a BAD setup to me. So I ordered some 2 1/2" SS mandrel bends, spent a day cutting them to fit, and had them tig-welded up. I still need to polish them again to make em purdy, but I thought some of you might enjoy the initial install pics.
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very nice, now take it a step further and get rid of the crappy plenum design and do a Y to the TB and really see some nice improvments.
my buddy did this and throttle repsonse was night and day vs that plenum.
my buddy did this and throttle repsonse was night and day vs that plenum.
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Dude your car is a PIG.... =) You should put her on a diet and see what she runs then... Damn good times for how much it weighs....
SDPC Forged 402, ATI D-1SC, Cam Motion Custom Cam, Ported 6L heads, LSX, Speed Secrets 4L60E, Pro Yank 3400 Extreme, NW Dif Moser 9" w/3.70s, AlkyControl, MegaSquirt, Racetronix, KB BAP, 60lb Motrons
618rwhp, 760rwtq SAE @ 13psi; 10.42@131.4mph, 1.46 60'; 4125lbs race wt
Dude your car is a PIG.... =) You should put her on a diet and see what she runs then... Damn good times for how much it weighs....
That plenum really screws the idle/part throttle MAF numbers so thats why the drivabilty is kind of weird unless you make some radical MAF adjustments, but as far as horsepower it most likely doesnt hurt anything.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
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Originally Posted by kp
That plenum really screws the idle/part throttle MAF numbers so thats why the drivabilty is kind of weird unless you make some radical MAF adjustments, but as far as horsepower it most likely doesnt hurt anything.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
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Originally Posted by kp
That plenum really screws the idle/part throttle MAF numbers so thats why the drivabilty is kind of weird unless you make some radical MAF adjustments, but as far as horsepower it most likely doesnt hurt anything.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
The stainless pipes do look a lot better.
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Originally Posted by 98turbls1
10.42@131.4mph, 1.46 60'; 4125lbs race wt
Dude your car is a PIG.... =) You should put her on a diet and see what she runs then... Damn good times for how much it weighs....
Dude your car is a PIG.... =) You should put her on a diet and see what she runs then... Damn good times for how much it weighs....
Yeah, if I didn't show the car too, I'd rip a whole bunch of stuff out. But other than teh AC comp & cond that don't fit anymore, it's just like it rolled out of the factory. Well, I have added a few pounds.....but they all made it faster!
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I finally got the tubes polsihed & installed. My wife said "that's how it should have looked", so I feel good about the choice. I still need to install the new plenum but I think it's going to look pretty good for my car show in March. I finally feel good enough about how it looks to enter it into the Seattle Roadster Show that Todd2001SS won 2 years ago. Wish me luck.....
Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
I finally got the tubes polsihed & installed. My wife said "that's how it should have looked", so I feel good about the choice. I still need to install the new plenum but I think it's going to look pretty good for my car show in March. I finally feel good enough about how it looks to enter it into the Seattle Roadster Show that Todd2001SS won 2 years ago. Wish me luck.....
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https://www.motortrend.com/features/...ebird-formula/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZ1z...ature=youtu.be
95 Pontiac Formula- Stock engine with ATI Procharger, Moser 12 bolt w/4:30 gears, Rossler trans, Neil Chance 4000 stall, M/T ET streets, 10.914@ 121.90mph, 1.452 60ft. GMHTP November 2010 Feature Car. Check it out at:
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...ebird-formula/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZ1z...ature=youtu.be
Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
I finally got the tubes polsihed & installed. My wife said "that's how it should have looked", so I feel good about the choice. I still need to install the new plenum but I think it's going to look pretty good for my car show in March. I finally feel good enough about how it looks to enter it into the Seattle Roadster Show that Todd2001SS won 2 years ago. Wish me luck.....
Those do look real nice.