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Old 01-24-2007, 08:12 AM
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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.
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I imagine that would improve throttle response. But I kinda like the bling for car shows....
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I've wanted to do kinda the same thing with all the rubber hoses on my incon kit. Sooner or later I think I will have to though. Looks good.
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I just now looked at your sig, with a motor that big you probably dont need any better throttle response

again nice work.
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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.
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nice work, more underhood pics, looks like alot is going on there
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looks good, i'd def do that if I had an ATI
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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.
I have an idea on how to make that better. Its too bad the run has to be so short.
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Looks good!
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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.
Please elaborate.
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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....
lol Seems like I've heard that once before somewhere.....

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.....
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That looks really good! Bob
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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.....
Damn that looks good!!
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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.....
You should sell those to me and make yourself even better ones. Those do look real nice.




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