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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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Has anyone tried to fab up some hosing to go from one or both grilled bumper openings in a Z28 for a cold air induction option? Something that could feed the stock 1/2" x 15" slot at the bottom front of the filter box? Are those openings in a high pressure area when the car it moving?

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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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Yes, that has been rigged up before. IMO: Just buy a cold air induction 'kit'. SLP CAI, FTRA, SSRA, etc etc. And a lid, and all the other typical "first mods."
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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Yeah. Those home-made CAIs look like ***.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 08:32 PM
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I was hoping to save $120-180 and not cause potential cooling issues while achieving the same thing as FTRA, SSRA, etc.

The hard part would be figuring out how to match a 3" tube/hose to the narrow slot at the front of the air box. If there are no examples from others to imitate, I will probably just do the FRA mod and see if that makes a difference.

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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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u will definitely "feel" a difference going from stock to fra. u will not feel a difference going from fra to ftra, ssra, cai, etc. ur car will pick up better at higher speeds, but nothing u will feel. the fra by itself is a nice mod. the only thing the ftra,ssra, etc. does for u is seal off the airflow by blocking the front passage and directing the air right into the airbox from underneath.
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 12:57 AM
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Yeah. Those home-made CAIs look like ***.

yes they do, my little brother's car has 2 3" tubes going up through 2 big nasty holes in the radiator support
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