lid or this?
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Originally Posted by ozzykicks2002
Cool thank you
! And can lead to damaging your engine 
. Well i guess now i'll have to either not drive as much in the rain, and try to dodge those big puddles! BUT! i researched most of the options for the intakes on the 01-02 F-bodies and the SLP Package looked like the best bet money wise, and greatest for HP range. I could be wrong but it does the job! extra 10-15 rwhp can't hurt! 
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and plus you DONT NEED both stock ram air and ftra..........try reading a thermodynamics/fluid machanics textbook, it'll tell you all that you wanna know. if you want the best performance get that tornado thing too, i havent engineered the product yet, but if it does work, its supposed to give you laminar flow instead of turbulant flow.
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GM High-Tech magazine had an issue (May 2004) that tested a variety of lids from different manufacturers.
HP increase with a lid alone was 5 to 10 for $99. I picked up my SLP for $75 new. And the Fernco mod can be done for $7 if you want a smooth elbow.
I would just stick with a lid. No sense spending the extra $ when you can put it elsewhere.
HP increase with a lid alone was 5 to 10 for $99. I picked up my SLP for $75 new. And the Fernco mod can be done for $7 if you want a smooth elbow.
I would just stick with a lid. No sense spending the extra $ when you can put it elsewhere.
Originally Posted by HottNix
and plus you DONT NEED both stock ram air and ftra..........try reading a thermodynamics/fluid machanics textbook, it'll tell you all that you wanna know. if you want the best performance get that tornado thing too, i havent engineered the product yet, but if it does work, its supposed to give you laminar flow instead of turbulant flow.
Simple: The more air you can put through the engine in a given amount of time, the more power.
Complex (in layman's terms): If you analyze the air flow through the ram air hoods (which is signigicantly different depending on which hood you've got, and if you've done anything to increase the airflow such as removing the baffles in the WS6 hood), compared to the airflow gained via FTRA and the like, or with the free ram air mod (cutting a hole in the airbox), you may find a different answer. Each car responds to mods differently, though if you look at average gains, the lid/SLPRA or FTRA combo typically nets just as much if not more than lid/hood (especially with the SS).
Studying fluid mechanics/thermodynamics is a great way to gain understanding on the function of various parts/mods (and without a doubt necessary for design, but number crunching alone doesn't always cut it. Sometimes experimentation is required to see how theory performs in reality. Welcome to the board. Stick around, there's much you can learn
.BTW: I forgot to answer the original question. It does depend somewhat on what hood you've got, but for the difference in airflow, the hastle of cleaning it, and the initial cost, you'd probably get more for your money by starting out with a lid and ram air mod instead.
Last edited by 2002BlackSS; Jun 9, 2005 at 07:03 PM.
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