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Old 01-14-2006, 10:07 PM
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Default Post pics of your homemade or aftermarket smooth bellows? Please.

What material, size, and location if homemade?
If aftermarket what company / sponsor?

Thanks.
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Fernco 3' in 3' out. Home depot!
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Beautiful.
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I can't say that I feel the difference...But what the hell. I was already at Home Depot that day and had an extra $5.75 in my pocket.
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PVC Pipe painted black & a red Baker Hose. The PVC pipe basically replaced the MAF Sensor. More info here: http://www.scottsrides.com/smr00taMA...C_install.html





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This was an emergency/provisional bellows that I used to drive the car around for a few days until the bellows in the 2nd pic below came via UPS (I had just installed my washer/dryer at home and I had some extra 4" flex exhaust stuff laying around).



This is a 3.5" to 4" single rib.



Notice the notch that I cut into it so that it would fit nice and flush with the MAF.

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LMAO! Dryer hose! That is classic Southie!
I will admit that I took my intake over to a friends house and we installed it over there and I left some bolts at home and we had to zip tie the TB to the intake....you talk about a scary ride home!
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Where is your lid sensor plug?
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orangepeel.. love the FAST painted black.. saw your post about that earlier.. i see a lot of FASTs lately. i need one.
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
Where is your lid sensor plug?

Relocated via the Z06 MAF harness.

Zip ties?!
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Doh!
Originally Posted by SouthFL.02.SS
Relocated via the Z06 MAF harness.

Thanks Rescue! It was my first attempt at trying to paint an intake, but think that it turned out better than I expected.
<--------------------- Not an artist by any means. Stick figures are tough for me!

Yeah zip ties..... Vacuum leak would have been highly possible as well. But luck was with me all 8 miles down the road.
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Stock one works pretty well. That's what I'm still running. IMO, until you move to a 90mm intake stick with the stocker.
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Originally Posted by WILWAXU
Stock one works pretty well. That's what I'm still running. IMO, until you move to a 90mm intake stick with the stocker.
+ 1

It's just a bit of tubing.
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yeah i had the fernco too. (b4 i went to 90/90 and 85/85mm combo..)
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only spend 5-6 buck on one as it really doesn't help, but it cleans up the engine bay a little. Don't go out and buy one for 50 or so form the sponsors when you can make one in just about 5 min.
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Originally Posted by WILWAXU
Stock one works pretty well. That's what I'm still running. IMO, until you move to a 90mm intake stick with the stocker.
Or if u do nitrous, more chance of puddling with a wet kit with the stock ribbed bellow
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Originally Posted by WILWAXU
Stock one works pretty well. That's what I'm still running. IMO, until you move to a 90mm intake stick with the stocker.
I'm considering it for freeing up what little bit of restriction the MAF adds (running SD and ditching the MAF)
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Bring this thread back alive. I need advice on a bellow for NW 90 TB and no maf in play!

Any more photos?
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/359184-pics-my-new-slp-smooth-bellows.html

working on a new set up for the Volant NW90 setup
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