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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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SHould I get a smooth bellow as my next mod? How much HP will it give me??
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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It's not worth much. I'd only do it as an apperance mod really. Especially with the possibility of cracking your lid when the engine torques.

However, every little bit helps, and thats why people do mods like this.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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If you feel like you must do it go to home depot..a fernco is less then 5 bucks..you will find it in the plumbing dept..you will have to do some trimming to the fernco to make it work....as it was stated above it is cosmetic no measurable HP to be gained from it..
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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apperance mod for sure here... doesn't net enough hp, running a fernco here and didn't do any trimming... just slapped the puppy on
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No horses with that mod. Just wait till your stock one goes bad then change over.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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Unless you just feel the need to drop $50 on one for appearance reasons, I'd leave the stocker in place. If it's performance you're after, save the $$ and buy something else.
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Unless you just feel the need to drop $50 on one for appearance reasons, I'd leave the stocker in place. If it's performance you're after, save the $$ and buy something else.
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Save the money for something more useful.
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i would just do the homemade verision and choose your own color
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Unless your running nitrous it make for a good strong nozzle mount other than that worthless.
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It's been known to crack lids and be hard as hell to deal with. Not worth it. I had one on my car, now i'm back to the stocker.
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I started to do it the one day, but figured that it wasn't worth it. I'm using the stocker again.
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