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May 20, 2006 | 07:02 PM

fbirdserge00

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any power gains with smooth....

Are there any power gains when replacing the factory bellow with a smooth bellow for ws6 store???

May 20, 2006 | 07:06 PM

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dont waste your time or money, I have it only because it came in the kit I bought

May 20, 2006 | 07:07 PM

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search for the fernco mod, and save ur money!

May 20, 2006 | 07:33 PM

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Also I forgot to metion earlier but check out www.universityinstall.com and do all the free mods if you havent already

May 20, 2006 | 07:56 PM

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Mostly an appearance mod, maybe you get 1 hp, but likely not even that

May 20, 2006 | 08:07 PM

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Also I forgot to metion earlier but check out www.universityinstall.com and do all the free mods if you havent already

www.installuniversity.com

Fixed it.

Jon

May 21, 2006 | 12:36 AM

TheBlurLS1

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Smooth bellow is responsible for the death of my first lid. I would not switch untill you make serious changes to the intake tract.

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May 21, 2006 | 02:05 AM

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blur how did the bellow kill ur lid?....ive just got some fernco on mine..

It was too stiff and cracked the MTI clear lid pretty bad. This was before I had the poly motor mounts, so there was quite a bit more movement.

The stock bellow is meant to flex, which is exactly what it needs to do. You can see how much the motor rocks when you just rev it in the driveway, now Imagine how much it moves during a 1st gear rhomp.

May 21, 2006 | 02:30 AM

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damn that sucks...i just heated mine till it expanded and didnt put pressure on the maf.....wait...didnt u have ur maf between the lid and the bellow....
ie....lid-maf-bellow-tb?

May 21, 2006 | 03:17 AM

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damn that sucks...i just heated mine till it expanded and didnt put pressure on the maf.....wait...didnt u have ur maf between the lid and the bellow....
ie....lid-maf-bellow-tb?

Yes I had it setup lid/maf/bellow/tb.

The side-to side rocking and the constant bind it was in from being so hard to install is what did it in. The stock bellow allows for alot more movement.

I now have the NW90, stock bellow, stock MAF and MTI clear lid. It fits better than anything ever has (even the stock crap). The NW 90 sort of points up a little bit toward the lid opening. That 4-5* or so really helps it fit PERFECT.