SLP lid owners, heads up.
post pics of were your SLP lid is not fitting right. I've fixed like 50-70cars at newera I cant think if any that was really a bad lid. Somthing else was not right, the lid fit fine after fixing it.. smooth bellow to long...taller airfitler with running the inside spacer thing..both lead to the lid not seating in all the way.
Hmmm, for the record mine fits great. I wonder if the hawks having lower profile airbox has anything to do with it? I also know that the SLP lids were changed out at some point to, but I'm not sure when.
Firehawk cars got the same OE lower base & the same OE GM airlid.
The mid-late 2002 Firehawks & some of the 345hp-SS cars got the SLP/Donaldson Blackwing airlid.
Again, unrelated to the aftermarket SLP airlid problem.
SLP fitment issues (SUCKS)
YES ! ! ! i just bought the car and the SLP lid 1 rubs the hood and 2 lets the passenger side clamp just fall off!
i noticed that the smooth bellow hose has pre cut notches for the maf and tb so i spun it around for them to work and get the lid back another 1/8th inch or so.
i have drivin the car a week and havent noticed any more fiberglass rubbed off onto the intake, while the clamp does initially work after a drive it still is off.
oh and the tabs in back are all tore up from every owner tryin to push the lid back and down! also warping the foam seal
YES ! ! ! i just bought the car and the SLP lid 1 rubs the hood and 2 lets the passenger side clamp just fall off!
i noticed that the smooth bellow hose has pre cut notches for the maf and tb so i spun it around for them to work and get the lid back another 1/8th inch or so.
i have drivin the car a week and havent noticed any more fiberglass rubbed off onto the intake, while the clamp does initially work after a drive it still is off.
oh and the tabs in back are all tore up from every owner tryin to push the lid back and down! also warping the foam seal
If it's not there, some people will trim the boot a slight bit to make it fit.
Once you get the front section sitting where it needs to be, the clamps will stay snapped closed.
Wow, what an old thread, ...
Last edited by PontiacFan; Jul 22, 2011 at 04:32 PM.
Not related thp.
Firehawk cars got the same OE lower base & the same OE GM airlid.
The mid-late 2002 Firehawks & some of the 345hp-SS cars got the SLP/Donaldson Blackwing airlid.
Again, unrelated to the aftermarket SLP airlid problem.
Do the check on the tabs in the front mounting areas. The airlid needs to be INSIDE/BEHIND the center section of the base.
If it's not there, some people will trim the boot a slight bit tomake it fit.
Once you get the front section sitting where it needs to be, the clamps will stay snapped closed.
Wow, what an old thread, ...
Firehawk cars got the same OE lower base & the same OE GM airlid.
The mid-late 2002 Firehawks & some of the 345hp-SS cars got the SLP/Donaldson Blackwing airlid.
Again, unrelated to the aftermarket SLP airlid problem.
Do the check on the tabs in the front mounting areas. The airlid needs to be INSIDE/BEHIND the center section of the base.
If it's not there, some people will trim the boot a slight bit tomake it fit.
Once you get the front section sitting where it needs to be, the clamps will stay snapped closed.
Wow, what an old thread, ...
I thought I read somewhere that the firehawks utilized a lower profile airbox (accomodates the hood). I also understood that the adversising for these cars said the same? I'm not referring to just the 02 with the blackwing either. Here's one discussion about the difference in size of the openings for a WS6 and Firehawk. They are definitely different and it is not the lid that is different.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/special-e...-firehawk.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/special-e...-firehawk.html
Okay, I'd better rephrase.
99-02 Firehawk cars received the same OE lower box & airlid as the standard Trans Am & Formula cars.
Yes, the WS6 cars received the raised/larger opening lower base/support.
But again, I don't think it's really related to the OP problem, or the problem for the dude who popped this older thread back up top.
I don't know if there's any documented proof that the SLP airlid problem is related to the raised base, or the standard T/A or Formula base either.
What they are referring to is the rubbing on the underside(OP), & the clamps not staying clamped(RecentPost).
Which I think it's related to position/placement of the airlid, & not necesarily the type of lower base.
99-02 Firehawk cars received the same OE lower box & airlid as the standard Trans Am & Formula cars.
Yes, the WS6 cars received the raised/larger opening lower base/support.
But again, I don't think it's really related to the OP problem, or the problem for the dude who popped this older thread back up top.
I don't know if there's any documented proof that the SLP airlid problem is related to the raised base, or the standard T/A or Formula base either.
What they are referring to is the rubbing on the underside(OP), & the clamps not staying clamped(RecentPost).
Which I think it's related to position/placement of the airlid, & not necesarily the type of lower base.
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That too. Mine rubbed, my FTP98 lid doesn't rub, but it barely fits and hits the rad cover pretty bad. SLP lid is a much better quality lid than the FTP lid, IMO. I can't stand the FTP98 I've got now. You should only take it off if you have no other option. It takes 15min just to get the thing back on. That's with a straight ducting and no splices though. (no MAF)
