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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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Does it matter how far the air filter is away from the motor? For instance, does a air intake system with say 6" of intake tubing make more or less power than an air intake system with say 24-48" of intake tubing?

Seems like the shorter one would make slightly more horsepower and the longer one would make slightly more torque.

Say this is on a LS1 with a typical 224/224 cam.
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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Never tested it but never seen much of a change regardless of where it is.
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 02:03 AM
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does not seem like it would make much of a difference.

the less bends the air has to travel through, the better. but the closer it is to the motor the hotter the air going in is.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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i understand what your saying about the length giving more torque but i dont think that would matter as much as say on a hilborn set up but i dont think it will make any difference other than air temperature but the only true way is on the dyno
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I don't think it would make much different. As long as thee size of the tube does not cause any resistance to the air flow.

What does make a different is Air Temp, straight flow into the Throttle Body and then into the Intake, and once in the intake the flow of which it takes from the T/B to the valve.
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