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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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hey i just got a throttle body spacer from member "brian396" and its going to put the TB just over the crossover pipe. it wanna to wrap it, i know some guys have wrapped it.... do you drill out that little head shield or just wrap right over it????
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 05:41 PM
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i just warapped over it
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i just warapped over it
Get that Cone filter shielded!
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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I'm in the process of building a cai that actually works and keeps temps down. I started a thread on it.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-front...-research.html
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Those who have done this, did you notice any temp drops?
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yes around 25 degree difference where the throttle body and intake tube meet. 40 degree difference where the air enters the cone filter on mine.
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