Bye bye Elbow air silencer!!
I am all for being creative, but this is an area most people have no bussiness trying to mod. It is difficult to plug a hole properly in a flexible duct like the LT1 elbow.
Guess what happens when the adhesive or plug material breaks loose and gets sucked into the engine. To me it aint worth the risk, just get a trickflow, 1LE or vortech elbow or even the cheapo on ebay.
Guess what happens when the adhesive or plug material breaks loose and gets sucked into the engine. To me it aint worth the risk, just get a trickflow, 1LE or vortech elbow or even the cheapo on ebay.
Originally Posted by forsale2
i melted the rubber together i also flexed it to see how durabile it was seems fine,
Have you taken into consideration how the bonding process will react to under hood engine temperature.
Have you taken into consideration how the composition of the rubber plug material you used will react to under hood engine temperature.
Have you taken into consideration how the existing rubber will react to the newer rubber you have used especially in the fusing process.
Have you taken into consideration the effects of wind velocity on the fused rubber.
Have you taken into consideration the long term effects of natural rubber aging and the potential of the fusing process failing.
I am not trying to belittle you here, please don't think that. I just want to point out that there is a lot of chemical and mechanical engineering that goes into a mod like what you have done. You need to be very well aware of this and the potential risk.
Again if something fails and chunks go down your engines pie hole it will be substantially more expensive and aggravating than the cost of the better aftermarket elbow especially considering you will see gains of less than 1 HP.
Last edited by wrd1972; Oct 2, 2006 at 08:54 PM.
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Well I had such a shitty day that I thought I might take part in this discussion. Although many people in here will always try to give you great direction. Today all I have to offer is some cheap shock mod. This should only be used in the rear.
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