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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 04:48 AM
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Do they make an air lid for an LT1 motor? were could i find this and would it work any good?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 04:59 AM
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they make cold air intakes. yearone and summit i know carry some. i had a LG motorsports one, mti and callaway made one. i'm sure one of the sponsors has something. thunder racing, etc.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:14 AM
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i just read some old threads on it, yes its possible i just need the ram air hood for it to be more efficient
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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By ram-air hood, I assume you mean the Firehawk ram-air intake not the SS cold air intake, right?

I have the K&N cold air intake and filter on mine. I much prefer it over the previous SS intake.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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Them Wires across the Valve Covers look pretty good. Anyone seen where you can get that kit?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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yea.. they are custom taylors that you can order off of Thunder Racing.. pretty good deal also.. comes with the tool to make the wires also... great deal... and works great..
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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I had the OTVC kit on my old motor, looked great and never had a burnt wire.

Tony.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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otvc wires are a lifesaver if you have headers. makes it much less painful.
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here can i get one of these intakes at?
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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that intake will work the camaro SS hood. Probably cheaper if you went this route.



I still have my old origional ram air box if your intrested
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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There's no box like that for 93's w/o the ram-air hoods is there
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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i have the 1993 with a ws6 hood, would that lid work fit on mine?
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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V8 FC, you can get these intakes from SLP on their website, or probably from a member here that changed out one. You will need the SS hood though for it to fit.

As for using the LS1 intake setup, I haven't come across to many people with them. I'm pretty sure you need to have the firehawk ramair hood (firebirds) or the Ultra-Z hood (camaros) for it to fit. I'm not completely sold on the Ultra-Z hood enough to make the switch although I DO like that LS1 intake setup.
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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will a ls1 air box fit on a lt1?
cause i wanna get a ws6 hood
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ggk
will a ls1 air box fit on a lt1?
cause i wanna get a ws6 hood

Look 6 post up
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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V8 FC, you can get these intakes from SLP on their website, or probably from a member here that changed out one. You will need the SS hood though for it to fit.
i don't think i need and SS hood for it
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 01:36 AM
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hey can someone post which part number it is from thunder racing for the OTCV wires and which spark plug wires i would need, ive been worried about burning my wires and i dont want to wrap them with the tape.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 02:05 AM
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http://thunderracing.com/catalog/?ac...vid=4&pcid=104

and you can use NGKtr55 plugs http://thunderracing.com/catalog/?ac...vid=4&pcid=102 tr6's if running nitrous.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by V8 FC
i don't think i need and SS hood for it
Neither do I...
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 07:56 AM
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I have seen no hard proof that a Airlid used on a LT1, is any better then a stock Ram Air type hood, or a regular CAI. Although i love the way it looks. A regular CAI would suffice.

I had a 1994 z28, if I put a SS hood on it, Iwould forgo the air box and just keep my K&N CAI. The WS6 ramair is in my opinion better then the SS setup
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