Aftermarket Intake Elbows
Aftermarket Intake Elbows Looking at a few intake elbows I see some of them are wide open and some have a split down the middle. Is there a reason for this? Is the air susposed to flow better to the throttle body or something?
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Trick Flow intake elbow. Got if from summit a while back. Nothing in the center...
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I dont think the .3 increase in hp that could be gained from slightly smoother airflow justifies the $40 price jump between that elbow and the base Trick Flow elbow. Hell I just took of the donkey dong (silencer) off of the stock one and blocked off the hole for free, its pretty much the same thing, just a little ghetto 
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The Vortech elbow was originally designed to go along with their supercharger kit. Air entering the intake tract through forced induction moves much faster than that of a naturally aspirated engine. The faster air moves through an induction system, the more turbulent it becomes, and turbulence reduces flow.
The divider is there to help smooth out the airflow as it makes the 90* bend.
The divider is there to help smooth out the airflow as it makes the 90* bend.
There was a similar post abut this a while ago..Just beware that those of us with bigger TBs, ie 58mm like I have, most of the metal ones are actually smaller in diameter than the opening of the bigger TBs and may be a flow restriction...My advice is the 1LE, or just take off the donkey dong thing on the standard elbow...
--Alan
--Alan
There was a similar post abut this a while ago..Just beware that those of us with bigger TBs, ie 58mm like I have, most of the metal ones are actually smaller in diameter than the opening of the bigger TBs and may be a flow restriction...My advice is the 1LE, or just take off the donkey dong thing on the standard elbow...
--Alan
--Alan
The Vortech elbow was originally designed to go along with their supercharger kit. Air entering the intake tract through forced induction moves much faster than that of a naturally aspirated engine. The faster air moves through an induction system, the more turbulent it becomes, and turbulence reduces flow.
The divider is there to help smooth out the airflow as it makes the 90* bend.
The divider is there to help smooth out the airflow as it makes the 90* bend.
I would go with the trick flow polymer elbow. It won't heat soak like the metal one's do! The other option would be to get the 1le elbow, wich a guy has on ebay for 75.00. I would think the trick flow polymer would be better for a few more bucks!!
my problem with the factory elbow is that it doesnt fit the SLP CAI well. The SLP is too long, so every time I have to take my CAI off I have to put a LOT of pressure on the elbow, which obviously caused it to rip. I am hoping I can trim down one of these aftermarket elbows, as I would only need about 1/2" difference to make life a lot easier.
my problem with the factory elbow is that it doesnt fit the SLP CAI well. The SLP is too long, so every time I have to take my CAI off I have to put a LOT of pressure on the elbow, which obviously caused it to rip. I am hoping I can trim down one of these aftermarket elbows, as I would only need about 1/2" difference to make life a lot easier.
--Alan