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Old 10-07-2004, 10:51 PM
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Im thinking about buying one. Are they good quality? Has anyone bought one off there?

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Why, what do you know?
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do a search for fernco on this site. it'll to the same thing for about 5 bucks.
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They don't help any anyway.
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It's a cosmetic upgrade more than anything. They really do look nice though. Maybe good for 1fwhp gain. JRP has a write-up on how to make them yourself. Takes about an hour, and costs you about $5 bucks. That's a better way to go IMHO. Good luck with it.
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Yeah I bought one from ebay and it's crap. It barely fit and it raised my air lid a bit. I just went ahead and left it like that. Hopefully i'm not losing power rather than gaining. Pay the extra money and buy from a well know company
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this could be a really stupid question but what are Smooth Bellows ..
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If you buy the one off ebay you will have to cut about an inch off so that your lid will fit properly. If not your lid will not be on right and it will probably hit the top of your hood.
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Originally Posted by msbz_ls1
this could be a really stupid question but what are Smooth Bellows ..

A waste of money....
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I just intalled one, it was like $5 dollars from Lowes, used the stock brackets and installed it in 10 minutes. Better than that POS stocker

Bellow is the flexible rubber piece between your throttle body and mass air flow housing.
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...sity/index.htm
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Originally Posted by msbz_ls1
this could be a really stupid question but what are Smooth Bellows ..
It is the flexible piece between your throttle body and your lid.
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Every little bit helps but the gains are minimal. I wouldnt pay more than about $15 for one, or just make one yourself.




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