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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 05:21 PM
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My volant finally came so I ditched the SLP lid and bolted it in. It was a pain in the *** to some extent. Had to trim the weatherstripping a little bit and fab up some bellows but all in all it looks good. I won't post a pic since it can be easily found on google. Just figured I would share.
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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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You still gonna sell me your slp and lower ram air part?
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I was going to until my neighbor magically appeared and gave me $100 to put it on his camaro ss
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****.... He bought upper and lower?
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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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I thought the ss already came with a ram air
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 09:14 AM
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Nope.
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 02:23 PM
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Well poop lol.... so have you noticed any difference with the volant on there? I might actually pick one up, I was looking online and people are wanting as much for a volant just for there stock lower
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 02:59 PM
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Some people might call BS but I also removed my AIR pump and I punched it earlier today and the car sarted to pull harder then usual. Can't till my H/C setup for an even bigger pull
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Nice, would like to find a dyno comparison between slp and volant
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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I'm sure it wouldn't be much. ~5-10 hp maybe. But I don't have any numbers.
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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My volant finally came so I ditched the SLP lid and bolted it in. It was a pain in the *** to some extent. Had to trim the weatherstripping a little bit and fab up some bellows but all in all it looks good. I won't post a pic since it can be easily found on google. Just figured I would share.
Yea mine was a pain also, but after adding a 3.5 x 4" reducer coupling to the volant Y, it finally solved all my problems with the filters being in a bind. I just finished mine yesterday.
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 04:34 PM
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Nice, would like to find a dyno comparison between slp and volant
There's not alot of info but there is a little.


https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...-air-hood.html
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I did a 4" to 3" coupler and had to do a little "porting" to the 3" side with a razor blade.
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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I did a 4" to 3" coupler and had to do a little "porting" to the 3" side with a razor blade.
HAHA Yes me too! I cut alot
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Even a 5 HP improvement for any CAI is high on average. If it's a ram-air type intake, it will add some power at highway speed.

As the A.I.R. pump only operates for like a minute or so when the engine is cold at first start up and it's not belt-driven, it won't add any power. It'll clean up the engine compartment pretty nicely tho.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 05:08 PM
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Removal of the ugly hoses definitely makes the engine bay cleaner AND makes it a lot easier for plugs and wires. Glad I finally got around to doing it.
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i know this is an old thread but do you have a pic of how you went from the volant to the 90mm throttle body?
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