tpi air cleaner for tbi
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tpi air cleaner for tbi
hey guys check out my setup and tell me what u think.i paid 45 for the air cleaner(ebay) 5 bucks a piece for the tubes and four bucks for the ducting.it`s just a mock up but when i get done i think it will work pretty good,not really for the ram air effect but cold air mostly.any suggestions would be nice
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Car: 91 Camaro
Engine: 3.1...not hardly stock
Transmission: 700r4....not stock either
Axle/Gears: 3.73
looks good. do you have any problems with cooling since you have those ducts right infront of the radiator? or have you driven it yet? a grill would help to hide the ducts but some black spray paint would do wonders! i've seen people do stuff like this before but i have the steel bumper in the way of getting ducts like that in my car...do some cars have different bumpers??
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Car: 91 Camaro
Engine: 3.1...not hardly stock
Transmission: 700r4....not stock either
Axle/Gears: 3.73
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i`ve also thought about putting some small lights right above the tubes so that way it will reflect off of them ,probably blue or red ,i haven`t decided yet.
i`ve also thought about putting some small lights right above the tubes so that way it will reflect off of them ,probably blue or red ,i haven`t decided yet.
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To be honest with you I think it’s kinda ugly… It either needs to be more dressed up to look more OEM or the rest of the car needs to take a more “form follows function” look to it. Right now it has a sorta industrial out of place look that I couldn’t justify for something that wasn’t a race car.
If you made flanges for the ends of the duct work (they make rectangular to round adaptors for that stuff) to make the round tubes mate up to the squared off openings and then possibly painted it flat or semi gloss black they would look much better.
The duct work from that assembly to the air cleaner assembly really needs to flair out to the full width of the air cleaner to look right like it is (you really need some metal working/welding skills to do it right), but again, it would look miles better if it was painted semi gloss.
From a function stand point I bet it works pretty well, but I’m not sure that it looks as impressive as the more traditional dual snorkel assembly but it’s probably functionally better
If you made flanges for the ends of the duct work (they make rectangular to round adaptors for that stuff) to make the round tubes mate up to the squared off openings and then possibly painted it flat or semi gloss black they would look much better.
The duct work from that assembly to the air cleaner assembly really needs to flair out to the full width of the air cleaner to look right like it is (you really need some metal working/welding skills to do it right), but again, it would look miles better if it was painted semi gloss.
From a function stand point I bet it works pretty well, but I’m not sure that it looks as impressive as the more traditional dual snorkel assembly but it’s probably functionally better
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not trying to be rude,but if you would`ve read the whole post i`ve been putting up i `m going to do exactly what you had just suggested.like i said not trying to be rude.everything is still in a "work in progress"state right now,still just a working mock up until i get the metal work done.but thanks for your opinion.
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Car: Bitchin' 92 RS
Engine: 350 TPI
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hey bro, it would look alot better if you just painted the ducts flat black or somthing, wouldn't stick out at all.
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 305 5.0 LG4
Transmission: 700-R4 Auto
That looks a pertty cool idea, and a nice solution for the TBI. I know this may sound kind of stupid, but did you notice any difference in driving it with this setup?
Also for that to work on mine, I have to move my Dixie Horn.
Also for that to work on mine, I have to move my Dixie Horn.
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Transmission: 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 4.08 VLSD
Looks good. But you may want to try to seal the elbow tubes to the filters.
Did you have to cut anything? What about your THERMAC?
Did you have to cut anything? What about your THERMAC?
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Car: 1992 camaro rs
Engine: 305 TBI
Transmission: 700r4
where did u get that air box that says tbi on it.....im interested in tryin to fab somethni like that......i just got a tpi intake and wanna fab it up...i know u got it off ebay...but do u know where i coudl buy an air box like that
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i did the same thing on my actual tpi. but i used the flexible stuff (was like $5 for about 15 feet) and it runs from the back of the foglights to my tpi airfilters. you cant see it because of the foglights but it brings in just about the coldest air possible!
nice job man
nice job man
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