Ok long story short. Theres nothing connecting the air duct to the throttle body. HELP.
Model number: 21010.
Any install pics or adice would be great.
Thanks guys

 

what was connecting your air duct to your throttle body in the first place? there should be a triangular shaped accordion thing... use that.

 

Just the stock rubber line. Its about 6" too long.

 

Ok update. I e-mailed slp. They E-mailed me back today. Which I was surprised about.
They said theres sapposed to be a rubber piece that connects from the air duct to the throttlebody. I phoned them up and got the sales reps voice mail. So I guess I wait and see what happens.

 

Ok update. SLP says I need the air bellows or rubber duct to the intake. I phoned the dealer. The rubber intake has been discountinued.
Hurray
Now I'm angry

 

They are on ebay all the time, just look around, or at your local junkyard. You may have to buy a whole stock unit, but you can take the rubber piece off for your use. Why buy the SLP unit if you have a Camaro?

 

91 didn't have the dual snorkel intake we all love

 

This is a tpi cai, tpi never came with a dual snorkel.

 

It depends what you consider dual snorkle. All Camaros with TPI came with the dual filter "Y" intake that is far superior to the SLP intake.

 

Gotcha, but 91's did come with the "Y" intake.

 

yup, i agree

 

I don't want to buy another piece. It should have come in the kit to begin with. The junk yards around here don't have any f-bodies. If there was one it would be completely gone in seconds.
I disagree that the stock Y intake is superior. I feel the engine can gain huge inprovements with the added cold air.
I'm probably going to keep the box and return the duct and get a pipe made up like Kandiedz's car had.
Again if anyone's still reading don't buy your camaro CAI from slp.

 

So in your opinion, something that runs over the HOT radiator is superior to something that draws cold air in from the fender?

-- Joe

 

Frankly, in my opinion the 1/16 of a second that the air is above the radiator does not heat it that much. I think the area around the battery is not all that cool. Now if you were to cut a hole in the battery tray and run some pipe down there with the filter near the fender blinker, that would be the ticket. But I believe the SLP unit does not do that. The "Y" setup can be turned into a very effective cold air system for very little money.

Other issues with the SLP system, not related to airflow.
- $250 is about $100 too much, make your own for $100 or less
- doesn't come with all necessary parts
- what are you going to do with the gaping holes where the "Y" system used to be?
- have to relocate your battery
- if you every have a problem with it, SLP will try as hard as they can to not help you

If you really want a setup like the SLP, make your own.

 

In my opinion, the SLP unit will pick up some nice air from the fender. But that being said if thats if there was an air deflector there.
I ended up having to buy some turbo hoses for the connection.
I bought them from these guys. http://www.turbohoses.com/
Awsome to deal with.
All that being said. When I removed the air canister to move the battery over to the other side. I found that my optima was to large. It ended up hitting the cruise control unit. Which in turn opened the throttle blades slightly. Bad idea. So now my only option is to move the battery to the back.
Yippee.

 

Well i'm in the opinion that the snorkel heat soaks, and preheats the air entering the TB.

Drawing it from the fender is good idea IMO, and I think the SLP box is really nice design.. Overpriced, I'll give ya that, but still a nice design.

 

I def do not believe it heat soaks. I used to drive my TPI car in the 90 + degree summer days in Boston trafic. And I would get out to fill her up and I would check the oil, I would allways touch that part. I mean it was a bit warm but I would not say hot. The adjuster screw was hot, but that was really it. If anything, wrap it in a bit of heat wrap and you will be all set. Nice and cold/stock/inexpensive.

 

Hey guys,
I'm new here and wish that I had found this site before I purchased the dreaded "SLP CAI".
Since I now have one in my possesion, could someone help me with how hard it was to relocate the battery to the back (drivers side) of the engine compartment.
I don't want to move the canister and figure this is my only option.

 

its not that hard.. I relocated my battery to the trunk. I bought a battery relocation kit which included 20' of positive cable and about 6' of negative cable, battery tray, mounting bolts etc.

Since I already have nice power wire run down the length of my car for the stereo, I simply used that for the battery lead.... and now my amp has about 12" of cable from the battery which I mounted inside the spare tire well.

on another note, I've since removed the SLP CAI and have it for sale.

 

Any reason in particular for removing the CAI?

 

while I did find a bit of a performance gain with the CAI, I went back to the dual snorkel for appearence.

 

Any major install complications other than moving the battery?

 

Here is my two cents. The SLP cold air intake kit works best on Firebirds. The intake system on the Firebirds is weak. Better yet are some of the custom built ones of which many have been posted on this site. They cost less to boot.

If you have a Camaro I think you are much better off modifying the stock system. There are numerous posts showing how to open up the bottle neck where the round pipe goes into the flat area. That is the restriction on the Camaro. Even at that the stock version is probably just fine for most applications.

 

I think the heat soak on the Camaro would be a factor. Just as much as the warmed up TB is when the TB bypass hasn't been done.

The SLP is a nice setup. For me, the battery is already on the driver's side stock. So all that's involved for me is relocating the evap canister to below (down by the air dam)

I moved from Vancouver to Houston last year and noticed a HUGE difference in air temp/humidity vs car performance. The car is much slower in Houston. (Hot and muggy all the time). Sort of the opposite of the CAI theory.

 

well regaurdless of heat soak and all the stuff, the hose that should have come with it should have just been a stock firebird TPI intake hose. the only difference is that the ducting from SLP have air foils in them. And yea the SLP system is a must for Formula's and TA's, my car dropped almost 4 tenths after i installed it. If my car were a Camaro though probably would have just moded a stock one. The only thing i dont remember coming with my kit was a couple lengths of vaccum hose to contect the charcoal canister after relocating it.

 

Thanks for all the feedback (from the TA owners). I'm sure the reasoning behind this is that anyone that had/or has the SLP setup has either thrown it out or sold it on e-bay (which I have seen a few since purchasing mine from Summit). I saw a pic of a setup that had the battery mounted in the engine compartment, in front of the firewall on the drivers side. Is this possible (do I need a batt. reloc. kit?).
Sorry, but the car is covered in the garage so I am just trying to get a feel for what I am in for when the cover comes off in the spring and I can actually open the hood.